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Adding Answer Comments in Canvas Quizzes

Posted: March 2, 2021 | Last Modified: March 23, 2021 4 Comments

Adding Comments in Canvas Quizzes As you create questions in a Canvas quiz, you’ll notice three colored boxes at the very bottom of each question. The box on the left is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Academic Integrity, Assessment, Canvas, Feedback, Grades, Instructor, Quick Tips, Quizzes

Quick Tip: Ordering and Editing Captions and When to Use Video Summaries

Posted: November 5, 2020 | Last Modified: January 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

Captioning Captions are the text representation of the audio in a video. Captions are crucial for learners who are deaf or hard of hearing, but they can benefit all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Teaching, Tools & Technology Tagged With: Accessibility, Instructor, Kaltura, Kaltura Capture, Multimedia, Quick Tips, Social Presence

Quick Tip: Using Fudge Points to Fix a Gradebook Bug

Posted: April 7, 2020 | Last Modified: March 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

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...]

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

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...]

Filed Under: Tools & Technology Tagged With: Canvas, Instructor, Quick Tips, 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...]

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

Quick Tip: Where’s My Feedback?

Posted: November 20, 2019 | Last Modified: October 16, 2020 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, Quick Tips, Student, Written Assignments

Canvas Student Tip: Canvas App. vs Browser

Posted: November 5, 2019 | Last Modified: April 21, 2020 1 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

Quick Tip: Delaying (and “Undelaying”) Announcements

Posted: September 23, 2019 | Last Modified: March 3, 2021 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, Quick Tips

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

Quick Tip: Tech Troubles Got You Down?

Posted: September 13, 2017 | Last Modified: April 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

Technology is a wonderful tool, but it doesn’t always work as expected. If you’re encountering problems with your online course, here are three troubleshooting tips you … [Read more...]

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

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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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