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How to Organize Your Canvas Course Series For Instructors

December 12, 2020 by | Canvas

Dear Chapman University faculty, Educational Technology Services will be hosting “How to Organize Your Canvas Course Series.”  Chapman University instructional designers will share their best practices on engaging your students through Canvas, and show you how to use the tools in Canvas to simplify your communication. Please click on the links below to find out

Enable Third-Party Cookies in Safari Fix problems downloading files, using 3rd party tools, and viewing videos in Canvas

December 10, 2020 by | Canvas

Please note: as of Safari 13.1 and later, third-party cookies are blocked by default. For more information, visit Webkit’s article: Full Third-Party Cookie Blocking and More.  Open Safari, go to the left-hand corner, and click on Safari -> Settings from the drop-down menu (Fig. 1). Figure 1 Navigate to the Privacy Tab and make sure “Prevent cross-site tracking” is

How do students see grades and instructor feedback in Canvas?

November 30, 2020 by | Canvas

Have you ever wondered how your students see their grades and the feedback that you are providing for them in Canvas?  In last week’s Tech Tuesday, we looked at grades and feedback from a student perspective: Here are the Canvas Guides for the topics that we covered.  Please feel free to share these with your

How to copy from one Canvas course to another

November 6, 2020 by | Canvas

Interterm and Spring 2021 courses are now available in Canvas. Before you hit “copy all” please check the following resources and avoid the most common issues. Best Practice: Do NOT “Copy All” when copying from one course to another. You will end up with more than you bargained for. Use caution when copying the Calendar.

Optimizing your Canvas course storage For Instructors

October 8, 2020 by | Canvas

Dear Chapman University faculty, As you continue to teach remotely, you may need to optimize your Canvas account’s storage space to share large files with your students. Your Canvas course storage is limited, so if you upload too many large files, you may run out of space. In this blog, we will review some of

New Gradebook Feature in Canvas Student ID Column

October 8, 2020 by | Canvas

Student IDs now appear in the Canvas Gradebook, making it easier for instructors to distinguish students with similar/identical names sort students when exporting the Gradebook When exporting the Gradebook in Canvas, there is now a new column called StudentID. For more information on how to use the Gradebook in Canvas, visit the Instructor Guide.  

Avoid Data Loss when Multiple Graders are in the Speedgrader in Canvas

September 21, 2020 by | Canvas

Instructors, if you have graders assisting you with grading, please be sure to share the following information with them: All individuals performing grading in a course should be aware of how the SpeedGrader works. Please share directions on how to use the SpeedGrader from the Canvas Guides. When the SpeedGrader is launched, all assignment data

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