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The “draft state” feature, those green/gray clouds you see next to every module and item in Canvas, is a great way to control what students see that is similar to the “Make the link available” radio buttons that were part …
Canvas Tip of the Week – Unpublished Module and Published Assignments Read more »
Dear Blackboard, You’ve been a great LMS, but I just wanted to let you know that things are just not going to work out between us. You’ve done a lot for me over the years, but to be completely honest, …
Every three weeks, Canvas makes small enhancements to the learning management system. The update this past weekend includes a preview of a new user interface. We will switch our Canvas instance to this new interface on October 25th. Although this …
Canvas Tip of the Week: Recent Updates to Canvas Read more »
Phishing emails are messages in which cybercriminals attempt to access somebody’s sensitive personal information. These messages can often appear to be sent from legitimate websites, but are actually being sent from people posing to be someone or something they’re not. …
When creating a new password, remember that it needs to contain at least three of these four elements: Uppercase letter Lowercase letter Number Special character (i.e. # $ ! * ^) In addition, your password must be a minimum of …
Personal Devices Click here for articles that deal with personal devices such as laptops, phones, tablets, or gaming devices. These articles will show you how to do things such as setting up Email on your device, or registering your devices …
Device Help Need help with device registration? ITS can help you with any of your mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets, game consoles, and more. Computer Help Come to ITS to receive help with registering your computer to the campus network. …
Lots of new features have been added to Canvas recently that you may want to explore. Differentiated Assignments – You can now assign assignments to different sections AND individuals or groups of students and have different due dates. This is …
Did you know that all faculty, staff, and students now have access to Office365? This is a web-based version of Microsoft Office that you can use online on a computer and also via apps you can download on your mobile …
When you access Canvas, you may wonder if a course is available to students. Here are some general guidelines. 1. Students only see courses two weeks prior to the semester beginning if the instructor publishes the course to make it …
Building Engagement Through Peer Reviews Consider building student engagement in your courses by using peer reviews. You can make it so that your assignments automatically assign peer reviews once the students have submitted their assignment—whether it’s a draft or a final product. Only you …
Canvas makes updates and enhancements every three weeks. The most recent update includes some very useful features that have been requested by the Canvas User Community. Take a look at what is new: Video Overview: http://community.canvaslms.com/videos/1609 Full Overview: http://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-4224
E-Town has a campus-wide subscription to Atomic Learning training videos. This service provides over 10,000 videos on common technology and teaching topics and now also includes web-based assessments for many of the video series. Are you wondering how other faculty …
Atomic Learning: Ten Ways Faculty Can Use These Videos Read more »
Setting Up Your Notifications and User Profile We recommend that you and your students set up your user profile and identify how and when you would like to receive notifications from your courses. Adding a picture to your profile will …
Canvas Tip of the Week: Notifications and the User Profile Read more »
Eliminating Discussion Board Responses That Use Others’ Responses Sometimes, students want to view others’ responses before they provide their own in a discussion board. While you may sometimes want to give your students this option, there may be other times …
Canvas Tip of the Week: Discussion Board Responses Read more »