A tip for your students and training with the Canvas Support Staff

Did you know that students can go to their grades and enter “what if” scenarios to check what grade they need to achieve.  Neat feature.  Here’s how to do it. Training schedule – from Canvas Update 8 Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Getting Started with Canvas 9:00am10:15am Health Sciences Building 1120 Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Canvas: … Read more

Cross Listing or same post in both blogs!

Many of you have made the leap into Canvas but for those of you who have not here are some tips for upcoming semesters when you will not have a choice. Login to Canvas All courses that you taught and had content  in from Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019 are available to you. Compare … Read more

Resources and more!

Instructor Guides Student Guides 24/7 Help -252-347-0015 – Log in and start a live chat If you decided not to try Canvas this semester as you work through you Spring 2020 course in BB why not work on the Canvas 2020 course so you can easily update next Spring 2021!  

Canvas 2020

So you are taking the Canvas Plunge!  Remember to keep it simple, for you and for your students.  Hide the options that you don’t need by going to Settings, clicking on Navigation and dragging what is not needed.  This will prevent confusion.  Remember to drag files to this area too so students don’t access files … Read more

Training Link and remember about Spring 2021

Canvas Training – Getting Started with Canvas Canvas Training – Quizzes, Assignments If you are unsure about using Canvas for Spring 2020 you might want to consider that Blackboard will be gone in August 2020 so as you prepare for Spring 2021 courses you will not be able to review your Blackboard site.  Content from … Read more

Thoughts from an Early Adopter

From Dr. Guyla Evans, our faculty leader and early Canvas Adoptee – Canvas has lots of bells and whistles, but we don’t have to incorporate all of them at once.  The “best practice” recommendation adopted by the Faculty Senate suggests at minimum using the “Syllabus” and “Grades” features within Canvas. If you choose to teach … Read more

So what you going to do?

Your Spring 2020 course(s) are available now in both Blackboard and Canvas.  If you have not signed into Canvas please take a look now as you will see your Spring 2019 course(s) with content as well as your Spring 2020 course(s) shell.  Now that you have reviewed your course(s) please complete this Canvas CAHS Survey … Read more

Where to start?

If you have looked at your courses in Canvas you may ask “but where do I start”. Take some training – search for Canvas in Cornerstone Play in your sandbox Canvas Migration Process and Caveats Homepage_Samples – can customize for your department This office will be happy to work with your department on migration and course … Read more

It will look different . . .

But all the content should be there.  Take a breath and review the course.  Compare it to your course in BB this fall.  Now that you know what Canvas looks like take advantage of the training times and information sessions that are listed in previous posts.  There are many resources for transitioning to Canvas and … Read more

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