Category: Video

Some neat things coming to Canvas

New Quizzes in Modules

New Quizzes in Modules Video

New Quizzes can now be created when adding quizzes to a module.

What is New Quizzes?

New Quizzes is an assessment engine that provides an improved interface for creating quizzes/tests. The original quiz engine, called Classic Quizzes, is still available for instructors not using New Quizzes.

New Quizzes Guides 

Submission Reassignment

Submission Reassignment Video

In SpeedGrader, instructors can add comments then ask an individual student to redo their submission.

Once the assignment has been reassigned, students will find it in their assignments list.

Collections!

Desktop recordings in Canvas are done in Studio, which is accessed from your main menu.  You now can organize your recordings by using using Collections. Collections, like folders, make organizing and finding media easier. Collections can also be shared, inside Canvas, with other ECU users.  Neat tool to use!

A bit more abut Studio!

Canvas’ desktop recording solution.  Easy to use and allows annotating while recording, I have been told by Canvas trainers that best practice for teaching and studio is to not record for longer than 30 minutes at a time.  This works well for chunking.

Even if you are teaching in BB you can open your Canvas course for Spring 2020 to make use of this feature and/or switch it all now!

Just around the corner . . .

Yes Fall 2014 Semester begins in just over a month, on Tuesday August 26.  For those of you who did not teach a class this summer you may remember that Blackboard went through an upgrade/enhancement after Spring Semester.  OET will be glad to review these enhancements just give a call.   Blackboard Blog has many links for exploring these enhancements.

Those interested in using lynda.com – an online library of instructional videos teaching the latest software tools and skills is available for students and faculty.   To get started, complete the request form on the login page.