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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 22, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
The Canvas Course Navigation Menu: A Brief Introduction For both you and your students, the course navigation menu is your means of finding your way around your Canvas course site. However, the menu may not look the same for you and your students. When you view the...
by Cheryl Walker | Feb 22, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Pedagogy
Ever wondered how to connect with your students during a cold snap or treacherous weather conditions? Canvas has a built-in web conferencing tool (BigBlueButton) for remote collaboration, which is easy to set up and use. You can access this tool through...
by Thomas Keith | Dec 18, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Canvas now supports HTML5 in its Rich Content Editor for Firefox and Chrome. If you are using one of these browsers, you no longer need to enable Flash to record audio/video directly in Canvas using the Rich Content Editor. To record audio/video and embed it...
