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Where’s My Feedback?

November 20, 2019 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

As a student, you can see all your feedback from the Grades tab when viewing on a browser. The score will display automatically, but you will  need to click on the icons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Assessment, Canvas, Discussion, feedback, Grades, Student, Written Assignments

Canvas Student Tip: Canvas App. vs Browser

November 5, 2019 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

Using Canvas Canvas offers two ways to access your courses – a mobile app or web browser. Accessing the Canvas website on a desktop or laptop with a compatible browser … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Quick Tips, Student

Canvas Tip: Delaying (and “Undelaying”) Announcements

September 23, 2019 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Announcements, Canvas, Instructor Presence, Teaching Presence

Canvas Best Practices for Students

August 26, 2019 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Student

Grade Posting Policy Use and Scenarios

July 22, 2019 by Ashaun Adler Leave a Comment

What are Grade Posting Policies? Did you know that you have control over when assignment grades are visible to students? By default, all assignments post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Grades, Instructor

Extra Credit in Canvas: Points-based Gradebook

July 1, 2019 by Jeri Weiser Leave a Comment

Offering extra credit can provide an additional challenge for students or provide them a chance to improve their score. Extra credit should be available equally to all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, extra-credit, gradebook, Grades

Extra Credit in Canvas: Weighted Gradebook

June 25, 2019 by Jeri Weiser Leave a Comment

Offering extra credit can provide an additional challenge for students or provide them a chance to improve their score. Extra credit should be available equally to all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, extra-credit, gradebook, Grades

Understanding Assignment Dates in Canvas

May 22, 2019 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Instructor

Student Group Areas in Canvas

February 28, 2019 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion, Groups

Quick Tip: Manually Mark Discussion as Read in Canvas

February 18, 2019 by Katie Venit Leave a Comment

Discussions are handled a little differently in Canvas than in D2L. All replies are listed on the page--no more clicking to open a discussion post. Sometimes this can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Discussion

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Through the partnerships we form with our instructors, we develop engaging and interactive online courses. Here you’ll find ideas on course design informed by the latest research and teaching strategies that build community and instructor presence. We’ll also we share our experiences with technology, with Canvas, and with administering our online educational programs.

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