Introducing the New Scheduler
Canvas' New Scheduler is now live! The New Scheduler allows instructors to create Appointment Groups and schedule office hours directly from their course calendar. In the previous Scheduler, if you wished to add an Appointment Group, it was necessary to click the...
Customizing Your Canvas Dashboard
“How do I get rid of old courses and see new courses?” As new quarters begin, we often want to clean up our Canvas sites and move old courses. Obviously we don’t want to scroll through pages and pages of old courses just to find one course. Fortunately, Canvas has an...
Sending Announcements to Specific Sections in Canvas
Section-specific announcements are now available in Canvas! Instructors can now select whether to send announcements to all sections, a single section, or multiple sections. By default, the announcement will be sent to all sections of your course. However, to select...
Can’t Log In? How Do I Reset My Canvas Password?
Are you having difficulties signing in to your Canvas account? Are you able to login to other accounts using your CNetID and password, such as my.UChicago? If you cannot, then perhaps you have forgotten your password. Any user with a CNetID who forgets his/her...
Teaching with a Flipped Classroom
"The part of teaching that I enjoy the most is the direct interaction with students. My main goal with flipping the classroom was to increase the quality of our limited contact time." —Prof. Britni Ratliff What is a flipped classroom? The main idea...
Preventing Cheating in Canvas, Part 2: Quizzes
Whether you're distributing course documents or giving online quizzes, it's important to make sure that the materials on your Canvas course site are secure. Making sensitive materials too easily available increases the risk of academic dishonesty among your...
Preventing Cheating in Canvas, Part 1: Files and Modules
Whether you're distributing course documents or giving quizzes, it's important to make sure that the materials on your Canvas course site are secure. Making sensitive materials too easily available increases the risk of academic dishonesty among your...
Canvas Day 2018 Recap
On April 25th, Academic Technology Solutions hosted Canvas Day 2018 in the Regenstein Library. This year's Canvas Day was formatted as a half-day conference with two tracks of programming. The main sessions in room 122 included presentations from faculty on a wide...
Canvas Student View as a Tool for Faculty
"How do I know my students can see this?" Often faculty spend large amounts of time and energy designing their courses but aren't sure how it will look from the student perspective. We frequently hear questions such as: “Will my students be able to download the...