You can earn the Canvas Artist badge by creating a course with these elements.

Once you have completed your course, access the Canvas Artist Badge Assignment to submit the web address of your course to apply for your badge.

You can submit 6 hours for Professional Growth and Salary Advancement once you've earned the badge.

Build Your Course

This course provides video tutorials, guides, tips and recommendations to lead you through creating a course in Canvas.

Course Design Best Practices

Create a course layout that is appealing with appropriate use of colors, fonts and images.
Provide resources in a variety of formats (text, video, audio, slideshows, etc), that are accessible by all learners.
Provide a logical organization of content in manageable chunks.
Consistently use meaningful resource and activity titles.
Provide navigation options with visual clues to guide the student through the content.
Comply with copyright laws.

Getting Started	Dashboards, Your Profile, Courses Menu Notifications, Course Setup Checklist
Customize Your Course	Course Details Settings, Homepage, Course Navigation, Managing People, Parent Observer Accounts
Add and Organize Content	Import Content, Upload Files, Syllabus, Modules and Pages, Rich Content Editor, and use the Commons
Create Activities and Assignments	Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes, Surveys, Polls and External Apps/LTIs
Go Public	Publish Your Course and Student View
Communicate and Collaborate	Announcements, Conversations, Calendar, Groups, and Web Conferences
Provide Feedback and Track Progress	Rubrics, Grades, SpeedGrader, ePortfolios, Outcomes, MagicMark App, Course Analytics and Statistics
Using Your Mobile Device	Accessing Canvas on a Smartphone or Tablet
Additional Support	Community, Webinars, and Tutorials for Students