Archive for October, 2017
Pro Tip Tuesday: Everything is Wiki-fied
Did you know that all Pages in Canvas are wikis (aka editable by everyone)? The Pages area in Canvas is great for collecting resources and creating content in your Canvas site. However, it can also be a collaborative “wiki” space for you and your students. It even records all revision history just like Wikipedia. To […]
Canvas Update: October 28, 2017
Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform. In this production release (October 28), the Rich Content Editor Accessibility Checker helps verify common accessibility errors in Canvas content. In Discussions and Assignments, the Move-To menu has been changed to a sidebar, and discussions can be duplicated […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Customize your Courses list
When you are enrolled in or teaching many Canvas courses, you may customize the active courses you want to show on your Dashboard and Course List (under Courses). Courses you want to show on your Dashboard are called favorite courses. You can favorite any published course on the course list page to make it show on […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Hide Total Scores in Gradebook
There’s a few reasons why you might not want students to see their grade summary or final scores in Canvas. And luckily, there’s a way to hide it! You might not have discovered this option, as it’s not actually located in the Grades area of your course. It’s actually in the Settings area. To hide […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Speed up your grading by sorting your students in Speedgrader
For quicker and easier grading, you can sort the student list by student name, the date they submitted the assignment, or by submission status. Open up Speedgrader from any assignment, discussion, or quiz in your Canvas course. To open SpeedGrader Options, click the Settings link (gear icon). To open the sorting options for the student […]
Canvas Update: October 7, 2017
Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform. In this production release (October 7), late and missing submission status labels are only displayed to instructors in SpeedGrader, and rubric criterions can include a point range instead of an individual point value. Other small updates have been made in […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Add an image to your course card in Canvas Dashboard
Have you seen classes that are utilizing images on the Dashboard in Canvas? Want to get rid of that “boring” color that’s assigned to your course in Canvas and make your class stand out from the rest? Then you’ve come to the right place. A few things to know before you begin: Accepted images include JPG, […]
