The beginning of a new school year is always exciting and this year is just a little bit different for everyone. As teachers are rethinking how they deliver content and how they can better reach their students, personalization is an important element...

Hey Teachers,I generally make videos to help faculty learn to use technology and learning management software. However, knowing that there are a lot of parents and students going online or hybrid for the first time this semester, I decided to make a ...

This was written with a colleague of mine - Kel McIntosh in regards to technology in general! Gives us the why!

I wrote a (hopefully simple) tutorial on how to create quizzes and exams using R-exams.

Whenever I set my course visibility to public and customize and make my syllabus page public, and share the URL with parents my images are broken.

Need help managing 2 year groups on the same site, particularly with module set up 

My apologies if this topic is somewhere in this Group somewhere already.  I am looking to find the most efficient way in which to share morning video announcements out to students either through creating a course, sharing with teachers or sharing it ...

How can I create multiple choice answers with a letter preceeding the question.⨀ A. portray the Soviet Union as an aggressive force that could be controlled only by an alliance of world powers⨀ B. describe the influence the Marshall Plan of 1947 had ...

Centers are a vital part of the elementary classroom. They are designed to provide the appropriate materials to help students work within a small group or individually to meet their learning goals. As a former elementary teacher, I found myself strug...

[UPDATE May 2021] The current deprecation date of September 1, 2021 is being pushed out to a later date. We are working with the Google Assignments Product Team to re-establish a new timeframe and will provide an update here in the near future as soo...

Faculty at my institution have been asking for a way to record attendance for Zoom video lectures within a Canvas assignment as attendance makes up a very small percentage of final grades. There is no inbuilt functionality to do this within Canvas so...

The Training Services Portal is where you can find videos, courses, and pathways that you can embark on to learn more about using Canvas. If your institution offers limited or unlimited subscription (webinars) you will also find a calendar full of li...

I use a lot of videos in one of the courses that I am involved with and have spent about 6 weeks adding captions to videos. One of the things that I found missing was a description of the keyboard shortcuts that one can use when watching a video - wh...

The Instructional Design team announced the release of the Ready-Made Template Suite in the September 2018 blog post to "help reduce stress load, encourage growth and help course creators design an engaging Canvas experience by turning a blank course...

I recently put together a guide for our Parents on the Canvas Parent App. This guide focuses on the following topics: What is the Canvas Parent AppAccount creation Using the Canvas Parent AppFeatures of the Canvas Parent App

I have been lurking long enough in the Community. I feel like it is about time that I contribute. I am building a virtual Canvas Boot Camp for our district teachers. Each day focuses in a particular skills level: Basic Training, Officer Training, and...

A badge in Canvas is simply a visual symbol of achievement, similar to a physical badge, trophy, or sticker—but in a digital format! You may have been in Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts and remember working extra hard to earn badges! Badges have been used ...

Tracy Weeks, Executive Director of State Partnerships at Instructure, recently sat down (virtually) with leaders from ISTE, CoSN, SETDA, and Foresight Law & Policy to discuss key components of the CARES Act and how it can best support instructional c...

Assessment will be more important than ever...

In Part 1 we explored best practices, practical tips, and considerations for creating online assessments.  In this Part 2, we’re focusing on the assessment itself and the provisions that can be put in place to ensure that online assessments run smoot...

The advantages of online meetings are to save travel time, convenience, and flexibility while retaining or augmenting the benefits of group interactivity. For interactivity, we need engagement; for engagement, we need encouragement and trust.  A one-...

Dear Teacher/Professor: Let’s be honest, students don’t often notice a missing assignment without some kind of nudge or reminder.  Canvas alerts students to missing assignments, but a glaring “0” score in the Gradebook might be the prompting they nee...

The end of the school year is in sight, we can almost see it, just beyond that final assessment period!  Amidst the current context of COVID-19, where we are utilising online tools to enable teaching and learning more than ever,  we may need to take ...

Dear Teacher/Professor,How often do you need to adjust or change a due date for an assignment? Canvas has a few easy ways to change due dates!If you want to quickly change one due date (ie. “Oh we’re not going to be ready for that assignment on Thurs...

https://spark.adobe.com/sp/design/page/687d0071-c042-410e-bf65-5dc89eeeae62Online LearningTeaching in the throes of a pandemicCan be tricky, because classes are all onlineStudents reactions ranged from the academic to the eccentricTo suddenly find th...

Dear Teachers,  Canvas has a great (new) feature that can make is much easier to share your content with your colleagues.  It's called DIRECT SHARE. You can directly share assignments, discussions, quizzes, and content pages with a colleague AND you ...

If your course is in a term that has closed grading periods, hope is not lost. We'll show you how to cope with this.Creating Assignments (& New Quizzes) Outside of Grading PeriodsThis is somewhat tricky. For example, you have the following grading pe...

What they are and how to use them.

Many teachers have now moved to teaching entirely online with the current COVID-19 situation. We've already discussed the idea of "Maintaining a Connection of the Classroom". What about our teachers who are on a rapid learning curve in the use of tec...