Setting up a system for students to sign up for makeup exams can seem very arbitrary, with no direct integration in Canvas. While most may end up using some sort of form, or direct emailing, …
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Canvas New Quizzes: What Engineering Educators Need to Know
Canvas has officially rolled out New Quizzes, a new quiz alternative! Don’t worry, classic quizzes are still available. In this post, we’ll explain: What’s new What to watch out for How to get started Are …
Solution to give feedback in Atomic Assessments with Grade Server Side “ON”
Atomic Assessments loses some functionality when Grade Server Side is enabled. Custom metadata offers a workaround to these limitations. What is Grade Server Side (GSS)? According to Atomic Assessments, this option computes scores server-side rather …
Facilitating Student Group Work in Canvas
There are several tools that can empower your students to connect and collaborate effectively. Which of these could help you achieve your course goals? Canvas Discussions Perhaps the most straightforward interface for student discussion threads, …
2020 Fall Survey Template for the First Days of Class
Instructions for Fall 2020 Survey template. Save time by importing this survey into your course and customizing it as needed.
Fall 2020 Course Checklist
As you set up your course for Fall, there are more details to consider than ever before. Changing guidance and changing circumstances will require adaptability. Consider using the list below to think through a few …
Web Conferencing Tools: Which should you use?
As we move forward with Instructional Continuity by providing learning materials at a distance, you may be struggling to choose a method to web conference with your students. You are not alone! Learn@UW Madison put …
Fall 2018 Canvas Updates
Non-scoring rubrics There are a variety of ways to use rubrics to give feedback to students. If you use rubrics for grading, you’re likely familiar with the steps to add a rubric to an assignment …
What’s new in Canvas? Summer 2018 Update
Canvas updates every 3 weeks, sometimes with small changes and sometimes with big ones. These are the changes most relevant to our Engineering faculty and instructors: The rubric importer Make to-do items more prominent with Dashboard …
Top 10 Course Navigation Tips in Canvas
It’s lovely to wander around the lake this time of year. It’s less lovely to wander aimlessly around a course site. If you haven’t already, take a few minutes now to consider your Canvas course …