by Berlin Fang | Jan 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you add a content or activity item to Canvas, you can choose from the following list: Many content artifacts can be posted through a variety of tools, but it is important to use the right type of item for your content as students may set up their notification to...
by Berlin Fang | Jan 26, 2015 | Instructional Design, Research
A number of our professors use Turnitin to check originality of student papers. Turnitin helps to compare student work with its repository of student papers, as well as online sources. What if students have cited every source properly, but the sources they cited from...
by Berlin Fang | Jan 22, 2015 | Reading Group
The Adams Center and Charis (the Center for Heritage and Renewal in Spirituality) will be conducting a reading/discussion lunch group this semester focused on issues of “Race and ACU.” Some of you were involved in the reading group last semester that...
by Berlin Fang | Jan 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you have large video files to use in Canvas (or any other learning management system), ideally you do not include such files in Canvas directly. Doing so would create issues when you copy and back up your courses for future semesters. There is no easy way to...
by Berlin Fang | Jan 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Canvas has a specific menu item called “syllabus” for you to add your syllabus items. You can use this tool to share your syllabus, and create a visual display of all time-sensitive items in your course. To create your syllabus, click on the “syllabus” link on your...
