{"id":6376,"date":"2021-07-12T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=6376"},"modified":"2021-09-17T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:21:12","slug":"conversations-about-canvas-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2021\/07\/12\/conversations-about-canvas-commons\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations about Canvas Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commons-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"Canvas Commons\" class=\"wp-image-6382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commons-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commons-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commons-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commons.jpg 1339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All colleagues who have a Teacher role in Canvas can access and contribute to a huge repository of content in Canvas Commons.\u00a0 You can use Commons to share content with the global Canvas community or choose to restrict its visibility to teachers at Newcastle University.\u00a0 You can also share content with yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the <strong>Art of the Possible<\/strong> we hosted workshops to explore Commons with Colleagues.&nbsp; Our participants got stuck in enthusiastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we liked: &nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Commons is a great way to access generic content e.g. getting started with the library, or to share content across programmes.&nbsp; (Our induction project team are using Commons to share induction materials with schools this year.)<\/li><li>Even if you don\u2019t want to use the content it\u2019s helpful to see how others have approached teaching your subject \u2013 it can give ideas and inspiration<\/li><li>The ability to gather quiz questions to adapt<\/li><li>It could help improve consistency between modules \/ courses<\/li><li>Commons is a good way to hold content that needs to be included in all\/some courses \u2013 assignment templates, school policies, supports consistency.<\/li><li>You can use Commons to hold content that is private to you \u2013 making it easy to add content into multiple courses.<\/li><li>It makes it easy share content across the institution \u2013 rather than importing\/exporting or adding permissions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commonsexample-1024x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commonsexample-1024x325.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commonsexample-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commonsexample-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/files\/2021\/07\/commonsexample.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/lor.instructure.com\/resources\/dd5b79d6a9fc4fdd8ed209d564de5715?shared\">Commons example <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why would you share content to Commons?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A way of sharing effective practice, building your reputation, and that of the University<\/li><li>Evidence your impact \/ influence for promotion<\/li><li>Building in consistency<\/li><li>When you don\u2019t know who specifically will need to access the content<\/li><li>By sharing you are contributing to the educational community<\/li><li>To share knowledge and expertise<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some Cautions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several participants commented on the huge amount of material in Commons, we saw how we could filter this by stage (UG\/PG) or restrict our searches to content shared just with the Newcastle University. &nbsp;&nbsp;We saw how we could share permalinks to content elements in Commons to make finding resources easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canvas Commons content isn\u2019t policed so we had good discussions about the need to check content for accuracy, and also to look out for international differences (eg prescribing guidance, legal regulations etc\u2026).&nbsp; We spoke about how different creative commons licenses could be added to support reuse and about how to give attribution to Commons Content shared with CC licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/LTDS\/EYBiHzEET1JOrWOSeMZPAuIBuJGCh_o6AcWvIQbfM-n5Yw?e=mGLZiv\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/newcastle.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/LTDS\/EYBiHzEET1JOrWOSeMZPAuIBuJGCh_o6AcWvIQbfM-n5Yw?e=mGLZiv\">see our slide-deck<\/a><\/li><li>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/ncl.instructure.com\/courses\/76\/pages\/commons?module_item_id=1553350\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ncl.instructure.com\/courses\/76\/pages\/commons?module_item_id=1553350\">Canvas Orientation course<\/a> to find our more \u2013 or view the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Commons\/tkb-p\/commons\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Commons\/tkb-p\/commons\">Canvas guides on Commons<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All colleagues who have a Teacher role in Canvas can access and contribute to a huge repository of content in Canvas Commons.\u00a0 You can use Commons to share content with the global Canvas community or choose to restrict its visibility to teachers at Newcastle University.\u00a0 You can also share content with yourself! For the Art &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2021\/07\/12\/conversations-about-canvas-commons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Conversations about Canvas Commons&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[639,1],"tags":[644,696],"class_list":["post-6376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canvas","category-other","tag-canvas","tag-canvas-commons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6376"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6386,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6376\/revisions\/6386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}