Digital Learning Expo 2023
The Event

Join us at the Digital Learning Expo - a two-day event combining Canvas faculty development sessions and presentations by Canvas champions. Discover strategies to utilize Canvas tools to engage students and maximize instructor efficiency. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your teaching and learning experience at TAMU. See you there!
We invite all course instructors, teaching assistants, and staff who support teaching and learning to attend!
We invite all course instructors, teaching assistants, and staff who support teaching and learning to attend!
Set up your Fall course in a collaborative environment with targeted and interactive sessions designed to:

Expand your proficiency in Canvas by applying new course management and facilitation strategies

Explore tools in Canvas to optimize engagement with your students

Review methods to enhance student success through timely and meaningful feedback
Venues & Schedule
Monday, August 14th
After Registering for the expo you are able to attend any of these sessions. You do not have to stay in the same room or go to every session.
Time | ILCB 207 |
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8:30 | Welcome with Dr. Michael Johnson, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Success & Interim Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs |
9:00 | Integrating Your Syllabus and Canvas |
10:00 | Merging Multiple Sections Into A Single Canvas Course |
11:00 | Exporting, Importing, and Copying Content; Which is Best? |
12:00 | Lunch Break (Provided for In-Person) |
1:00 | Creating an Efficient, Student-Centered Gradebook |
2:00 | Building Modules and Integrating Course Content |
3:00 | Creating and Utilizing Assessments |
4:00 | Roundtable: Maintaining an Active Presence in Canvas |
Tuesday, August 15th
After Registering for the event you are able to attend any of these sessions. You do not have to go to every session.
Time | ILCB 207 |
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8:30 | Welcome |
9:00 | Designing Courses in Canvas for Student Success Jen Ferrara, Director of Learning Design, Mays Business School |
10:00 | Using Canvas as a Scaffold for Onboarding Freshmen STEM Students Dr. Joanna Goodey-Pellois, Instructional Associate Professor and Director, Freshman Chemistry |
11:00 | E.N.G.A.G.E. Your Learners - Strategies and Tools Shweta Kailani, Director of Transformational Teaching and Learning, College of Arts and Sciences |
12:00 | Lunch Break (Provided for In-Person) |
1:00 | Enhancing Class Experiences through Canvas Dr. Michael Scialdone, Clinical Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, Mays Business School |
2:00 | Using Mediasite to Increase Student Engagement Dr. Jennifer Griffith, Instructional Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management |
2:50 | Prize Giveaway (Must be Present to Win) |
Speakers
![]() Director Learning Design Mays Business School | ![]() Director Transformational Teaching and Learning College of Arts and Sciences |
![]() Instructional Associate Professor and Director Freshman Chemistry College of Arts and Sciences | ![]() Instructional Professor, School of Public Health | ![]() Clinical Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management Mays Business School |