Instructure and ThingLink are delighted to announce that they are working together to offer educators easily managed, and accessible, interactive learning experiences.   

Last week, a colleague shared a wonderfully truthful article titled This is the Hard part of Teaching. It’s Getting Harder by Peter Greene of Forbes. I also found a post by Jennifer Gonzales of Cult of Pedagogy called Barely Hanging On. When our buck...

Shareability vs Data Collection  Considerations for Non-Classroom Courses Are you using Canvas for Conferences? Professional Development? As a Resource Hub?  Canvas courses are being leveraged more and more frequently for innovative, non-classroom us...

These apps, plug-ins and tools all integrate directly into Canvas LMS and once activated can only enhance your experience as an educator to make you more valuable to your students… while saving you valuable time along the way. This was written for an...

Hello, fellow Canvas people,   I've successfully developed a user script that allows you to set a default due date time in the Canvas assignment due date input field. Essentially, it adds a button right beneath the input field where you use a differe...

I just joined Eddie Small (@smallindiana) and Marcus Painter (@edtechmarcus) in a CanvasLive session where I  had the privilege of sharing my thoughts about Canvas Studio and how powerful Studio is for teaching and learning. As a district, we have no...

Explore how to create some very unique and interesting hand-drawn effects in Canvas using PowerPoint. This will add some flair and individuality to your content, because Canvas courses shouldn't look like they were designed by robots.  

Class/Course Average with ease!

Take care of entering grades with the Canvas grade passback feature!

Coranavirus and trying to get caught up in my classes.

I loved the first course I took on Growth Mindset; however, I am an online educator of tenth graders who are not required to attend livelessons. I work to inspire them to attend, I can reach them through either a message board or a Padlet, webmail, t...

How to search, find and use premade content from other program and sources on the web, embedded right in to an assignment on Canvas.  

Featuring the Hot Spot quiz tool, learn how to take content taught and turn it into a more interactive, engaging and thought provoking assessment

Featuring the Categorization quiz tool, learn how to take content taught and turn it into a more interactive, engaging and thought provoking assessment.

Ever went to a breakout or escape room?  Whether you answered yes or no, it's time to try it out virtually.  Not just that, it's an engaging learning experience that ties in several pieces of Canvas and cooperative and collaborative skills for your s...

As we all navigate the challenges presented by COVID-19, your CSM team has consolidated best practices, resources, and success stories to help with the implementation of Canvas in the elementary classroom. Whether you are looking for a template cours...

Hi K-12 Users Group‌ friends,Thank you for all who attended our July 2020 meeting. I especially want to thank Carrie Gardner & Lindsey Hallett for sharing about the Canvas for Elementary Facebook Group. It was exciting to hear about all the work they...

Rational for integrating external apps into Canvas ecosystem.Canvas as the Hub: There are so many great apps out there which enrich our teaching and learning experiences, but asking students to navigate away from Canvas for any reason may be challeng...

Rational for integrating external apps into Canvas ecosystem.Canvas as the Hub: There are so many great apps out there which enrich our teaching and learning experiences, but asking students to navigate away from Canvas for any reason may be challeng...

Rational for integrating external apps into Canvas ecosystem.Canvas as the Hub: There are so many great apps out there which enrich our teaching and learning experiences, but asking students to navigate away from Canvas for any reason may be challeng...

Thanks to all who were able to attend our May 2020 K-12 Users Group‌ discussion! We especially want to thank Brad Moser and Casey Rimmer for sharing experiences and resources from their school districts. In case you missed the live call, here are som...

Hello K-12 Users Group,  We have selected May 26, 2020 as the date for our next user group meeting. The focus of this discussion will be best practices and lessons learned in response to Covid-19.  Please come prepared to share your thoughts and insi...

I have spoken with several educators at conferences that have asked if there is any way to hide the To_Do list from students.  The idea stems from students jumping right into their To Do list without interacting with other module items and resources....

Dear Teachers, [Insert a customized greeting for your faculty and staff].  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, discus...

Flipped learning has been around for a while, but people still interpret its meaning differently based on personal experiences.  Initially Flipped Learning was to be done outside of the classroom.  Students would watch videos at home and then come in...

a.First, the answers I uploaded on the quiz are being showed on the Preview even though the button Let student view the answer is NOT checked.b. There is no way I can add a picture to the quiz. I changed the file extension, I used images from my file...

Bring Clarity to your Canvas Course:Course Navigation + Modules + Home Page Part 3:  Home Page   Hello, I am the Learning Management System Specialist in our K12 district and I provide support and instruction to our teachers and staff in the use of C...

Below is a letter I very recently sent out to our 160 faculty members after COVID-19 closed down our schools. Very little info had been directed to us from the administration except that we were to be doing OPTIONAL remote learning starting Wednesday...

Bring Clarity to your Canvas Course:Course Navigation + Modules + Home Page Part 2:  Modules   Hello, I am the Learning Management System Specialist in our K12 district and I provide support and instruction to our teachers and staff in the use of Can...

Bring Clarity to your Canvas Course Course Navigation + Modules + Home Page Part 1:  Course Navigation Hello, I am the Learning Management System Specialist in our K12 district and I provide support and instruction to our teachers and staff in the us...