by Cecilia Lo | Jul 25, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Pedagogy
Photo by Plush Design Studio on Unsplash The first day of class is arguably the most important day of the course. During this first meeting, students form their impression of their faculty and instructors, and the course itself–what they will do in the next 10...
by Thomas Keith | Jun 21, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
In this blog post, we highlight important upcoming and recent changes to Canvas announced within the past month. IE 11 No Longer Supported on August 3 Updates to “Message Students Who” Function in New Gradebook Further Resources and Getting Help IE 11 No...
by Thomas Keith | May 20, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
There are certain circumstances in which you may wish to examine student activity within your Canvas course site. For example, you may wish to see whether students are reading an important content page you added to a module. Alternatively, you may suspect academic...
by Thomas Keith | May 6, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
In this blog post, we highlight important changes to Canvas that have occurred within the past month. Preferred Names Now Used Throughout Canvas Canvas Conferences Now Uses HTML5 Changes to Course Roles when Manually Adding People to a Course Site Preferred Names Now...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 19, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Introduction The Accessibility Checker is a powerful tool within Canvas’ Rich Content Editor that allows you to run a quick accessibility test on content you have created within the Editor, including text, images, and hyperlinks. Anywhere the Rich Content Editor is...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 5, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
During Fall Quarter 2018, Academic Technology Solutions became aware that Canvas did not consistently use the preferred name of faculty, instructors, or students. We have now corrected this inconsistency as of March 29, and if you have a preferred name set for...
