January Canvas Updates
Canvas has regular updates and from time to time, we’ll write about those here on the blog so you’re aware of some of the more important changes. This month, there… Continue reading "January Canvas Updates"
Category: Canvas
Posts relating to Canvas.
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Three Powerful Feedback Tools in Canvas
Canvas is full of tools you can use to provide rich, timely feedback to students. In this post, we want to break down the three most impactful methods of giving… Continue reading "Three Powerful Feedback Tools in Canvas"
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Why You Should be Using the Accessibility Checker on Canvas
We need to ensure that everything provided to our students are accessible. It wasn’t until I started using the accessibility checker that I noticed easy adjustments to ensure equal access… Continue reading "Why You Should be Using the Accessibility Checker on Canvas"
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Using Immersive Reader and New Quizzes to Build Background in Canvas
October 16 Update: Canvas has now made immersive reader available in more areas, not just pages. Read more below. Our students enter our classrooms with different life experiences. This is… Continue reading "Using Immersive Reader and New Quizzes to Build Background in Canvas"
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Using Rubrics on Quizzes in Canvas
This post focuses on how to manually add a rubric to a Quiz in Canvas. The difficulty in writing a post like this is giving clear directions of how to… Continue reading "Using Rubrics on Quizzes in Canvas"
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Digital Interactive Notebooks
Digital interactive notebooks are a fun, new way to help keep students engaged and organized digitally. What are Digital Interactive Notebooks? Originally, interactive notebooks were spiral or composition notebooks that… Continue reading "Digital Interactive Notebooks"
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Focus on Feedback in Canvas
Canvas makes it easy to allow students to submit multiple times to the same assignment. This helps you move away from completion and compliance for student work toward a feedback… Continue reading "Focus on Feedback in Canvas"
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Message Students from Canvas by Course Activity
New Analytics has a lot of new interesting features that let you track what your students have or have not been doing in a course. We’ve already written about messaging… Continue reading "Message Students from Canvas by Course Activity"
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Add Canvas Course Announcements to your Home Page
If you are like me, you are using Announcements in Canvas frequently to keep students up to date on important information. They’re great because students are notified whenever one is… Continue reading "Add Canvas Course Announcements to your Home Page"
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Customize Your Canvas Course Menu
The Canvas course menu is a powerful tool at your disposal for helping students navigate. You have the ability to customize which options are visible to students, which is helpful… Continue reading "Customize Your Canvas Course Menu"
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Message Students by Overall Course Grade in Canvas
The Canvas gradebook allows you to create quick email lists of students who don’t complete an assignment or score below a certain threshold. You can do the same but at… Continue reading "Message Students by Overall Course Grade in Canvas"
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Using Canvas Modules as Checklists for Students
Now, more than ever, it’s important that we encourage executive functioning in our students. Thankfully, Canvas has a number of features that can help facilitate these skills. For many people, a… Continue reading "Using Canvas Modules as Checklists for Students"