Writing discussion questions for certain subjects can sometimes be a little tricky. Why you might ask? Because in my experience some subjects lend themselves to discussion and multiple shades of gray (so no right or wrong answer). An example of this ...

Disclaimer: I am, by no means, an expert in this, and I'd consider myself a "newbie".  This has been a fun and interesting hobby for me so far, and I continue to learn more and more about it.About a month ago, I saw a posting on Facebook from a frien...

I could not agree more...."It is unfair (if common) to blame the longstanding LMS providers for the current limitations of their systems, as they were solving what was then the transactional task asked of them by universities: replicate the transacti...

I just want to send out huge thanks to the entire Canvas Community! You and your contributions to this community have been instrumental in the success of one of UW-Madison's Faculty Development programs, the Active Teaching Lab.The entire Spring 2017...

Student Centered Learning (SCL) is a teaching method that can be generally defined as a change in the focus of activity (or instruction) from the Instructor to the student. All types of courses from traditional to hybrid to online can utilize SCL.Key...

I've created a Mastery Paths module that includes only differentiated paths. It's working, but the flow is stunted by the lack of buttons once students complete the associated assignment or content page. My current workaround is to include explicit i...

Today was the second part in a 4-part webinar series discussing what's hot in ed tech these days.When High Tech becomes Hot Tech: Educational Technology Showcase - Part 2 I wanted to write a quick follow up to that.  In the session, we discussed many...

Situation: You have a class where you'd like to take attendance twice a day and use the Canvas Roll Call Attendance tool.Problem: Unfortunately Attendance in Canvas doesn't directly allow you to take attendance twice a day.Solution: Use the three att...

A little over two years ago I got a chance to participate in Canvas' first Project Khaki! The purpose was to bring together some of the most active Canvas users (of all types and from all areas) and talk about how to make Canvas even better! It was a...

Our little canvasbaby‌ thought she'd help Daddy pack for projectkhaki‌! It's  @James first time leaving the kids (and me!), but Project Khaki is definitely a worthy cause and I think he has a lot to contribute to the conversation! Two years ago I was...

Well, I don't live near a beach...but those trees sure are swaying!  Queue the segue...  For almost two years, I've been sending out newsletters to our faculty via e-mail.  I've utilized both Outlook (creating tables to hold content completely from s...

I've written a user script that provides better navigation when working with group discussions. This document and script are primarily intended for instructors, TAs, or other people who can see multiple groups for group discussions. I haven't tested ...

 @tstott  and I were able to visit the Canvas booth at OLC Innovate. So many institutions here are in the process of migrating their LMSs to Canvas. It's great to see the community growing. 

Situation: Your students have the option to pick from two (or more) different Projects they can do and each project has multiple assignments associated with it. For example, there are two different books students can read and different assignments as...

For Faculty - Do you have students who miss the deadline or do not earn a passing grade? How can you efficiently communicate with these students?  The answer is in the grade book. Go to Grade book >> Locate the assignment title >> Click to the right ...

Group work is a great way to promote active learning and collaboration. Yet, one of the biggest complaints I hear from students about group work is that one student does all the work and the other group members still get the credit and the good grade...

In Canvas, it is possible to set up a campus club or group in Canvas that lives outside of any course.  The club/group isn't tied to any one course.  For example, we have a Multicultural Club, an Auto Technicians Club, an Accounting Club, and a Chir...

Yesterday I did a session on what's hot in ed tech these days.When High Tech becomes Hot Tech: Educational Technology Showcase   I wanted to write a quick follow up to that.  In the session, I covered a lot of materials at a breakneck speed.  The pur...

Each spring Online Learning at Richland Community College collects faculty user ratings for Canvas. The survey includes a mix of quantitative and qualitative questions that cover topics like faculty's overall experience with Canvas, how easy it is to...

Last year we were unable to attend InstructureCon due to me being 8+ months pregnant with this little bundle of Jones joy!Kennedy James Jones is now seven months old and looking forward to her first InstructureCon and getting to see Mommy and Daddy p...

As UW-Madison transitions from D2L and Moodle to Canvas, I've been hosting weekly Active Teaching Labs that feature:early adopting faculty sharing their stories (successes, challenges, frustrations, workarounds, etc.) of using Canvas tools.Independen...

Hi all.  I was thrilled to hear yesterday that my proposed InstructureCon session was approved.  I will be speaking on Integrating Social Media in Canvas.  I gave a similar webinar recently at my institution where I discussed various platforms:Twitte...

This week I gave a webinar to our faculty about how they can either get started using videos in their classes, or if they already have a little exposure then how can they take their videos to the next level.  I thought I would share this with the Can...

Without doing it on purpose, this is how  @James ‌ and I showed up to work Friday!  Maybe we're spending too much time together? Great minds think alike? Not sure, but I think we both believe that Canvas works for us... just a little better with some...

Now you know...Amazon AWS S3 internet outage caused by engineer typing wrong command - Business Insider 

COVID19 - I need to schedule my students at different timesI was asked to create instructions on how to use the Canvas calendar scheduler to allow for F2F instruction but with limited about of students attending.This tutorial shows how you can have s...

CROSSPOSTED. Updates will appear at Teaching with Canvas blog.  ~ ~ ~ I wanted to write a post to express my admiration for the way Canvas handled the AWS-related outage that took the Canvas system down for a chunk of the day on Tuesday, February 28....

I wanted to walkthrough one of my favorite Canvas integrations. Originally, I discovered this integration and used it in one of the early professional development courses I led for faculty transitioning (from D2L) to Canvas back in May 2016, which yo...

Today is the day that the University launches Canvas to all staff in preparation of using the system for Learning and Teaching at the start of academic year 2017/2018.Although all staff have access to Canvas from today, we did develop an ‘Early Adopt...

In the endless quest to declutter my Canvas course sites and eliminate unnecessary "call-outs" to separate pages I've been playing with HTML, specifically Anchor Tags.For the unaware, Anchor Tags are essentially hyperlinks that allow you to jump from...