How to Use Video Effectively at Every Stage of an Online Course
Video works best when it has a clear job at each stage of a course, not when it is dropped in as a default.…
October 2026
5 Tips for Building Effective Rubrics in Canvas
Five practical tips for HE academics on designing Canvas rubrics that make standards clear, speed up marking and give students feedback they can act…
Connecting PANDA with Gagné and Bloom’s Taxonomy
See how the PANDA framework lines up with Gagné's nine events of instruction and Bloom's taxonomy, and how to build course sites in Canvas…
5 Tips for Gamification in Canvas
Canvas has no gamification switch, but modules, Mastery Paths, quizzes and Outcomes combine to give you the key ingredients. Here are five practical tips…
Five Practical Tips for Using Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction to Create Engaging Canvas Courses
Discover five practical ways to apply Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction in Canvas LMS. From grabbing attention to encouraging active learning, these strategies can…
How to Build Canvas Item Banks and Why
What Canvas item banks are, why they save time and improve consistency, and how to build one and draw items from it in a…
Introduction to the PANDA Framework
PANDA gives every week of an online course the same five-part structure: Prepare, Activate, Navigate, Demonstrate and Articulate. Here is how it works and…
