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...]
Extra Credit in Canvas: Weighted Gradebook
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...]
Understanding Assignment Dates in Canvas
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
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...]
Quick Tip: Manually Mark Discussion as Read in Canvas
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...]
Canvas Notification Settings: Our Recommendations
To find the notification settings, click on Account [1], then Notifications [2]. Notifications are messages triggered by different activities in your Canvas … [Read more...]
Comparing Features in D2L and Canvas
D2L and Canvas are quite similar in many ways. Both organize material by modules, have discussions, and offer places to submit written assignments. Both have ways for … [Read more...]
Quick Tip: The Dog Ate My Quiz
All the studying in the world won't help a student if they have poor Internet connectivity when taking a quiz. Unfortunately, sometimes it does happen that a student … [Read more...]
Quick Tip: Composing in Word
It is often a good idea to compose discussion posts in Word and then copy/paste them to the online discussion. Not every post, of course, but, let’s say you’ve spent a … [Read more...]
Quick Tip: Contacting Support
To receive quicker service when contacting the UW MBA Consortium for technical support (BIZHELP@uwec.edu or 715.836.6020), please provide the following: your name … [Read more...]