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Here are our latest articles, tips, and tutorials on using Canvas for your courses.
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Canvas – Extra Credit
You can give students extra credit in Canvas through a variety of options. Canvas does not have a default option, or a feature function to add extra credit. This tutorial shows four different options that can be used alone or together in a course.
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Canvas Foundations: Grading and Feedback
This sessission was held 12 October 2023, from 1000-1130. Led by an Instructure (Canvas) trainer, this session will cover how to create and apply rubrics, how to give feedback and grades using SpeedGrader, and the various customizations you can create for your Gradebook. Recording below.
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Canvas Foundations: Data and Analytics
This session was held 18 October 2023, from 1000-1130. Led by an Instructure (Canvas) trainer, this session will cover how to access and understand the data available to instructors about student access, interactions, and communications as well as generalized statistics about the course (missed/late assignments, module progress) and quizzes/tests.
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Canvas New Quizzes are (SUPPORTED 2024)
The feature ‘New Quizzes’ is now unsupported by UAF CTL until major improvements are made to the feature by Instructure. Below is a video tutorial on moving any existing quiz materials to Canvas Classic quizzes.
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How Canvas supports universal design principles
One of the many benefits of using the Canvas LMS for course delivery is the platform’s strong focus on universal design principles and accessibility. Universal design principles improve the experience for the broadest set of users. Universal design allows for a forward-thinking format without additional complicated hacks to satisfy usability requirements. Universal design supports non-discriminatory…
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Canvas mobile apps for teachers and students
As an instructor, you’ll be able to stay on top of what is happening in your courses and to be able to communicate with your students from your mobile device.
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Canvas II Workshop
Included is a recording of our Canvas Level 2 workshop. This presentation covers topics that include:
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Creating Course Links in Canvas
Create clickable text in your Canvas course that link to other places in your course.
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Adding H5P Content to Canvas
H5P enables you to add different types of interactive elements to your Canvas course shell. If you’re not familiar with the types of objects you can create with H5P, it is worth checking out. Add objects you create to your Canvas course with the following steps:
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Setting Notification Preferences in Canvas
The “Account” area of Canvas allows you to customize your Canvas experience across all classes you are enrolled in. to change your notification settings, do the following.
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Embedding a Google Doc Into Canvas
Embed your syllabus or other document into your Canvas course as a way to make the document visible without students needing to click away from Canvas. Additional benefits include auto-updates in Canvas whenever you edit your syllabus in Google Docs which means there’s no need for multiple versions of the same document. This method shows…
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Quick guide to Canvas
UAF begins our transition to Canvas in earnest this semester. This Teaching Tip is a quick reference guide to help you stay oriented as we make the move.
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Create Assignments in Canvas Through the Calendar
You can create assignment shells using the calendar in Canvas. Assignments shells added this way are placeholders until all the details for the assignment are added. Planning assignments this way is a quick way to place them into your course shell if you prefer to plan using the calendar view.