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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...]

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...]

Instructors: Assignments Using Turnitin

Posted: December 18, 2019 | Last Modified: November 5, 2024

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...]

Grade Posting Policy Use and Scenarios

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

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...]

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...]