Skip to main content
University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW Crest
CEETE at UW-Madison
Collaboratory for Engineering Education and Teaching Excellence
  • Instructor Consultations
  • CEETE Classrooms in Wendt
  • Teaching Resources Expand Collapse
    • Canvas
    • Inclusive Teaching
    • Assessment
    • Evaluation
    • Other UW-Madison Resources
  • TA Training
  • About Us Expand Collapse
    • Our Mission
    • Services
    • People
    • CEETE Alumni
  • Updates
  • Contact CEETE
  • College of Engineering
  1. Home
  2. CEETE Announcements
  3. Canvas Updates

Canvas Updates

Fall 2018 Canvas Updates

Posted on October 15, 2018

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 …

Posted in Assessment, Canvas, Canvas UpdatesTagged copyright, files, non-scoring, points, rubrics, usage, usage rights

What’s new in Canvas? Summer 2018 Update

Posted on August 15, 2018

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 …

Posted in Assessment, Canvas, Canvas Updates, CEETE AnnouncementsTagged features, list view, roles, rubrics

New Instructor Roles in Canvas

Posted on March 15, 2018

Summer course shells are now available in Canvas, and with them come three new instructor roles that take the place of the Teacher role: Principal Instructor, Supervisory Instructor, and Auxiliary Instructor. In this post we’ll …

Posted in Canvas, Canvas UpdatesTagged digital, ecosystem, permissions, SDE, student

Canvas Gradebook Update – January 2017

Posted on January 10, 2018

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 …

Posted in Assessment, Canvas, Canvas UpdatesTagged assignments, late, missing, policies

Canvas Gradebook Update – November 2017

Posted on November 28, 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 …

Posted in Assessment, Canvas, Canvas UpdatesTagged faculty center, late, missing, switch

Canvas Updates: Summer 2017 Edition

Posted on August 29, 2017

Canvas may look a little different if you’ve been away for a few months. Instructure releases an update every 3 weeks. Here are some of the highlights from this summer. UI Changes You’ll notice that …

Posted in Canvas, Canvas UpdatesTagged 2017, docviewer, duplicate, ui

Site footer content

University logo that links to main university website

Contact Us

  • Kurt F. Wendt Commons, 4th floor
    215 N Randall Ave, Madison WI
  • Map map marker
  • Email: ceete@engr.wisc.edu
  • Phone: 608-265-1178

Website feedback, questions or accessibility issues: ceete@engr.wisc.edu.

Learn more about accessibility at UW–Madison.

This site was built using the UW Theme | Privacy Notice | © 2023 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.