by Berlin Fang | Mar 23, 2020 | Tips, tools
If you need to accommodate needs for differentiated times in quizzes for students due to time zone difference, special needs, excused absences, or any other special circumstances, you can do so fairly easily in Canvas quizzes. Check the video to learn how:
by Berlin Fang | Feb 10, 2020 | Canvas, Tips, tools
When you want to import a specific item (page, assignment, quiz, discussion, etc) with yourself or your colleague, you had to use course export/import or Canvas Commons in the past. Canvas has a new feature update now that allows faculty members to share single items...
by Berlin Fang | Feb 7, 2020 | Canvas, Tips, tools
If you have some prerequisite skills that you would like students to acquire without taking up class time, you can automate the teaching of that content in Canvas. We recently worked with the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department in setting up a course...
by Berlin Fang | Dec 16, 2019 | Canvas, Tips
If you have a lot of assignments you would like to change dates for, consider requesting to create a course instead of choosing the copy option. Once you have created a blank course this way, go to the course “settings,” then choose “import course...
by Amy Boone | Dec 13, 2019 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Tips
Dr. Cole Bennett recently shared tips and best practice regarding writing assignments. What is a professor looking for when he or she assigns a writing prompt? A response appropriate to the prompt Sophisticated writing including correct grammar, approximation...
by Amy Boone | Oct 23, 2019 | Adams Blog, Adams Center Event, In Case You Missed It, Tips
Kathleen Lee, Amanda Pittman, and Steve Hare led a panel discussion in the Adams Center on student note-taking. Kathleen is a chemistry professor and shared the use of partially filled notes that she uses in class with the aid of a document camera. She shared that...
