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...
by Thomas Keith | Sep 10, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Canvas allows instructors to schedule blocks of time for office hours within your Canvas Calendar. When you create an Appointment Group (Canvas’ term for a block of time designated on the Calendar for appointments), your students can then sign up through your...
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....
