by Thomas Keith | Aug 28, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Note: This post was updated May 1, 2019, to reflect changes in the New Gradebook. Canvas’ New Gradebook is now available for instructors to enable on a course-by-course basis. You can enable the New Gradebook for a course you are teaching by going to...
by Thomas Keith | Aug 24, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Constructing a new course site and organizing your course materials can be a time-consuming process — but it doesn’t have to be. Canvas offers tools that can streamline the process, cutting down substantially on the time and effort needed to set up your...
by Cecilia Lo | Aug 20, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Canvas provides a fully functional gradebook that can help both instructors and students to keep track of their progress in a course. Once you figure out its few quirks, you will be able to manage grades with ease. I. Some Terminology: Assignment Groups vs....
by Thomas Keith | Aug 9, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Events
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...
by Cheryl Walker | Jul 23, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
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...
by Cheryl Walker | Jul 6, 2018 | Canvas, How-tos
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...
