by Berlin Fang | Sep 14, 2021 | Canvas, Tips
If you want to share your course either in its entirety or parts (such as rubrics only) with your colleague, you will have to perform a bit of “import and export.” Here is how to do this if you, say, Professor A, want to share your course with Professor...
by Berlin Fang | Mar 23, 2021 | Tips, tools
Some students rely on the to-do list on their course home page to keep track of their various course tasks. You could change which item appears on their to-do list. All dated assignments, quizzes, and discussions appear on the list. You could make a page a to-do list...
by Berlin Fang | Dec 4, 2020 | Tips, tools, turnitin
If you use Turnitin in Canvas, it is possible to allow resubmission when a student has submitted the wrong assignment or if he or she needs to submitted an updated draft, as long as you permit it. Check this tutorial to learn how:
by Berlin Fang | Aug 28, 2020 | Tips, tools, Zoom
When you are teaching your class both locally and remotely, it is important to keep both your virtual meeting tool control and your presentation visible. PowerPoint in its presentation mode hides the Zoom controls and it can be annoying. Check this video for an...
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 Berlin Fang | Apr 3, 2020 | Canvas, Tips
You upload a video to Studio for your course, and Studio can give you any random thumbnail (cover photo). If you upload a video recording from your Zoom meeting, the video will be named Zoom0, which isn’t descriptive either. Check the following video to see how...
