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. ...
First Day of Class: Leverage Canvas Quizzes to Gain Active Learning Class Time
Photo by Plush Design Studio on Unsplash The first day of class is arguably the most important day of the course. During this first meeting, students form their impression of their faculty and instructors, and the course itself--what they will do in the next 10 weeks...
Canvas Highlights, June 2019
In this blog post, we highlight important upcoming and recent changes to Canvas announced within the past month. IE 11 No Longer Supported on August 3 Updates to "Message Students Who" Function in New Gradebook Further Resources and Getting Help IE 11 No Longer...
Student Activity in Canvas: Getting an Accurate Picture
There are certain circumstances in which you may wish to examine student activity within your Canvas course site. For example, you may wish to see whether students are reading an important content page you added to a module. Alternatively, you may suspect academic...
Canvas Highlights, May 2019
In this blog post, we highlight important changes to Canvas that have occurred within the past month. Preferred Names Now Used Throughout Canvas Canvas Conferences Now Uses HTML5 Changes to Course Roles when Manually Adding People to a Course Site Preferred Names Now...
Canvas’ Accessibility Checker: What It Can Do for You
Introduction The Accessibility Checker is a powerful tool within Canvas’ Rich Content Editor that allows you to run a quick accessibility test on content you have created within the Editor, including text, images, and hyperlinks. Anywhere the Rich Content Editor is...
Preferred Names Now Used Throughout Canvas
During Fall Quarter 2018, Academic Technology Solutions became aware that Canvas did not consistently use the preferred name of faculty, instructors, or students. We have now corrected this inconsistency as of March 29, and if you have a preferred name set for...
Customizing Your Canvas Course Navigation Menu
The Canvas Course Navigation Menu: A Brief Introduction For both you and your students, the course navigation menu is your means of finding your way around your Canvas course site. However, the menu may not look the same for you and your students. When you view the...
The Symposium for Teaching with Technology Is Coming April 23 – Save the Date!
The UChicago Symposium for Teaching with Technology is coming on Tuesday, April 23, 2019! The Symposium will be a full-day event, held at the Regenstein Library. It will bring together faculty, instructors, lecturers, learning designers, academic technologists, and...