7:30am – 9:00am  Registration and Coffee

9:00am – 9:10am   Introductions
Speaker: Peter Testori, Director, Center for Online & Digital Learning, Bay Path University

9:10am – 10:00am  Zero to Canvas in 60 Days
Speakers:
Shane O'Hara, Canvas Administrator, University of New Hampshire 
Tom Lamy, Canvas Administrator, University of New Hampshire 

Introduction on how the University of New Hampshire went from signed contract to delivering 150 courses to 4000 students in 60 days and moving on to how we tackled the remaining 1000 faculty members in the next 10 months.  Faculty and student support, data management, LTI selection, and course migration will all be discussed.

10:00am -  10:10am Break

10:10am – 11:00am  Strategic Customizations: Harvard’s Experience Rolling Out Canvas
Speakers:
Kristin Lofblad Sullivan, Program Director for the Teaching and Learning Technologies, Harvard University 
Kim Edelman, Senior Manager of Academic Platform Support, Harvard University      

Over the past two years, Harvard has moved from four legacy course platforms to Canvas across the University. Where did we ask our community to adapt to Canvas functionality, and where did we invest in customizing functionality so Canvas could work with the way Harvard operates? What factors were considered? Who contributed to the decision-making? Looking back, how do we feel about the decisions we made?

By the end of this session, participants should understand Harvard’s:
- Migration goals and timeline
- Engagement strategy and feedback channels
- Customization roadmap and prioritization considerations

11:05am – 11:55am  Better Groups
Speakers:      
Andrew (Drew) Reynolds, Instructional Designer, Boston College
Jamie Walker, Instructional Web Developer, Boston College        

Often, instructors turn to team-based and group work in classrooms to promote active learning. However, groups are often challenged by struggling interpersonal dynamics, ineffective evaluation strategies, and group logistics like finding times outside of class to meet. Team-based and group work often results in “lossy learning” where external factors in classroom organization and management are getting in the way of student learning. Better Groups is a web-based tool designed to combat lossy learning through the facilitation of forming teams for group work. This tool brings together the knowledge that instructors have in the design of activities and assignments and the voice and knowledge of students who can describe for themselves how they might learn best in groups.  Using a research-informed algorithm, Better Groups uses student data to create the most effective combination of individuals in teams to facilitate group work.

"Better Groups", described above, was developed with a 2015 Canvas Grant <https://www.canvaslms.com/canvasgrants/>
"Better Groups" will integrate with Canvas via LTI.  "Better Groups" is now functional and will be demonstrated at the presentation.  

11:55am – 1:00pm  Lunch

1:00pm -1:50pm  Users, courses, enrollments, oh my! SIS Automation
Speakers:
Tom Lamy , LMS Administrator, University of New Hampsire  
Shane O’Hara, LMS Administrator, University of New Hampshire   

With over 20K users, 6K+ courses and approximately 80K enrollments per term, automated SIS integrations were a necessity!  Learn how the University of New Hampshire leveraged PERL DBI and Canvas APIS to tackle this problem.  We’ll discuss the tools and code as well as configuration decisions we made to support this.

1:55pm – 2:45pm     Ready, Set, Go...Redesigning Orientation Courses
Speakers:
Mary Wiseman, Online Course Builder, Bay Path University   
Valarie Chavis, Online Student Support Coordinator, Bay Path University 

Learn how Canvas’ new user interface offered motivation in the redesign of both the student and faculty orientation courses at Bay Path University. Members from The Center for Online & Digital Learning team discuss how they navigated the redesign process to include: interactivity, accessibility and usability for all mobile devices within both of the new courses. Come learn their secrets and ask questions.

-Identify best practices in the creation of faculty and student Canvas orientation courses.
-Analyze the capability and integration of [various] digital tools in a Canvas faculty and student orientation course.
-Consider the end user during the creation of a Canvas orientation course i.e. accessibility/usability.

2:50pm – 3:20pm   Canvas Quizzes.Next
Speaker: Jason Sparks, Senior Product Manager, Canvas, Instructure Inc.

What is this modern quizzing engine all about? The answer to this question doesn't require multiple choice! Join the Canvas Product Management team to learn about the evolution of testing in Canvas.

3:20pm – 3:30pm   Questions and Discussions

3:30 End