Lindsey Van Gieson
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Looking for more advanced Canvas training?
If you’ve been working on your course site this year and are looking for more opportunities to learn about advanced Canvas tools- you’re in luck! ATC is now offering advanced Canvas training on using Modules and Calendar. The session will discuss advanced Module development and customizations, advanced calendar tools, and more! You will need to […]
Canvas Update – August 27th, 2016
Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform. In this production release (August 27), instructors can add images to Dashboard course cards and easily move an existing event to another calendar. Instructors and other course conference moderators can use live captioning in Conferences (using the BigBlueButton tool). […]
Not sure if your course is in myWPI or Canvas?
Check out our searchable course list for all Fall courses! Faculty: Did you move your materials to Canvas but don’t see your course in the list? Please contact us to be added!
New Canvas Workshops Added!
To help get you ready for the Fall term, we’ve added some additional Canvas trainings. Check them out on our Workshops page!
Updated SpeedGrader Interface!
Canvas just released some exciting new updates to the SpeedGrader interface! Due to popular demand, Canvas has moved around the tools you use most in SpeedGrader to make your grading process even more efficient. Check out the new interface: The icons, starting from the left side are: 1) Go back to Gradebook 2) Mute Assignment […]
Canvas Update – August 6, 2016
Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform. In this Production release (August 6, 2016), instructors can exclude assignments from a student’s final grade and save comments as drafts in SpeedGrader. This release also brings a SpeedGrader interface update for instructors, though no functionality has been affected. […]
New Workshop: Enroll in Canvas Camp!
Mark your calendars! The ATC-TTL Team is pleased to welcome you to: Canvas Camp! When: August 18th & August 22nd 1:30 – 4:30pm Where: Gordon Library, Anderson Labs A & B Canvas Camp will feature 5 brief (~20 min) rotating sessions throughout the 3 hour block. Attend just one session, or stay for all 5! […]
New Feature Spotlight: Customize Your Course Navigation
If you’ve been using Canvas for a few months, or even if you’re brand new to it- you probably have noticed your course navigation (which appears on the left side of your course site) is a bit static. This is because Canvas provides the same course navigation for everyone! Ensuring that from course to course, […]
Canvas Update – July 16, 2016
Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform. In this production release (July 16), instructors can use MathML tags in the Rich Content Editor and view other small changes to better manage their courses. Additionally, international users in 13 countries can enable SMS messages for Canvas notifications. […]
Canvas Status Update – Annotations to Assignment Submissions 6/30/16
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 […]
