Navigating through the maze of columns and boxes in the Canvas Gradebook can sometimes feel like a daunting task. Have you ever wished for a way to streamline your view, focusing on what matters most? Well, you’re in luck! We’ve got a not-so-secret trick up our sleeves to help you declutter your Gradebook: Canvas Gradebook
Dear Chapman Instructors, You may find this blog post helpful if: You created an assignment in your Canvas course, but you weren’t sure how to create a Turnitin assignment, or you forgot to select Turnitin in the assignment details. Your students have already submitted the assignment. You would now like to use Turnitin to check
Benefits of Atomic Search for Canvas Atomic Search is a fully integrated search tool in Canvas that allows you to search the full text of your course content. It’s as easy as searching on Google. Quickly search Pages, Announcements, Files, Assignments, Syllabi, Discussions (titles), Modules, and external URLs with one click. It can search for
What is Nearod? Nearpod makes lessons interactive. Create a lesson, video, or activity and upload your resources (PowerPoints, Google Slides, PDFs, videos). Customize the lesson with interactive slides, videos, gamification, and activities to check for student understanding and deepen engagement with Nearpod tools: Draw It, Polls, Drag & Drop, and Open-Ended Questions. Support student understanding by using insights from the formative
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, It is now possible to create custom playlists using YuJa. Below please find instructions for creating and sharing a YuJa playlist. Creating your playlist Access YuJa by navigating to video.chapman.edu or by clicking on YuJa in the left-side navigation menu of a Canvas course. Click on Playlists in the menu
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, We hope that Fall 2023 is off to a great start! Recently, the Educational Technology Services team had the opportunity to ask our friends at YuJa about the new features that they think will be the most helpful for the Chapman community. Below please find the list of new features
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, The Educational Technology Services team is excited to introduce our Fall 2023 workshop series: Strategies for Student Success. In alignment with Chapman’s new five-year strategic plan, our workshops for this academic year will focus on the student experience and how instructors can use Canvas and other educational technology tools to
Dear Chapman Instructors, We hope that this blog post finds you well and that you are enjoying these final days of summer. As the start of the fall term draws closer, Educational Technology Services wanted to share a few different ways that you can get oriented to the technology in your classroom and get classroom
It’s that time of year, when we all begin adding materials in Canvas for our Fall courses. However, before I jumped to do a course copy from a previous semester, I wanted to take some time to reflect on my course evaluations and consider if there were areas I need to change to improve my
Dear Chapman Instructors, Do you like to hold your office hours on Zoom? Would you like your students to be able to book virtual 1:1 meetings with you? We are excited to share that there is now an Appointments tab in Zoom inside your Canvas courses. With this new feature, you can easily set up