by Thomas Keith | Jun 25, 2020 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
Canvas offers new features in June that can be helpful to instructors in managing their course content and sharing it with others. In this blog post we will summarize these features and explain the basics of their use. Direct Share Feature Edit Assignment Dates in...
by Thomas Keith | Mar 23, 2020 | Canvas, Events
Photo by William Marques on Unsplash As UChicago transitions to remote teaching for Spring Quarter 2020 (see the Teaching Remotely site for more information), multiple training options are available to help familiarize you with the tools and techniques of effective...
by Cecilia Lo | Jan 30, 2020 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
Have you noticed that certain embedded content or links within Canvas and other websites have stopped working recently? This might be because major browsers such as Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox have begun adopting a secure-by-default model for browser cookies...
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...
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...
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...
