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 …
Assessment
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 …
Supporting Students in the Peer Review Process
If you have students review and comment on each other’s work, you may want to use the Canvas peer review feature. This post briefly explains the process and includes links to resources that can help …
Canvas Gradebook Update – January 2017
The next phase of the new Canvas Gradebook is complete! For a thorough description and demonstration of the new Gradebook, please refer to my previous blog post from November 2017. The November update included improved …
Canvas Gradebook Update – November 2017
Canvas instructors, there’s a new Gradebook in town. As Canvas moves toward a final version of the new Gradebook (AKA “Phase 2”), the original Gradebook and a new version are both available to you right …
Re-grading Quizzes in Canvas: Tips and Workarounds
“Can I re-grade a quiz question in Canvas?” It’s an excellent question, and one that doesn’t always have a satisfying answer. The goal of this post is to clarify what can and can’t be re-graded …
Making the Grade: Canvas Tips for End-of-Semester Grading
It’s that time again! Final exams are just around the corner, which means semester grades are due soon. Here are a few things to remember when using Canvas to determine and upload semester grades: Grading …
Extended Testing Time in Canvas: Using the Moderate Quiz tool
Extended Testing Time in Canvas Instructors have a responsibility to provide accommodations for students who work with the McBurney center and notify their instructors of their needs. A common accommodation for testing is extra time. …