by Mohammad Ahmed | Nov 5, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
“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. ...
by Mohammad Ahmed | Oct 26, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
“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...
by Thomas Keith | Oct 12, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
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...
by Cecilia Lo | Sep 19, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Pedagogy
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...
by Thomas Keith | Sep 10, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
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...
by Cecilia Lo | Aug 30, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
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...
