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Office hours in Canvas

Office hours are important because they allow our student to connect with us and ask questions, but they can be time consuming to set up in a remote environment. Using Meets in Canvas, you can quickly and simply set up…

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Ready to Talk to Students About Suspected Academic Misconduct?

When you suspect academic misconduct in your course, it’s common to feel frustrated.  Some educators feel insulted or angry.  Some blame themselves.   Some people have a mix of all of this.   Regardless, if you suspect a student has engaged in…

Students in Grief: What can you do?

By Lisa Greig, Student Support and Outreach Coordinator It has been a difficult nine months for many as we have all been braving the waves of grief, collectively, in this pandemic. Understanding grief Jack Jordan provides a great definition of…

Elevate Your Course Projects using Riipen

USask faculty members have been taking advantage of our new partnership with the Riipen project-based learning platform. Riipen provides an all-in-one platform for connecting, communicating, sharing documents, and managing deadlines between stakeholders (instructors, students, and community/industry partners). This post highlights…

Initiating Peer Conversations

It’s been a while since I wrote a conversational blog post – in a pre-pandemic world, more of our content on this site was first-person and took the tone of a friendly colleague. In the pandemic context, our blog quickly…

How Canvas Supports Learner-Centred Assessment

This post is part of a series about using Canvas to integrate the eight Learning Technology Ecosystem Principles. You can find more about these principles here; in this post, we look at the eighth and final principle. Inclusive of learning-centred assessment: Learning…

November 8, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Educational Technology.

How Canvas Tools Can Enable Connection

This post is part of a series about using Canvas to integrate the eight Learning Technology Ecosystem Principles. You can find more about these principles here; in this post, we look at the seventh principle. Designed to enable connection: Learners exist…

November 8, 2020 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Instructional Strategies.

Managing and Facilitating Discussions in Canvas

This is the third post in a series of four about using discussions in Canvas to support student learning. Once you’ve settled on why and how discussions will be used in your course and have set up the initial discussion(s)…

November 5, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Educational Technology, Instructional / Course Design.

Setting Up Discussions in Canvas

This is the second post in a series of four about using discussions in Canvas to support student learning. Discussions can be set up from within a module, or from the Discussions index page found by clicking on the Discussions…

November 5, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Educational Technology, Instructional / Course Design.

Creating Discussions in Canvas to Student Support Learning

The technical creation of a discussion in Canvas is relatively straightforward and intuitive. What requires deeper initial consideration is how using the discussion tool will support student learning. Here, we look at the necessary planning for setting up purposeful discussions,…

November 5, 2020 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Instructional Strategies, Remote Teaching.

Just the Right Amount of Workload

In the story of Goldilocks, the main character tries bowls of porridge that are too hot and too cold. Finally, Goldilocks settles on a porridge that is just the right temperature. Figuring out the right, or adequate, amount of work…

November 4, 2020 in Remote Teaching.

How Canvas’ intuitive interface makes it easy to use

This is the seventh post in a series about how you can use Canvas to integrate the eight Learning Technology Ecosystem Principles. You can find more about these principles here, but in this post, we’ll be looking at the sixth…

October 27, 2020 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Remote Teaching.

Using Canvas New Analytics to see how students are doing in your course.

Having to teach remotely may have left some of us feeling like we are teaching in a vacuum. Without the usual cues that face-to-face teaching provides, it can be difficult to tell whether students are engaging or participating with their course materials. Even if you feel like you have a good sense…

October 16, 2020 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Program Evaluation, Remote Teaching.

How Canvas supports student control and ownership of learning

This is the sixth post in a series about how you can use Canvas to integrate the eight Learning Technology Ecosystem Principles. You can find more about these principles here, but in this post, we’ll be looking at the fifth…

October 13, 2020 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Instructional Strategies, Remote Teaching.

Posting Feedback and Grades in Canvas

Once students start completing quizzes and assignments in your course, you may start wondering how students access this feedback. You may also be wondering if you need to do anything to release the feedback. You may also wondering, to be…

October 9, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Educational Technology, Educational Theory, Remote Teaching.

The Canvas Inbox (is better than you think)

Did you know that messages in Canvas are also called Conversations? And that when you send a message you are actually starting a conversation thread which is stored within Canvas? Since all messages (or conversations) are stored within Canvas you never have to worry…

October 8, 2020 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Educational Theory, Remote Teaching.

Exploring the Many Ways of Using Canvas Classic Quizzes

Quizzes are an extremely flexible tool that can be used to support many stages of learning. For example, quizzes can be used to pre-assess (prior to learning), provide practice and feedback (during learning), or as post-assessment (after learning). Experimenting with…

October 7, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Educational Technology.

Students Finished Writing my Canvas Classic Quiz: Now What?

Once your quiz or test availability period ends, there are a number of tasks that you might want to complete, such as reviewing how the entire class performed, reviewing an individual student’s quiz, and manually grade questions. This post and…

October 7, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Educational Technology.

How Canvas supports students remixing and / or creating

This is the fifth post in a series about how you can use Canvas to integrate the eight Learning Technology Ecosystem Principles. You can find more about these principles here, but in this post, we’ll be looking at the fourth…

October 7, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Instructional Strategies, Remote Teaching.

Student presentations in Canvas

By David Greaves, ICT Support Services What does a good student presentation look like in an online learning environment? Take a moment to think about it. While you were thinking, you likely made the realization that the learning environment makes a difference. This post will guide…

October 6, 2020 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Remote Teaching.

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