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 Cheryl Walker | Jan 25, 2019 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions
Did you know that you can rearrange your course cards in the order you prefer? Thanks to a new Canvas feature, you can simply drag and drop course cards anywhere on the Dashboard to reorder them. This is an easy and convenient way to keep your courses organized if...
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...
by Thomas Keith | Dec 10, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos
Note: This post was updated on March 13, 2019, to include information for the New Gradebook. The Canvas Gradebook features a Notes column in which you can record comments about particular students’ performance. Data in this column are never used by Canvas when...
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...
