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Did you know where to get help and support for the online aspect of your course?

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Did you use the learning environment to interact with other learners in discussion boards?

If yes, how did you find the opportunities for interaction with other learners?

Did the platform facilitate meaningful collaboration and/or discussion?

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Was the process for joining the course easy to understand?

How did you access your course?

How did you find the learner portal? This is the environment where your courses were listed.

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Were you able to navigate to your online course?

Did the content meet your expectations? Why or why not?

How engaging did you find the learning materials? (video, readings, etc.)

Were there any aspects of the platform that you found difficult to use? Why?

Did you encounter any barriers related to accessibility (e.g., font size, color contrast, use of assistive technologies)?

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Is there anything else you’d like to share about your experience that we haven’t covered?

If you have taken a course previously, how did this experience compare with previous ones?

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Yes, clear and well laid out.

Online.

Clear and well laid out.

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I had no problems with it. I followed a link sent to me via email and I don't remember having any issues at all. I found the learner portal easy to navigate.

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In general yes I found the enrolment process quite straightforward. There is enough information on the website to detail what steps you need to take to enrol.

In regards to signing up for CANVAS, the email with instructions was very easy to follow, and the whole process only took a few minutes.

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Issue with enrolment at the start and the link but once this was resolved it was fine.

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There was a problem with a link at beginning but it was eventually resolved and able to find way to platform.

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Yes

Yes, and exceeded them. The preparation work was interesting and well judged in terms of required time commitment. The course itself was a good balance of lecturer input, slides and class discussion.

Very. I thoroughly enjoyed each learning material interaction.

Navigating to the course assessment results and results/comments was a little counter-intuitive. It took me a little while to find my coursework grade, find a corresponding table to explain the alphanumeric code and find the lecturer's commentary and overall review.

No barriers for me.

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I find CANVAS a very easy platform to navigate. The courses are laid out in a logical manner, and the limited menu options (Home, syllabus, modules etc) are simple and easy to understand what information is contained within them. I like that were was not an overwhelming list of options to scroll through.

The content of the course was easy to follow and I liked the resources, they were suitable to the level of course being taught.

I had one minor confusion when looking for the course when I first enrolled. The initial home page with the "in progress, future, and completed" courses stumped me for a moment, as I had scanned the page and not taken notice of the headings. Once I worked out this filtering system I was fine, however I thought the default showing now course (I think at the time it was listed under future) was a little confusing (only minor thought)

I generally access the platform via the student app (I already had it downloaded on my phone from previous use)

I do have experience using CANVAS both as a student when I was at university, and as a teacher I was part of a project introducing CANVAS as an LMS for a high school.

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I found the new system easy to use and could find course materials and discussion panels ok

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I was able to navigate the course easily. The links/sections on the left side of the interface were helpful: modules / assignments etc helped me navigate.

I liked having the discussion boards. I was able to add my comments and receive feedback from my tutor, which was really helpful.

The only slight issue was... On the previous Learn page, all the homework for the following week was listed in a single place. Whereas for the Canvas site for my course now, the homework is sometimes listed in separate places (e.g. grammar hmk in one place, and writing hmk in another). This was inconvenient when I missed a class and did not hear directly from the teacher what the homework was, and resulted in me not being prepared for the following class.

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Unfortunately not, there seemed to be little appetite amongst my fellow students from online discussion. This may have been impacted by the subject itself (which definitely beneefits from the additional nuance of in person discussion) but may also have been linked to the excellent quality of the led discussions during tutorial time.

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The course I am doing is a very basic level of content, and so we have not used the platform for collaboration or interaction. This has all taken place in-person in the classroom

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Yes I engaged and about half of my fellow students engage with it too. My teacher, Nana, is really good at replying to the students and giving supportive feedback. I really like this aspect of Canvas.

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No, but I made no effort to identify where I might find such support. I like problem solving and I was able to resolve my minor issues without recourse to external support.

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I didn't have any problems so I haven't really considered it.

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Generally the discussion boards have been between one or two students and tutor -the group does have a Whatsapp group which gets some news and items of general interest

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I haven't needed to seek help. However when looking through the platform there is no obvious "help" button.

Generally I would use the "home" tab to find the tutor and contact them if I had an issue.

Upon looking through the platform to answer this question I found the contact for COL.studentsupport email - this perhaps would have been another source I would have used. However, it is not immediately obvious.

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Overall I think Canvas is better than hosting the course on Blackboard Learn (the previous platform). The embedded video links and discussion boards are nice additions. Also, the quizzes which give an immediate score were really fun, and allowed me to see how much of the target vocabulary and grammar I had remembered.

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I usually ask someone in the class or Nana if I need help

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The 'Introduction to Western Philosophy', 'Practical Ethics' and the 'Introduction to Psychology' and been fascinating and energising. I am very much looking forward to continuing to advance my understanding of those subjects over the forthcoming terms and, if my interest continues to be captured so effectively, plan to engage in a related Undergraduate or Masters of one or more. I'm also hoping to expand the number of courses that I take, including topics such as Economics, Politics and Eastern Philosophy.

It was also useful to have a voluntary essay piece of coursework. It's been many years since I've written anything academic so it was very useful to see how much my knowledge/skills have changed as well as having a formal avenue to gauge how much the course had impacted my understanding of, and ability to structure, arguments / discussions.

It was an excellent and thought provoking experience, which is very much in line with the other two courses I've experienced.

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Canvas seems to be working well. Learn did not encourage the discussion aspect much.