Checklist to Create Your Panther Den

Once you are added to a Canvas Panther Den as a Den Leader you can now begin creating your space.  Here are some steps to help you work through that process:

✔️ Learn Canvas! Go through the self-paced training called Growing with Canvas to learn about what you can do. You can find this training on your dashboard.

✔️ As you learn, remember to use the help button in the left-hand course navigation. You will find links to Canvas 24/7 support, Canvas Guides, and links to support through the ETS team.

✔️ Add a picture to the course card Links to an external site..  The course card is the picture that your participants will see on their dashboard. Make it inviting. 

✔️ Before organizing the space, consider the use of your space.  You will organize your space differently depending on its use.  For example,

    • Is your space used only for Announcements?  Then, hide everything and only use the Announcements section.
    • Is your space used only for Discussion? Then, hide everything and only use the Discussion section.
    • Is your space used as a repository of file information? Then, hide everything and only use Files. Create an organized file structure with descriptive file names so that your files are easily accessed and found.  
    • Is your space used to provide training?  If so, create a landing page that describes the purpose of the training, lists learning outcomes, and then build everything out using Modules. Your landing page will need to point your students to the modules or chunk the information using buttons or images of some sort.

✔️ Do you need to retrieve any files from Blackboard or from a Bb Archive course in Canvas? If so, create an export file from Blackboard or copy the files over from the Bb Archive in Canvas.

✔️ Decide on your home page. Consider creating a custom landing page as your home page. Your landing page could have a description of the purpose of the space and what your participants should expect to find here. Consider chunking the information in Modules or Pages to help your participants find what they need.

✔️ Hide all unused navigation Links to an external site.

✔️ Use Student View Links to an external site. to test your space and see what it looks like from the point of view of a participant.

✔️ Once your space is complete, use the People tab to load your participants.  Please use the role "Den Participant" for those who are participating.  (If your space has auto-population then the participants will be loaded for you when the auto-population programming is complete.

✔️ Decide on the visibility (public, course, or institution) | Managing your Panther Den

✔️ Decide if the Panther Den is going to have an end date or if it will be open-ended | Managing your Panther Den

✔️ Publish Links to an external site. your space

✔️ Announce your new Panther Den!