Hints, tips and info from Instructional Technologists
https://ofe.ecu.edu/technology-tailgate/ Some of the afternoon sessions to check out 2:00 PM Hidden Feature Gems in Canvas 2:30 PM Interactive Tools for Student Engagement in Synchronous […]
Read moreMigrating content to Canvas is easy but do you really need 10 years of content? Canvas Migration Process and Caveats
Tip 8 – Rather than Select All you might want to move certain items to another section of your BB course. Remember you should have all your powerpoints, files etc saved to your piratedrive or other location. Or import all contents to one of your Sandbox courses and then pick and choose what you really need!
Tip 9 – Again rather than import 10 years of exams you can export an exam from BB and import into Canvas. Go to Tests, Pools, Surveys in BB and click on arrow next to exam, export, save it and then in Canvas Settings Import into Canvas or do a mass upload of all Bb quizzes and question pools, then selectively upload or copy/paste into Canvas.
Don’t want students to see grades on one item, click on the Snowman dots next to the item in Gradebook and select Grade Posting Policy, Manually. Then back to automatic when they can view.
Not happy with the way your homepage looks? Or like it so much you want to use it in another course? Go to edit all pages click on the snowman dots to the right and either duplicate or copy to. This way if you are making changes the original stays spotless.
Any recording created in Studio and many that you may upload can have captions created after the recording has processed. Check out our own Dr. Holt’s demonstration on using this neat feature.
The first item in a module should be a module overview (created as a Canvas “page”) which lists module dates as well as all learning objectives, assignments, and expectations.
Pages are containers of content that are part of a course. Pages can include text, video, images, and links to files and other course or group content.
Pages will avoid the one item at a time sequence of modules.
Did you know that you can click on the snowman dots to the right of the page and select Page History. This allows you to go back to a previous version of that page. (Good to know when you totally mess up)
There is the global purple menu on the left and each class has its own menu next to it. Go to Settings, Navigation and either click on the snowman dots to disable an time or drag it to the hide from students sections. With Files enabled there might be some exam questions etc. you don’t want to share with students!
Canvas Daily Tips throughout the month of July and rebooting now for Spring Semester!
Today’s Tip –
Can’t find UNDO in the Canvas screen, CTRl + Z will take care of any items that need to be UNDONE!
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.
