Archive for April, 2018
Canvas Update – April 21, 2018
In this production release (April 21), admins can set a default Dashboard view for new Canvas users and allow graders to add excess points to outcome criteria in SpeedGrader. Additionally, the account-level SIS Import process supports a feature option refactor that provides improved performance and stability. In Conferences, individual recordings can be individually deleted. The […]
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 […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: How to quickly deal with “undated” assignments
Do you have a lot of assignments in your Canvas course that don’t have dates associated with them? You can easily organize and add due dates to your assignments using Canvas’ Calendar tool! Due Dates are a really useful tool for your students in Canvas. By providing due dates for assignments, students will receive reminders on their “To Do List” […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Add a Profile Picture to Canvas
There are two ways you can select a profile picture to use throughout Canvas: Upload a Picture from your computer Take a picture using your computer’s camera First, some best practices: Images should be square in size to prevent your picture from being resized or distorted. Files can be any type (.jpg, .png, .gif) or […]
