We are really enjoying exploring the potential for the course images feature in Canvas class settings particularly with emerging readers at the elementary level and especially with our English Language Learners. Using course images, teachers can now ...

After meaning to get to this for a couple of years, I've finally put together video instructions on how to set up Canvas to allow for graded journals or blogs.When I was teaching composition, I knew that engaging with writing as a consistent practice...

Since many institutions are no longer cross-listing multiple sections of courses due to the increased FERPA requirements (see a rich discussion re: this here), we are compiling a list of "Tips" to share with our faculty.  I've added a few to begin th...

If you've ever had to create a dummy page, or if you've ever had to demonstrate using the Rich Content Editor to a group of learners, you've probably had the need for a text generator, and most of us are familiar with Lorem Ipsum text. I recently men...

What is Perusall?How do I get a Perusall account?What is the cost for using Perusall?How do I integrate the Perusall into a Canvas course?Can I configure the Perusall LTI on the Canvas account or subaccount level?Once I configure the Perusall LTI in ...

** This content is out of date and will not be updated as of 8/22/17 **Student Submissions in Unplag - RE-SUBMISSIONS - How do they work?There are two sides to this operation. Both from Instructor and Student.INSTRUCTORStep 1: Instructor goes to the ...

** This content is out of date and will not be updated as of 8/22/17**Student Submissions in Unplag - DRAFT CHECKS - How do they work?Unplag gives the student the option to a "Draft Submit" feature before doing a "Final Submission". If your instituti...

** This content is out of date and will not be updated as of 8/22/17 **Student Submissions in Unplag - How does it Work?Also see the Unplag Video training here: Unplag Plagiarism Checker: Submission process for a student (Unplag app in Canvas) - YouT...

** This content is out of date and will not be updated as of 8/22/17 **Changing Settings on an Unplag AssignmentPlease Reference Unplag's Resource Instructor guide: Unplag LTI (Canvas LMS) - PUBLISHED v1.6 and Unplag Plagiarism Checker: Configuring s...

** This content is out of date and will not be updated as of 8/22/17 **Creating an Unplag AssignmentFirst, Unplag already has this in their Instructor guide: Unplag LTI (Canvas LMS) - PUBLISHED v1.6 where they walk through step by step how to do this...

I tried to help a student who can't come into this tutoring lab to learn math ... but hey, I know there's a college prep course at Canvas!  In fact, I enrolled in it. Well, actually, it was pretty hard to find it.   We had to navigate around all the ...

A Blackboard study, but with implications for all LMSs (you'll need a Chronicle account)  http://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Clicks-From-70000/237704/?key=3E28u5V_kVLLINFdIng14ArzhfOapBHcCtJa0JA29Cl6h1B4PR-W…

SO!   FOr lots of reasons it behooves me to figure out Canvas. One of them:   I'm enrolled (second time) in "INstructional Design Service Course: Gain Experience for GOod" and ... we have the option of creating a Canvas course as "extra credit."   As...

Update: November 18, 2017Canvas has provided their own solution!The solution for Canvas is from the list of all pages, click on the admin cog next to the course that is currently the front page and choose "Remove as Front Page".The solution I offered...

At the request of stefaniesanders​, I am creating this resource for those who, like me, use a lot of media files in their courses and would like to be able to organize them in a way that is less visually overwhelming.BackgroundWhen I taught my Humani...

As I'm learning Microsoft Sway, a lightbulb flashed during one of the tutorials.  You can compare two pictures by sliding a line to the right and left.  This is nothing new; websites have been doing this for years now (see: 27 Before And Afters That ...

Recently posted this in Canvas Feature Ideas   and reviewing the How do I validate links in a course? Validating Links is only a small portion of keeping your Canvas course current and clean.  My times we will import the content time after time, add...

I wanted to share an interesting project that we tackled utilizing Canvas.  Every couple of years I administer a survey to all the students within my education system (five affiliate institutions across twelve campuses). I survey students on everythi...

One of my favorite features of Canvas when it comes to designing a course is the Sidebar that lets you insert all sorts of content into a content/wiki page. However, one annoyance that I have is that if you use the sidebar to insert documents (both W...

I'm fairly new to Canvas, and like others I've struggled with keeping things straight in my mind regarding how the various controls of course dates, term dates, and publish settings affect student access to a course. So I created this document as a w...

    Official Canvas DocumentHow do I gain access to the Office 365 Integration?What features are included in the Office 365 Integration?What features are not included in the Office 365 Integration?What should I know about the Office 365 Integration?A...

Hi all,I just found a way to place a form into our institution's website that helps our users search the Canvas help guides inside Jive (here's the info). It's a rather "brute force" method -- when users click "Search" on our institution's page:A new...

Doubtless I was the only one unaware of this totally undocumented function in Canvas, but just in case not...PDF: Undelete in Canvas​Video: Undelete in Canvas​Checked with the Instructure folks, and they said Undelete has been around since Canvas fir...

In our Canvas instance, we've created a few dozen terms so far, mostly via integration with our SIS.  Each year we add several more, and the list is getting out of hand.  Further complicating matters is the fact that the terms are sorted in a seeming...

Hello fellow, ID's!   @zal5010 ​ and I gave a short presentation about Canvas HTML (tips & tricks, code snippets, general recommendations, etc.) to a group of local Instructional Designers last week, and we wanted to share our resources list from the...

In the web design world, you might come across a site that has photos/images where if you click on the image, a larger version of that appears front and center, and the rest of the website is grayed out behind it temporarily...until you close the ima...

Cross-listing is a way of porting Sections of students in one Canvas class into another while keeping their Sectioning in-tact. Cross-listing is helpful for teachers with multiple classes of the same subject because instead of copying or importing co...

I was asked to share this little code-snippet I developed to improve the threaded discussions on Canvas (thanks  @Chris_Hofer ). You may have noticed that Canvas' current threaded discussions aren't actually very threaded. But, that's ok, because Can...