by Thomas Keith | Nov 30, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
The Embed Image function in Canvas’ Rich Content Editor has long offered several different ways to find images to embed: entering an image URL, browsing within the files attached to your Canvas course, or searching Flickr. Now, a new feature makes it possible to find...
by Cheryl Walker | Nov 16, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Did you know that you can now rotate the page view when viewing a file in Canvas’ DocViewer tool? This feature allows instructors and students to manually rotate images and documents in DocViewer to allow easier viewing of files that were uploaded with a...
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...
