{"id":6521,"date":"2023-10-30T17:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T00:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/academics\/2023\/10\/30\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-revealed\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T00:02:44","slug":"hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/30\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Mysteries of Canvas Revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear Colleagues,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This month I share with you some not-so-spooky \u201chidden mysteries of Canvas,\u201d which may help you to create a better learning experience for your students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As an example, recently I was feeling a bit concerned that my students hadn\u2019t viewed the individual feedback that I\u2019d offered to each on their recent writing assignments. So I wanted to know if there was a way for me to see whether the students had, indeed, looked at my feedback. I hunted around a bit but didn\u2019t find any obvious menu or option to see that. So I dropped into the <a href=\"https:\/\/chapman.zoom.us\/j\/113618780#success\">Virtual Tech Hub<\/a> and shortly thereafter learned how to do this. In the &#8220;SpeedGrader&#8221; view in Canvas in the upper right hand corner it tells you if and when the student has viewed their feedback, which looks like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/10\/student-viewed-feedback.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6523\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6523\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2023\/10\/student-viewed-feedback.jpg\" alt=\"pane from screen grader in Canvas\" width=\"408\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/10\/student-viewed-feedback.jpg 730w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2023\/10\/student-viewed-feedback-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here are a few more <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/tag\/canvas-chronicles\/\">\u201chidden\u201d Canvas secrets<\/a> that you might find helpful:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/24\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-grade-posting-policies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grade Posting Policies\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/23\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-requirements-to-a-canvas-module\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adding Module Requirements<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/19\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-understanding-your-canvas-settings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understanding Course Settings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/19\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-ungraded-vs-graded-discussions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comparing Graded vs. Ungraded Discussions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/19\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-atomic-search\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Searching in and across courses<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/18\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-canvas-chat\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using the Canvas Chat<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/academics\/2023\/10\/12\/hidden-mysteries-of-canvas-navigating-your-canvas-gradebook-with-filters\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Filtering Gradebook Content<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips and Tricks for using Canvas 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