🤖 Canvas for Online Schools: A Step-by-Step Setup Guide for Alternative Provisions

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A clean, human-friendly walkthrough for setting up your Canvas course from scratch. Built for small online schools, APs, and tutors ready to scale safely.

📜 Canvas doesn’t need to be complicated. It just needs to be used well.

This guide walks you through setting up your first course using the free version of Canvas — ideal for:

• Alternative Provisions with fewer than 100 students
• Short-term or pilot online courses
• Tutors and flexischools exploring HyFlex models
• Schools wanting structure without complexity

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

✅ How to create your free teacher Canvas account
✅ How to set up and customise your first course
✅ How to add students and content
✅ How to embed accessibility + Mastery Paths
✅ How to monitor engagement using analytics
✅ How to maintain, refine, and link your course to your website

This guide is packed with screenshots, links, and reminders written in plain English—no tech background required.

📦 What's Included:

• 1 PDF: Step-by-Step Guide for Setting Up a Canvas Course (SANDPIT)

💡 Who This Is For:

• Founders building their first digital course
• SENCOs and SLT exploring HyFlex or online inclusion
• Tutors offering revision or enrichment
• Schools preparing for scale or inspection
• Teachers tired of faffing and ready for focus

🔐 Licensing:

This is a free/open guide you may adapt internally.
Please do not resell or share externally without attribution.

Attribution: “Canvas Setup Guide, developed by The Novacene (thenovacene.com)”

💷 Pricing Suggestion:

• £7 or Pay What You Can (PPP enabled)