Instructional Design Plan for Middle Ridge Elementary

Face-to-Face Staff Development Workshop

General Audience:
The primary audience consists of certified teachers of all ages, experience levels, and subject areas at
Middle Ridge Elementary School in Covington, Georgia. The primary audience teachers or provides
supportive educational services to students in graphs PK-5.
Needs Assessment:
The Newton County School System is implementing a new Learning Management System called Canvas.
The county Technology Department would like to see this LMS be the stepping stone to a 1:1 initiative as
well as a way to get more student participation with their work. The district is also looking at the possibility
of this LMS being useful for bad weather days. If the LMS becomes so integrated within the classroom, bad
weather days would not need to be made up as the work on the LMS would substitute for the missing day.
Middle Ridge Elementary has the following statements in their School Improvement Plan:
Students will use digital tools/technology to conduct research, solve problems, and/or create original
works for learning.
Students will use digital tools/technology to communicate and work collaboratively for learning.
Due to this county initiative, it has been decided by the administration of Middle Ridge Elementary that the
faculty need to be provided with training on this new LMS. It has been determined that the focus of the
training will be on creating a course, assigning schoolwork, and uploading resources. By providing the
educators with a few basic skills on these topics and best practices for using the LMS, the teachers can
immediately begin working on the new LMS to be prepared for next school year.
Instructional Goal:
At the end of this training, teachers will be able to
Edit their Canvas profile and setup the proper notification preferences.
Navigate Canvas demonstrating how to create a new course.
Customize the navigation within their course by removing unneeded links.
Upload files into their course and manage their restrictions.
Assessment of Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the each tutorial, the learners will complete and assignment testing their knowledge of the
material from that specific topic. The learners will also be asked to complete an evaluation of the training.
Learner Characteristics
The targeted group of learners is the technology support team of Middle Ridge Elementary School in
Covington, Georgia. This team is composed of one teacher per grade level (PK-5), including special
education, paraprofessionals, and specials (elective teachers). Ages for these educators range from mid20s to early 50s. There are 1 male and 8 female teachers. The team is comprised of 6 Caucasians and 3

African Americans. Demographics were collected from a conversation with the schools Technology
Teacher Leader who heads the team.
Entry Skills and Prior Knowledge

Able to log on a computer

Has files saved to an external drive, OneDrive, or their laptop
Can navigate website

The teachers who compose the technology support team are chosen by the Technology Teacher Leader and
administration. They were asked to choose individuals who are leaders in their grade levels and well versed
in utilizing the technology at the school.
Attitudes Towards Content & Academic Motivation
Teachers have voiced their opinions both verbally and through surveys that there are too many technology
resources for them to learn and utilize. After the last LMS the school had shut down, they do have some
concerns. They feel that they do not have the time to setup their courses and feel that Canvas will one day
sell out or shut down.
Educational Ability Levels
Every member of the technology support team is a certified teacher in the Newton County School System.
They possess various degrees from Bachelors to Specialists in Early Childhood Education.
General Learning Preferences
The learners prefer that instruction is presented in two parts. Part one provides the learner with a
demonstration and a walk-through of the information. For the second half, the learners would like to work
independently while the moderators walk around the room to address any questions or concerns they may
have while they work.
Learning Context:
The instructional setting for this training will be in a computer lab. Since the training is about an LMS, the
learners will have access to computers. The tutorial will be delivered utilizing the classroom projector and
interactive white board.
Instructional Strategies:
1. Introduction
a. The learner will be engaged from the onset by asking them, Wouldnt it be great if we didnt
have to make up school days?
b. The overall goal of the training will be to learn about Canvas and create a functioning course.
c. The overall objective will be to learn how manage a course on Canvas. The training will
provide the learners with the basic skills necessary to help navigate the site.
d. Learners will learn how to organize files and manage permissions for navigation.
2. Presentation of Information
a. Profile

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The purpose of the lesson will be on how to update the user profile in Canvas.
Presentation of steps on how to update the profile picture.
Presentation of steps on how to set up communication channels.
Presentation of steps on how to modify notification preferences.
Learners will be allowed a few moments after completing the training to demonstrate
the skills they have learned.
vi. Learners will show their profile picture and discuss what notifications they prefer.
b. Courses
i. The purpose of the lesson will be on how to create a course with Canvas.
ii. Presentation of steps on how to create a new course and the options available.
iii. Presentation of steps on how to change the navigation menu for the course.
iv. Learners will be allowed a few moments after completing each objective to
demonstrate the skills they have learned.
c. Files
i. The purpose of the lesson will be on how to upload files and manage them for student
use.
ii. Presentation of steps on how to upload files.
iii. Presentation of steps on how to manage file permissions.
iv. Learners will be allowed a few moments after completing each objective to
demonstrate the skills they have learned.
3. Assessment
a. To assess the learning outcomes of the learners, the teachers will be asked to complete an
evaluation at the end of the training. The evaluation will question them on their feeling about
the content and material addressed in the professional development.