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tom_gibbons
Tom Gibbons
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Online Course Technologist
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Academic Tech Geek. Instructional Designer, Erstwhile Dramaturg, Semantics Enthusiast, Accessibility Dork, OER Advocate, Rules Monger, Font Fanatic, Dog Father, Cat Concierge, Breaker of Things. In Lincoln, Nebraska. Yes, people actually live in Nebraska. he/him

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I know this is fiddly, but it's a recurring pain point for people at institutions where admins have added a bajillion additional buttons to the course-level nav. Please move the location of the Save b...
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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 t...
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I know it's all the same functionality plus a few advancements. But I'm wondering if one of the advancements will be to make it clear to students in the Canvas interface that they have feedback/annota...
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I've said it before and will undoubtedly say it again: You have one of the hardest jobs at Instructure. Here: have a lightning guitar: And also Buddha:
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The new Sidebar/Content Selector is pretty tough to use. It only loads ten items at a time on the Links tab, which means that you might have to click and wait for loading several times to get to the p...
Likes: 11

Most Recent Posts

I voted for this twice. 
Apr 11, 2024 11:25:02 AM
It may or may not be helpful to know that there are actually two separate objects for a graded quiz/survey and a graded discussion. There's the quiz or discussion object--that's the activity part--and...
Aug 16, 2023 8:04:33 AM
Thanks. I get that. I will say that clamor and buzz around a particular need isn't always a good indicator of what a customer base really wants. Some of us have been working around the call-back issue...
Dec 15, 2022 8:05:33 AM
@lshulman Yes, that feature was originally called differentiated due dates when it was released. So that's what I call it. https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-differentia...
Dec 15, 2022 7:53:35 AM
Differentiated due dates: different students/groups/sections have different due dates for the same assignment, e.g., Group A will be presenting in class on Monday, Group B on Wednesday. They have to s...
Dec 14, 2022 9:30:52 AM

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