This document welcomes learners to a Canvas training course. It introduces the instructors for the course and their backgrounds. It explains that the course will teach faculty members how to use Canvas, which is the learning management system used at Houston Community College. Learners will build the start module and first two modules of their online, hybrid, or web-enhanced course as part of the training.

1. Welcome to Canvas
Welcome to the Canvas Training.We're glad you're taking this course!
For a good start to the course, read everything in the Start Here Module.

2.  Your instructors are
<NAME1> and
<NAME2>.
 <NAME1> has been with
Houston
Community College
since <YEAR> and has
been in the Distance
Education Department
since <YEAR>.
 As Instructional
Designer and Learning
Management System
Administrator,
<NAME1> manages and
supports the system
used for online and
hybrid courses, provides
faculty training and
development, and assists
faculty in developing
online courses.

3.  <NAME2> is an
Instructional Designer
in the Distance
Education Department
at HCC. She works with
faculty to design and
develop instructionally
sound online and
hybrid courses. She
has been with HCC
since <YEAR>.
 <NAME2> is an
Instructional Designer
in the Distance
Education Department
at HCC. She works with
faculty to design and
develop instructionally
sound online and
hybrid courses. She has
been with HCC since
<YEAR>.

4. In this course, you'll learn how to use Instructure Canvas, which is HCC’s
learning management system (LMS).This course is required for all faculty
members who will teach online or hybrid classes and also for faculty
members who will use Canvas to facilitate their face-to-face classes.
This is an online course, which has required online activities with
deadlines. As part of this course, you will build the Start Here Module and
first two modules of your online, hybrid, or web-enhanced course.Those
modules must be completed in order for you to receive credit for this
course.