by Cheryl Walker | Jan 25, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
Did you know that you can rearrange your course cards in the order you prefer? Thanks to a new Canvas feature, you can simply drag and drop course cards anywhere on the Dashboard to reorder them. This is an easy and convenient way to keep your courses organized if...
by Thomas Keith | Jan 11, 2019 | Canvas, Events, Pedagogy
A variety of Canvas workshops will be offered in Winter Quarter 2019. In these workshops, you can learn how to use the Canvas learning management system and other digital technologies to enhance your classroom teaching, devise creative assignments for your students,...
by Thomas Keith | Dec 18, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Canvas now supports HTML5 in its Rich Content Editor for Firefox and Chrome. If you are using one of these browsers, you no longer need to enable Flash to record audio/video directly in Canvas using the Rich Content Editor. To record audio/video and embed it...
by Thomas Keith | Dec 10, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
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 calculating grades. (If the Notes column is not currently visible, you can turn it on by...
by Thomas Keith | Nov 30, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
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...
by Thomas Keith | Nov 19, 2018 | Canvas, Events, Pedagogy
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...
