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...
Scheduling Office Hours in Canvas: An Introduction
Canvas allows instructors to schedule blocks of time for office hours within your Canvas Calendar. When you create an Appointment Group (Canvas' term for a block of time designated on the Calendar for appointments), your students can then sign up through your Canvas...
Canvas Updates and Changes: Year in Review + Looking Forward
Canvas releases new features and bug fixes every three weeks. This means that faculty, instructors, and students can expect problems with the software to be fixed more quickly, but it also means that users have to learn to be flexible and expect that the interface may...