Module 3: How to map your course in Canvas

Overview

In this module, we are going to focus on mapping your course to publish in Canvas. You will start by examining why you should pay attention to cognitive overload and how to avoid it by chunking course content. Then you work with structuring and organising content by creating a course map. This map will include your learning outcomes, assessments, and learning activities. Finally, we will discuss how these elements can be effectively organised into modules for a comprehensive and organised learning experience.

We suggest that you take a look at how we have structured the contents in this course, in particular how we have named and numbered the all our modules and components in the modules.

Module objectives

Once you have completed this module you should be able to:

Create a course map with module names as well as a draft list of learning activities and assessment tasks for each module.
Implement instructional chunking and organise your content effectively in Canvas
Reflect on the question whether your course provides accessible content for all students

Module contents

How long this module will take to study depends on how much time you spend on writing reflections or following up links on each page. But we would estimate that you would spend about 20 minutes per content page. You will need to allocate at least 60 minutes for this module. However, remember that you are welcome to dip in and out of the module when you have time. If you want to gain a digital credential then you need to complete the reflection exercises, the self-test knowledge check and contribute to the summary forum.