Starting in Spring 2026, Canvas courses will have a new feature designed to support inclusive, flexible, and learner-centered teaching: Differentiation Tags. If you’ve ever wanted to assign different versions of an activity, provide targeted practice, or support varied learning pathways without managing multiple course sections or duplicating content, Differentiation Tags are for you. What Are
Emoji reactions Emoji reactions are now available for new padlets. Every post can be reacted to with any emoji from the Padlet set. Emoji reactions details. New table format The table format gives you the organizational power of a spreadsheet. Every column understands its data type and gives you powerful ways to organize information through
Poll Everywhere Course Management is the latest update that enhances the integration of Poll Everywhere with Canvas, making it easier than ever for instructors to manage graded polls with their courses. Enhanced Workflow for Educators Course Management improves your workflow by enhancing individual course pages on the Poll Everywhere website and making them easier to
This blog post is authored by Dr. Samantha Dressel, Assistant Professor of Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of English. I don’t think of myself as particularly a techy person, especially in my pedagogy, but over the last year, Nearpod has become one of my favorite teaching tools. It is simple to
This blog post is authored by Dr. Tara Barnhart, Assistant Professor of Attallah College of Educational Studies. When the pandemic hit, I knew I had to make a change. Both my research and teaching are centered around seeing students’ sense-making in their work. I also knew that maintaining students’ attention on Zoom during very long classes,
Do you have trouble getting your students to think about what they are learning and why they are learning it? Read on to see how private journals in Canvas can support student reflection. Neuroeducation applies the scientific method to curricula design and teaching strategies to better understand learning based on evidence of how our brains
Cheating in the classroom isn’t something new. Students use to think they were clever by replacing their water bottle labels with notes or using the back of their calculator covers to hide formulas. As technology grows, it opens more avenues for students to find ways to cheat. Instead of water bottles, students began to use
A few weeks ago my son (who lives far away in a snowy valley of northern Utah) texted me this picture: It’s a photo he’d taken of a partially-melted snowflake under a microscope. He told me that it was harder than he thought to capture the flakes under magnification, that all of the equipment
Teaching untethered removes the physical barriers that separate instructors from the students. The connected classrooms are equipped with Apple TV. Instructors use airplay on the iPad to share their screen with the classroom projector. We encourage instructors to interact with their students and step away from the podium. Instructors can walk around the classroom and
Dear Chapman Instructors, We hope that you are well and that you are enjoying these last few weeks of summer. As you are finalizing your syllabi and preparing your Canvas courses for Fall 2021, you may be grappling with the difficult question of how much work is the right amount to expect your students to