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3 Ways to Obtain Timely Feedback and Encourage Students to Reflect on Their Learning

3 Ways to Obtain Timely Feedback and Encourage Students to Reflect on Their Learning

by Cecilia Lo | Dec 17, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Pedagogy

Photo by Green Chameleon on Unsplash Obtaining timely feedback from students on their learning can help faculty and instructors check how well students are learning what they are teaching and decide on whether and what pedagogical adjustments to make. In addition, the...
Spark Effective Discussions with Canvas Discussion Boards

Spark Effective Discussions with Canvas Discussion Boards

by Thomas Keith | Nov 22, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Pedagogy

Introduction Many instructors are familiar with the challenges of facilitating effective in-class discussion.  When discussion moves to an online arena such as a Canvas discussion board, many of the same challenges can crop up, along with new ones unique to the...
Connect with Your Students through Canvas Conferences

Connect with Your Students through Canvas Conferences

by Thomas Keith | Nov 14, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos

Interested in a way to connect with your students at a distance, whether to hold class remotely in bad weather, hold virtual office hours, or more?  Canvas has a built-in tool called Conferences that makes it easy to set up and hold a remote conference with the...
Canvas Highlights, October 2019

Canvas Highlights, October 2019

by Thomas Keith | Oct 29, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions

In this blog post, we highlight important Canvas updates that have occurred or have been announced within the past month. Post Policy Icon Updates in New Gradebook New Course Navigation Menu Is Here Restrict Private Chats in Canvas Conferences Further Resources and...
How Should You Choose between Canvas Discussion Boards and a Course Blog?

How Should You Choose between Canvas Discussion Boards and a Course Blog?

by Thomas Keith | Sep 26, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Pedagogy

Canvas Discussion Boards and course blogs have similar functions–they offer a space for students to post a short piece of writing or multimedia for fellow students to provide feedback.  In addition to being a good venue for write-to-learn exercises, they are both...
How to Disable Kaltura My Media and Media Gallery Navigation Links

How to Disable Kaltura My Media and Media Gallery Navigation Links

by Thomas Keith | Sep 24, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos

The University of Chicago has chosen Panopto as its new video management platform, replacing the previous platform, Kaltura.  The University’s license with Kaltura expires December 31, 2019, and all access to Kaltura will end at that time.  Existing Kaltura content...
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