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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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You have probably noticed that the college website has a Canvas button now so that you can easily log into Canvas. But if you ever just want the direct web address, it is http://etown.instructure.com. Now that we have fully transitioned …
Although the files button in the left navigation bar is hidden from student view in Canvas, students can still possibly access files in other areas of the course without the instructor realizing it. So, it is critical that instructors take …
Adding Images Want to make your sites and posts more visually appealing? Easy! Use readily available images from the flickr commons photo repository that is right in the Canvas text editor. Find out how to do that here: http://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1858
Creating Small Groups Canvas allows you to create small groups in your courses for various activities. With these groups, students can collaborate to work on assignments and projects together. To find out more information on how to set up groups and what they can …
If a column of names is in all UPPER case but you need it in Proper case, instead of retyping everything, add a column, and then in the new column, write a function that changes the data. The function is …
Using Turnitin Remember that you can use Turnitin for all written assignments or research papers to help students understand the need for citations and paraphrasing. Canvas makes that a whole lot easier because the two are integrated. Here are some …
We are just under a month away from saying “goodbye” to Blackboard and having all courses in Canvas. In fact, every summer course is now being taught in Canvas. All Fall 2015 courses have been added to Canvas and existing …
Managing File Size Overload When uploading different types of files onto Canvas, be mindful of how much storage space you’re using in Canvas itself. If you’re posting videos or other data-heavy items, consider posting them on an external site and then providing the link …
Need Help With Using Canvas? We have 24/7 chat, phone and web-based support from Canvas 365 days a year. All you need to do is click the “Help” tab located in the top right corner of your user dashboard. There, you …