Practical guides on learning design, assessment and Canvas, organised by the five PANDA stages. Sign in to see what you’ve read and save articles for later.
Let Them Demonstrate Their Learning in PANDA
Demonstrate is where students show what they can do. Here is how to match tasks to outcomes and choose the right Canvas tools, from quizzes to recordings and group work.
One Page vs Pre-In-Post vs PANDA: Choosing a Structure for Your Canvas Week
A one-page week, Pre-In-Post and PANDA each shape how students meet your content. This post compares their strengths and limits and shows how to choose and move between them in Canvas.
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 how to build it in Canvas.
Creating Meaningful Feedback
Feedback only works if students can act on it. This post shows how to write specific, forward-looking comments, time them well and manage the workload in Canvas.



