by Thomas Keith | Aug 24, 2022 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
As we prepare for Autumn Quarter and the 2022-23 academic year, now is a good time to familiarize yourself with new features available in Canvas. These features can help you to streamline your grading workflow, customize the look and feel of your Canvas site, and...
by Thomas Keith | Feb 1, 2022 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
In the past few months, Canvas has added a number of new and updated features that you may find useful. In this post, we will review the most salient features and explain how you can use them in your courses. View Word Count in SpeedGrader for Text Entry Assignments...
by Thomas Keith | Oct 22, 2021 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
There are a number of new features in Canvas this month that you may find useful. In this post, we will offer a summary of the most salient features that Canvas has recently added. Sticky Navigation Menus SpeedGrader: Edit Submission Status Labels Gradebook: Search...
by Thomas Keith | Oct 15, 2021 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
If your students are unable to see Panopto videos in your Canvas course, it may be because those videos are located in the incorrect folder. In this post, we will outline the difference between the main Panopto course folder and the Assignments subfolder, and explain...
by Sarah McDaniel | Jun 21, 2021 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Pedagogy
With an updated release of Canvas that launched in mid-May, instructors now have access to an additional Assignment format on Canvas: Student Annotation Assignments. With the addition of Student Annotation Assignments to the suite of resources supported through...
by Ziting Wang | May 4, 2021 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Pedagogy
Online quizzes can be a good way to help students assess their learning. Faculty and instructors can now choose from two different options–Canvas Quizzes and Gradescope’s online quizzing tool, which the company calls “Online Assignments”. Though their functions...
