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Improving Accessibility with Canvas’ Rich Content Editor

Small formatting changes on Canvas Pages, Assignments, Quizzes and the Syllabus page can make your course more accessible. Using the suggestions below will improve clarity, readability, and navigation for all your students. In the Rich Content Editor (RCE) menu bar,…

April 28, 2022 in Canvas, Educational Technology.

Assigning Students to Act as Discussion Moderators

During in-class discussions, the entire class and the instructor may be part of the same discussion, but sometimes instructors put students into smaller groups, with multiple discussions happening around the room. While the instructor may be able to walk around…

April 26, 2022 in Canvas, Instructional Strategies.

Discussions in Canvas – Asking Good Questions – Part 2

The exchange of questions and responses is vital to teaching and learning. The types of questions we pose as instructors should grab our students’ attention and curiosity, reinforce key points, encourage reflection, and foster active learning. Discussions in Canvas –…

April 18, 2022 in Canvas, Educational Theory, Instructional Strategies, Uncategorized.

Discussions in Canvas – Asking Good Questions – Part 1

Asking questions is one of the most powerful tools we have as instructors. Just like asking good questions in class, promoting discussion with questions that capture students’ attention and stimulate intellectual engagement can be facilitated online, using Canvas Discussions. Crafting…

April 12, 2022 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Educational Theory, Instructional Strategies, Remote Teaching.

Choosing a mix of F2F and remote online? Tips for smoother hybrid approaches

The University has announced a return to campus stating Feb. 7th.  With the exception of some specific programs designed to provide hybrid options, instructors are not expected to teach students face to face (F2F) and online at the same time…

February 2, 2022 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Remote Teaching.

Understanding final grades in the Canvas gradebook.

With contributions from Carmen Harder, Training Specialist, Client Experience, Client and Technology Success The dashes that you see on the Canvas gradebook indicate missing assignments. When calculating final grades Canvas does not treat these missing assignments as zero. In this…

January 25, 2022 in Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas.

Immersive Reader Enhances Accessibility in Canvas

The Immersive Reader option in Canvas helps students access your course materials, whether they have a certain learning or medical disability, use English as an additional language – or could simply benefit from its text to speech function. The Immersive…

January 4, 2022 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Inclusivity.

Using Zoom Meetings in Canvas

Zoom is a web conferencing tool available in Canvas. To be enabled, it has to be added to the course navigation menu. Zoom can be used to schedule lectures, group meetings or appointments. Students can join any virtual meeting directly…

September 21, 2021 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Inclusivity, Instructional Strategies, Remote Teaching.

Canvas Online Attendance

Canvas has just released an online attendance dashboard for instructors who are teaching online and who want to define attendance around students’ interactions within Canvas. You can access the online attendance dashboard through the New Analytics link either from the…

August 24, 2021 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Remote Teaching.

Personalizing Feedback with Canvas Audio Visual Tools

As instructors and teaching assistants, we invest a great deal of time in giving feedback to students to enhance their learning and improve their performance. Giving meaningful feedback involves describing what we experience when excellence catches our attention, building on…

June 21, 2021 in Canvas, Educational Technology.

Easy ways to make your course more accessible

There are 3,000 students at USask who have some form of accommodation, so there is an excellent chance that your class has a student with a disability. Ideally, we’d all design courses that are universally accessible and reduce the need…

April 1, 2021 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Canvas, Inclusivity.

Single Sign-On Brings New Opportunities For Student Projects

As I write this, USask has almost completed the transition from Blackboard to Canvas. While Canvas may be a lot different, many of the same tools and integrations instructors and students used in Blackboard are still available. Panopto and various…

March 11, 2021 in Canvas, Instructional Strategies, Open.

You can only make a first impression once – make it a good one with your Canvas Homepage

Co-written by Toni Marchione and Ryan Banow, GMCTL Your course homepage is the first thing that students see when they log in to your Canvas course. It is their first impression of your course. As a landing page, it should be inviting, informative and easy to navigate.   Canvas…

March 10, 2021 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Remote Teaching.

How students interact with your online course predicts their success

We all know that students are more successful when they have a deep interest in course materials or strong thinking skills.  Similarly, we know we can help students do better when assessment is transparent. However, we are less aware of…

February 10, 2021 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Educational Theory, Remote Teaching.

Create Groups for Collaborative Learning Spaces in Canvas

Perhaps you’d like to set up groups in your Canvas course for discussions, assignments, projects or presentations. The process creates smaller groups, as well as a space within the course for group members to collaborate, called a Group Homepage. Group…

February 1, 2021 in Canvas, Educational Technology, Remote Teaching.

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