Atomic Search for Canvas: The Ultimate Time-Saving Tool for Instructors and Students
Chapman University has added a search tool to Canvas. Atomic Search simplifies content discovery for both instructors and students by allowing keyword searches. Here’s what you can expect: Effortless Content Discovery: Quickly find course materials without hassle, making your Canvas experience more user-friendly. No Setup Required: Instructors don’t need to make any adjustments. The Atomic
Student Engagement with Ease
Padlet is an interactive online bulletin board that allows instructors to use templates such as timelines, grids, and maps to help structure how posts are organized visually. Students can post text, video, audio, images, links, drawings, and more. In addition to the above, here are some reasons why you should consider using Padlet: Virtual bulletin
How to Copy Content from One Canvas Course to Another
Interterm and Spring 2024 courses are now available in Canvas! We hope that you will find these resources helpful if you need to copy content from a past Canvas course or a template course into an Interterm or Spring 2024 Canvas course. Canvas course copy best practices: Do not copy “All Content” when copying from
Pearson MyLab and Mastering is now Access Pearson
If you use Pearson MyLab and Mastering or Pearson tools (such as Revel or eText) in your Canvas course this semester, you will notice a different setup. Pearson is updating their product, now called “Access Pearson.” Starting this summer, the old tools will be disabled and no longer work. For Spring 2024, you can access
Discussions and Announcements Redesign Coming to Canvas
Dear Chapman Students, Instructors, and Staff, We are excited to announce that Canvas will introduce some new changes to its Discussions and Announcements. These changes are expected to be rolled out on July 20, 2024, and instructors will no longer be able to use the legacy Discussion and Announcements features. The redesigned Discussions and Announcements
YuJa Updates
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, The Educational Technology Services team meets with our friends at YuJa on a monthly basis to review the new features that are the most relevant for the Chapman community. Below please find the list of new features for December 2023. Do you have questions about YuJa? Visit us in the Virtual Tech
Introducing Google Assignments LTI 1.3 in Canvas!
Dear Chapman Students, Instructors, and Staff, Do you use the Google integration in Canvas to submit assignments, add files (Docs, Sheets, Slides) to modules and pages, or create collaborations? As announced in this November 6 communication, we now have two Google integrations in Canvas: the old Google Apps LTI and the new Google Assignments LTI
Hidden Mysteries of Canvas Revealed!
Dear Colleagues, This month I share with you some not-so-spooky “hidden mysteries of Canvas,” which may help you to create a better learning experience for your students. As an example, recently I was feeling a bit concerned that my students hadn’t viewed the individual feedback that I’d offered to each on their recent writing assignments.
YuJa Updates
Dear Chapman Instructors and Staff, The Educational Technology Services team meets with our friends at YuJa on a monthly basis to review the new features that are the most relevant for the Chapman community. Below please find the list of new features for October 2023. Do you have questions about YuJa? Visit us in the Virtual Tech
Hidden Mysteries of Canvas: Grade Posting Policies
By default, Canvas courses have an Automatic grade posting policy. This means that grades, comments, and annotations are visible to students as soon as grades are entered in the Gradebook or submitted in SpeedGrader. If you do not want students to receive notifications for grades and comments while you are grading, you can change the