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Adding Videos in Canvas

Posted: October 1, 2020 | Last Modified: November 5, 2024

Students and instructors have a few options for how to record videos for their courses. Those options are below, but first let’s cover a few terms to get oriented to our … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Using Fudge Points to Fix a Gradebook Bug

Posted: April 7, 2020 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

On occasion, a student may report that they submitted a quiz and received a grade, but their score isn't recorded in Grades. Luckily, this bug is easy to fix using these … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Edit your Canvas Profile

Posted: April 2, 2020 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

Setting up your Canvas profile is one of the first things you should do before you teach on Canvas. You can add a short bio about yourself and upload a picture so … [Read more...]

TILT Your Assignment Prompts

Posted: March 31, 2020 | Last Modified: October 14, 2024

Students often have difficulty understanding assignment directions, especially in online courses when it is harder to ask clarification questions. It can be hard for the … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Finding Past Enrollments

Posted: March 30, 2020 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

When your course concludes, Canvas automatically moves it out of your Dashboard, but it's not gone forever. To locate courses from previous semesters: Click … [Read more...]

Quick Tip: Delaying (and “Undelaying”) Announcements

Posted: September 23, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

We've discovered a few things about how Canvas handles announcements that are vital in organizing your course and getting information to students in the way you mean to. … [Read more...]

Canvas Best Practices for Students

Posted: August 26, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

In each of our courses, you can find the Online Course Resources tab on the course navigation bar, which will take you to a library of helpful documents about Canvas. … [Read more...]

Understanding Assignment Dates in Canvas

Posted: May 22, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

All dates associated with assignments use the time zone set in the course. If the course time zone is Central time and has an assignment due at 11:59 pm, the assignment … [Read more...]

Student Group Areas in Canvas

Posted: February 28, 2019 | Last Modified: January 25, 2024

Groups in Canvas can facilitate robust student interactions because Canvas generates a group area, a small version of the course for each group. In the group area, … [Read more...]