Archive for June, 2016

Canvas Status Update – Annotations to Assignment Submissions 6/30/16

Filed in services by Lindsey Van Gieson on June 30, 2016 • 0 Comments

Canvas Status Update Users unable to view or add annotations to assignment submissions – 30 June 2016 Beginning at 10:30 AM Mountain Time today, we received a few reports from users having issues adding and viewing annotations for assignment submissions that normally appear in the Crocodoc file previewer in Canvas. They were instead seeing messages […]

Canvas Update – June 25, 2016

Filed in Canvas by Lindsey Van Gieson on June 22, 2016 • 0 Comments

In this production release (June 25, 2016), admins can save themes for their institutions in the Theme Editor, and minor settings options have been included in several account-level features. For instructors, the Notifications page clarifies the purpose of the Grading notification, and the Gradebook and Rubrics include small icon updates. The production release notes also […]

Brief Crocodoc service interruption – Friday June 16th

Filed in Canvas, services by Lindsey Van Gieson on June 20, 2016 • 0 Comments

Canvas Incident Report On 16 June 2016 the Crocodoc document conversion and preview service was non-functional within Canvas between 1:54 PM MDT (19:54 UTC) and 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC). This was due to a configuration error within the application, which temporarily disabled the Crocodoc integration. Incident Summary At 1:54 PM Mountain Time […]

Check out our new FAQs

Filed in Canvas by Lindsey Van Gieson on June 14, 2016 • 0 Comments

Check out our brand new Frequently Asked Questions page. We’ve been able to compile some common questions regarding WPI’s transition from Blackboard to Canvas over the past few months. Keep checking back, I expect this list to be ever changing! If you have anything you think should be added, feel free to email us! myhelp@wpi.edu

Some Thursday Inspiration

Filed in Canvas by Lindsey Van Gieson on June 9, 2016 • 0 Comments

Need some inspiration for your Canvas site? Canvas has a showcase of course sites to help you get on the right path! Whether your class is face-to-face, blended, or online, there’s plenty of ideas in here to jump start your creativity. It would be amazing to get a showcase together of WPI faculty-created course sites […]

Did you know Canvas offers 24/7 tech support?

Filed in Canvas by Lindsey Van Gieson on June 7, 2016 • 0 Comments

Did you know that Canvas offers 24/7 support to all faculty, staff, and students at WPI? If you’re burning the midnight oil and hit a snag in your work, rest assured that your friendly neighborhood Canvas support representative is eagerly awaiting your questions! Canvas offers live chat support, email support, and phone support! Simply […]