Connect with Your Students through Canvas Conferences
Interested in a way to connect with your students at a distance, whether to hold class remotely in bad weather, hold virtual office hours, or more? Canvas has a built-in tool called Conferences that makes it easy to set up and hold a remote conference with the...
Canvas Highlights, October 2019
In this blog post, we highlight important Canvas updates that have occurred or have been announced within the past month. Post Policy Icon Updates in New Gradebook New Course Navigation Menu Is Here Restrict Private Chats in Canvas Conferences Further Resources and...
Graduate Students and Postdocs: Be a Digital Pedagogy Fellow with ATS!
Graduate Students and Postdocs, would you like to gain experience in digital pedagogy, help promote pedagogically sound use of educational technology at UChicago, and get ready to teach blended or fully-online courses? We are hiring a Digital Pedagogy Fellow for the...
How Should You Choose between Canvas Discussion Boards and a Course Blog?
Canvas Discussion Boards and course blogs have similar functions–they offer a space for students to post a short piece of writing or multimedia for fellow students to provide feedback. In addition to being a good venue for write-to-learn exercises, they are both...
Announcing the 15th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions
Please join your fellow colleagues for the 15th Annual Faculty Technology Reception. Sample wine and cheese pairings while learning about technology resources available to UChicago professors, lecturers, instructors and researchers. Services include resources for new...
How to Disable Kaltura My Media and Media Gallery Navigation Links
The University of Chicago has chosen Panopto as its new video management platform, replacing the previous platform, Kaltura. The University’s license with Kaltura expires December 31, 2019, and all access to Kaltura will end at that time. Existing Kaltura content...
Canvas Highlights, September 2019
In this blog post, we highlight important Canvas updates that have occurred or have been announced within the past month. NameCoach Is Here! New Functionality in Canvas Conferences Updated Course Navigation Menu Forthcoming Further Resources and Getting Help NameCoach...
Prepare for the Transition to Canvas’ New Gradebook
Canvas’ New Gradebook is on its way! The New Gradebook will become the default for all courses in late December, a few weeks before the current Gradebook will be officially retired by Canvas. The New Gradebook provides improved filtering functions compared to the...
Grade Posting Policies in the New Gradebook: An Overview
Note: This post was revised on October 21, 2019, to reflect changes to the user interface within the New Gradebook. Introduction Canvas’ New Gradebook now includes a grade posting policy option, which replaces the previous assignment muting/unmuting functionality. ...