by Berlin Fang | Jun 30, 2020 | Canvas
Based on faculty suggestions, the Enterprise Applications team has changed the default setting of newly created courses to “unpublished,” starting July 1, 2020. This will not affect the courses that are already published. This will give faculty time to...
by Berlin Fang | Jun 26, 2020 | Canvas
There might be times when you would like to hide student names while grading (for fairness) or demonstrating (for privacy). Unfortunately Canvas grade book does not have an option to hide students names directly but there are a few workarounds: You can drag the lines...
by Berlin Fang | Jun 25, 2020 | Canvas
As you migrate your course from semester to semester, you might want to “shift” all dates (or a number of dates) forward in a certain way without having to edit assignments one by one. You can “batch edit” these dates in...
by Berlin Fang | Jun 2, 2020 | Canvas
If a student says that they encounter a file embedded in a page that they cannot access, usually it is because of either of two reasons: limited access in files, or pointing towards an earlier course. 1) The file is unpublished or restricted in “files”. ...
by Berlin Fang | Apr 24, 2020 | Canvas, Tips
If your students are taking your course in a different time zone, you can ask them to change their Canvas to the local time zone. Here is a video that shows students how to make that change. To fully take advantage of the automatic adjustments in Canvas, you as a...
by Cliff Barbarick | Apr 19, 2020 | Canvas, Rapid Remote Teaching, tools
If you are looking for a way to share slide presentations with students, you might try embedding a Google Slides presentation directly into a Canvas page or assignment. Sharing a presentation this way allows students to view the presentation without leaving Canvas or...
