Hints, tips and info from Instructional Technologists
Homepages can be chosen quickly via the Change Home Page option on the left after clicking Home from your course menu.
After your initial welcome to the class you might create weekly “homepages” with links to what students will be doing.
Search for Module Introduction Page with Flat Icons to import into your course via Canvas or contact this office for assistance.
Whether you are using Canvas for the first time or teaching a specific course for the first time this Spring in Canvas, here is a tip if you have archived content from Blackboard import it into one of your Sandbox Courses (you have 4) and then copy what you need into your Spring Course.
Canvas Trainings from Canvas can be found here
These can also be accessed via Canvas’ training portal once logged into Canvas.
For those who have not used Canvas and teaching this Spring there are lots of trainings online and by consultation. This office is available through bookings to help solve your Canvas needs.
For those who need to use
New Rich Content Editor Releases Jan 16The Rich Content Editor (RCE) is the formatting box where you add text, images, links, Mediasite videos, Studio media, etc. You use it when creating announcements, pages, discussions, quizzes, etc. It’s everywhere! The updated RCE has been reorganized and has a more compact formatting bar with dropdowns to access previously visible formatting options. Big Change: External Tools will be called Apps and use a new plug icon |
Teams and Canvas integration. Create your meetings right within Canvas.
Canvas weights all quizzes, exams, assignments together for a final grade. If these items bear different weights for final grade you want to set up assignment groups.
Watch this quick video demonstrating how.
Contact this office for additional assistance in setting up grades.
If you did not register no worries as all sessions will be available on 1/16/2020 at this link
I will be attending so look for updates from this blog in the next weeks.
New Release from Canvas can be found here.
One neat update is
Global Navigation – Recent History
The Global Navigation Menu includes a Recent History link, which displays recently visited pages in Canvas.
Change Benefit
This change helps users remember what page they last viewed in one or multiple courses.
Affected User Roles
All Users
The Global Navigation Menu includes a Recent History link. This History link displays the most recent pages viewed in Canvas up to the last three weeks. Page content is displayed by title.
Canvas is a mobile friendly learning management system and since so much of teaching is now online perhaps it is time to make your online course more effective.
New session starting on October 5 and November 30
Now two-week and four-week pacing options
Designing Effective Online Courses:
An Online Workshop for UNC System Faculty and Staff
Registration is now open. The workshop is free, but space is limited, and registration is required. Learn more and register.
As we move quickly through the semester especially those on Block schedule, it is time for quizzes/exams and the question I often get no matter the platform is how to print an exam.
Printing a student exam. – For hardcopy or electronic review.
Print an exam for paper copy – no answers –
Printing an Exam with Answer Key – so far the only solution I have found is to export to Respondus Test Generator. See OET Blog post
Recent canvas training has been using this agenda and providing checklists which can be very helpful in developing/transferring your course to Canvas. The links are interactive to google doc pages.
Here is a sample to well designed courses.
Contact this office if you would like help designing a homepage template for your department.
