The most recent Canvas update rolled out a new feature inside of Assignments that allows for an Annotation assignment. Instructors can upload a document to Canvas that students can then annotate using the same annotation functions instructors see inside of the Speedgrader. This includes highlighting, commenting, creating text boxes, drawing, etc. Currently, the new Assignment
Dear Colleagues, As this Spring term draws to a close, I want to celebrate your success at teaching through the pandemic and all of the uncertainty that has entailed. Our course evaluation global index scores increased during the 2020 terms and this is a testament to your investment in reaching out to your students during
On April 6, 2021, the IETL and ETS sponsored the virtual teaching workshop: “You’ve leveled up on technology: Bringing it back to the classroom.” The workshop helped faculty reflect on what they’ve learned over the last year learning Canvas, Zoom, and other technologies, discuss how their successes support learning theory, and strategize their use of
For this week’s edition of Teaching Tips Thursdays, we explored five features of Canvas that can help instructors provide timely, consistent, specific, balanced, and actionable feedback. Feature #1: Quiz Question Feedback Research shows that providing frequent quizzes with timely feedback improves students’ understanding of concepts. Did you know that you can add feedback for answer
Assignments Webcam Submissions Summary In File Upload assignments, students can use their webcam to submit to an assignment. Change Benefit This change allows students to use their webcam to submit a file upload assignment from the browser and aligns behavior with the Canvas Student app. Affected User Roles & Behaviors Students For File Upload assignments,
What is the Wheel of Names? Wheel of names is a free online tool to randomize names or images. Access Go to the wheel of names website to access https://wheelofnames.com/ Ideas for Using Wheel of Names Student names Team names Subject matter You can copy special characters like smileys from other websites and paste them
The latest update of Canvas (March 21, 2021) introduced a new feature in the Speedgrader: Submission Reassignments. SpeedGrader: Submission Reassignments (2021-03-20 Release) from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo. Summary In SpeedGrader, instructors can reassign an assignment with a due date to an individual student and ask them to redo their submission. Change Benefit This
Effective March 26th, 2021, Chapman will be changing the default cloud recording to: Record active speaker with shared screen. This change will provide a better viewing experience in Canvas for Students. Students will see only two options, audio and video. The prior default settings made five different files (speaker view, shared screen, gallery view, shared
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Courses MathJax Equation Enhancements & Text Field LaTeX Characters Summary LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters. Change Benefit This change allows users to use equations in more areas of Canvas and manage equations more efficiently. Affected