New Feature in Canvas Gradebook: Exporting the Notes Column
Note: This post was updated on March 13, 2019, to include information for the New Gradebook. The Canvas Gradebook features a Notes column in which you can record comments about particular students' performance. Data in this column are never used by Canvas when...
New Feature in Canvas: Embedding an Image Directly from Your Computer with the Rich Content Editor
The Embed Image function in Canvas’ Rich Content Editor has long offered several different ways to find images to embed: entering an image URL, browsing within the files attached to your Canvas course, or searching Flickr. Now, a new feature makes it possible to find...
Two New Workshops Available!
You are invited to attend two new workshops being offered during Week 9 of this Fall quarter. These workshops will introduce you to advanced Canvas features that can enhance your teaching. Both workshops will be held in the back of the TechBar, on the first floor of...
New Feature in Canvas: Document Rotation in DocViewer
Did you know that you can now rotate the page view when viewing a file in Canvas' DocViewer tool? This feature allows instructors and students to manually rotate images and documents in DocViewer to allow easier viewing of files that were uploaded with a different...
Analytics Beta: Canvas’ New Analytics Tool
“How can Canvas help me analyze how my students are doing?” Analytics Beta is a new Canvas tool that provides better analytics for tracking student data. It has an interactive chart or table which allows you to customize views of data and filter for specific items. ...
Anonymous and Moderated Grading in Canvas
“How can Canvas help mitigate grading bias with Anonymous and Moderated Grading?” Canvas can help mitigate bias in grading student work with two features: anonymous grading and moderated grading. There are many benefits to setting up “blind” or anonymous grading. By...
New Feature in Canvas: Creating Discussions for Specific Course Sections
Has the Canvas site for your course been divided into sections? If so, Canvas' Discussions tool will now allow you to create discussions that will only be visible to specific sections. This can be very useful if you wish to keep discussion threads focused and easy...
Announcing the 14th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions
Please join your colleagues for the 14th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions. Sample wine and cheese pairings while learning about technology resources available to UChicago faculty, lecturers, instructors, and researchers. Services including resources for new...
Grading Efficiently with Canvas
You can do a lot more than collecting assignments, entering grades, and weighting grades in Canvas (see our blog post on Tips on Managing Assignments and Grades in Canvas). In fact, Canvas’ Gradebook, Speedgrader, online Rubrics, and communication tools can help you...