Lindsey Van Gieson
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Pro Tip Tuesday: Using Canvas Calendar like a pro
In the left hand-menu of Canvas, click the Calendar icon to launch the Calendar. The calendar displays all Canvas courses in which you are enrolled in a color coded system. You also have a personal calendar where you can add events or assignments only you can see. You can view calendar as Week, Month, or […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Give me “More Options”!
If you haven’t gotten familiar with your Course Detail “Settings” then you might not have noticed that Canvas has a few extra gems that can further customize your course site. Navigate to your course, then click on Settings, and find your Course Detail tab (at the top of the page). Scrolling all the way down, […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Grant students extra time on a quiz or test
Occasionally, you will need to grant a student extra time when taking a quiz in Canvas. To do this, follow these steps: Open Quizzes Click the name of the quiz Click on Moderate This Quiz (either in the right hand column, or beneath your list of quizzes) For one student, locate the student and click […]
Canvas Update: November 18, 2017
Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform. In this production release (November 18), the Move-To Menu has been updated in Course Settings, Modules, and groups within the People page. Criterions can be duplicated in rubrics, and supported items can be duplicated from within individual modules. The […]
Pro Tip Tuesday: Sorting Canvas Gradebook in Excel
Do you use Excel spreadsheets in conjunction (or in place of) the Canvas Gradebook? Canvas’ sorting mechanism eccentricities, combined with students’ ability to choose a preferred name can sometimes pose a challenge when importing and exporting in and out of Excel. For example, Canvas will alphabetize last names with apostrophes differently than Excel will. But, […]
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 […]
