Setting up synchronous meetings using Conferences

If you are teaching a fully online course or a hybrid course with in-person and online students, synchronous online meetings during which all members of your class are present online can be a huge benefit to the teaching and learning the takes place within your course. A synchronous online meeting through the conferences feature allows all students and teachers involved in your course to participate in a virtual classroom. Each member of the class logs in to the conference and connects to everyone else in the class; you are free to lead a presentation or lecture during this time, or to open the conference up to group discussions and questions.

You can record meetings so students who are not able to be present are still able to see what happened during the meeting. Students are also able to set up their own conferences, so means of collaboration and cooperation are built into your students' Canvas experience. Synchronous meetings...