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Extra Credit in Canvas: Points-based Gradebook

Posted: July 1, 2019 | Last Modified: October 16, 2020 2 Comments

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, Grades

Extra Credit in Canvas: Weighted Gradebook

Posted: June 25, 2019 | Last Modified: October 16, 2020 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, Grades

Understanding Assignment Dates in Canvas

Posted: May 22, 2019 | Last Modified: July 29, 2019 2 Comments

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...]

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Student Group Areas in Canvas

Posted: February 28, 2019 | Last Modified: February 28, 2019 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

Posted: February 18, 2019 | Last Modified: April 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

By default, Canvas marks discussions as read as you scroll by them. Sometimes this can create confusion if Canvas marks that you've read a reply, when actually you have … [Read more...]

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

Canvas Notification Settings: Our Recommendations

Posted: November 29, 2018 | Last Modified: July 15, 2021 Leave a Comment

Notifications are messages triggered by different activities in your Canvas course(s). You can choose to receive each type of notification immediately, as a daily or … [Read more...]

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Quick Tip: The Dog Ate My Quiz

Posted: February 16, 2017 | Last Modified: August 24, 2021 Leave a Comment

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...]

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

Quick Tip: Composing in Word

Posted: January 30, 2017 | Last Modified: October 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

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...]

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

Quick Tip: Managing Group Enrollments

Posted: September 15, 2016 | Last Modified: February 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

Small groups are great for online courses, but they do require a little babysitting on the part of the instructor. There are two types of group enrollments: auto enroll … [Read more...]

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Quiz Tip: Viewing Quiz Attempts

Posted: December 16, 2015 | Last Modified: November 14, 2019 Leave a Comment

Students may tell you that they were having technical issues connecting to a quiz, but you want more than just their word. It is not always possible to verify these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Instructor, Quick Tips, Quizzes

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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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