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Quick Tip: Edit your Canvas Profile

Posted: April 2, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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...]

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Quick Tip: Personal Pronouns

Posted: March 31, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Canvas users can now set their personal pronouns in their profile. These pronouns will display after the user's name in several places such as the discussion board, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, EDI, Instructor, Instructor Presence, Social Presence, Student

Quick Tip: Finding Past Enrollments

Posted: March 30, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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...]

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Instructors: Assignments Using Turnitin

Posted: December 18, 2019 | Last Modified: October 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Turnitin (Tii) is a “similarity check” tool that you can enable in Canvas assignments. Tii identifies text in student papers that matches against the text in websites, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Assessment, Canvas, Grades, Instructor, Turnitin, Written Assignments

Grade Posting Policy Use and Scenarios

Posted: July 22, 2019 | Last Modified: December 17, 2019 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...]

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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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Inserting Kaltura Videos into Canvas

Posted: May 13, 2019 | Last Modified: June 6, 2022 Leave a Comment

RCE toolbar with an arrow pointing to the Kaltura icon.

Use this guide after installing Capture to your computer (Click here to read about how to install Capture) and creating your first video (Click here to read about how to … [Read more...]

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Using Kaltura Capture

Posted: April 29, 2019 | Last Modified: October 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Use this guide after installing Capture to your computer. Click here to read about how to install Capture. Launching Capture Log into Canvas. Click Account on … [Read more...]

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Kaltura Capture Installation

Posted: April 29, 2019 | Last Modified: October 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

What is it? Capture is the new video recording software that allows you to create screen and webcam recordings. You can use this software for presentations, video … [Read more...]

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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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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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