Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot
A student in an online accounting course unexpectedly praised the instructor’s Canvas homepage design during a Zoom call. He had taken screenshots to share with a former professor, demonstrating a positive and engaging learning experience. The article explores this unexpected feedback and the importance of course design.
He was there to learn accounting, not comment on my course design. But midway through a Zoom call in the fall of 2025, one of my online adult learners paused and started talking about my Canvas homepage, how the buttons worked, how everything connected. He had taken screenshots and sent them to a former professor at another […] The post Designing a Course Students Want to Screenshot appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.
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