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barnettda · ‎12-13-2017

Hi, @kenneth_rogers ‌! Thanks for asking! The Teacher app works great now for creating and uploading audio comments! I depend on it, and the uploads are quick, allowing me to move on to the next student paper. That issue is resolved. The only problem I've encountered on my iPad with the Teacher app is that once per grading session the app has a hard time resolving the student submission (.doc or .docx) and the app crashes. Just once per session, but one doesn't know when the crash will come. 🙂 It's pretty easy to recover from and complete the grading. When I open the app the problem file always resolves just fine, so I haven't posted anything for Canvas support since the issue is so intermittent. Bottom line: The Teacher app is a wondrous achievement! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎07-17-2017

Hi, Melissa, The icon is not a rocket; we're looking at it the wrong way. It's actually an oddly shaped brush one holds and dips into corflu (remember "correction fluid"? "White out"?). Just run the three brushes across a quiz answer, and it instantly goes away and allows another try! Even people from different language communities know about corflu! I use it on my computer screen all the time! It's just so obvious! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎04-11-2017

Hi, everyone, For our community college, "participation" has to be more than a page visit; the "last date of attendance" is defined as the last day the student was physically present submitted an academic assignment took an exam or quiz participated in an interactive tutorial or computer assisted instruction participated in an online discussion about academic matters initiated contact with a faculty member to ask a question of an academically related matter pertinent to the course But tracking page views, including on the Canvas mobile apps, CAN be helpful (a) for determining whether the student has successfully entered the course when the term first begins and (b) tracking the use of mobile apps by students. As far as tracking is concerned, presumably the reports on page views would say where the information is coming from--mobile app or desktop/laptop, so faculty could see just which parts of the course are being accessed via mobile. That would be fascinating!

barnettda · ‎02-01-2017

Hi, @kona ‌, I used the updated app today on my iPad and it worked like a charm. I'm stoked! Thanks to everyone who made this happen. You have one very pleased instructor! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎02-01-2017

Hi, Stephanie, I just spent this afternoon grading a big set of essays, adding audio comments for each submission using the SpeedGrader app on my iPad. Wonderful! It worked without a hitch, and some of my comments were over 2 minutes long. Kudos to the programming team. You done good! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎01-31-2017

Hi, @scottdennis ‌, thanks so much for responding! I look forward to the fix and appreciate the update! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎01-31-2017

Hi, everyone, This semester is starting out poorly for me. I depended on SpeedGrader on my iPad to create and upload audio comments on student papers, and six months or so ago the process was working perfectly. But now my iPad Air 2, updated to iOS 10.2, shows a consistent error when I try to "post" an audio comment. The comment can be created in the app, and I can even play it back, but I get the red X of death when I click on Post. I've rebooted the iPad, uninstalled and reinstalled SpeedGrader, but nothing seems to help. I posted a question about this on December 27, 2016, and created a ticket with Canvas support, but so far nothing seemingly has happened. What I don't know is whether it's just me, or whether others of you are having the same issue. So: 1. Are any of you encountering the same issue? 2. Can someone shed some light on what is happening and how the problem might be resolved? Thanks so much for any help you can give! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎11-04-2016

Hi, everyone, Recently, while grading essays using the iPad SpeedGrader mobile app, and adding short audio comments to each (ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes or so), I encountered a periodic "failed" message when I tried posting the comment. There seemed to be no rhyme nor reason for the problem, since comments varied in length. I was able to post text comments, and post the grade, just fine. I tried trashing and redoing the audio comments, but could not get them to upload. Going to the next student and uploading audio comments worked fine--until I encountered the issue again. It's making me shy about using SpeedGrader. My wifi connection is strong, I'm using an iPad Air 2 with iOS 10, and even logging out and logging back in, closing the app and reopening it, didn't change the problem with that individual student. The error would occur for a handful of students in each set of essays. I assume it's something I'm doing (or not doing) since this doesn't seem to be an issue others have encountered. But any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this? Thanks! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎08-10-2016

Hi, all, I'm replying to myself because, thanks to our intrepid Canvas admins, we found the answer. The standard Blackboard 9 export zip files apparently does NOT contain the feedback for individual answers to questions (or, presumably, any general feedback). The key is to export from Bb using the Common Cartridge format (I used 1.2 version of the Common Cartridge package). It's easy to import into Canvas, and, from a quick sample, all the feedback is there! It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎08-10-2016

Hi, community, As I understand it, rubrics can't normally be attached to a quiz and used to grade that quiz (since machine-graded quiz questions have pre-defined points). But what about a quiz composed of a single essay question? Could I create a rubric, attach it to the quiz, and use the rubric to grade the quiz answer (which would be a paragraph or two)? Normally the single essay would carry pre-defined points (such as being worth 20 points) so would that make it impossible to use the rubric to grade students (even if the rubric's highest grade was 20 points, the same as the pre-defined total)? Thanks for any insight you can share on this! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎08-10-2016

Hi, community, Really need your guidance! Thanks to @kona , who alerted me to this group! I have 400 multiple choice questions in my Blackboard Introduction to Logic course, and I created a Bb export zip file for import into Canvas (which we're all using in the Fall). Over the years feedback has been added to every answer, so there are now way over a thousand feedback sentences. When I imported the quizzes into Canvas, the questions and answers came in, but all the feedback is missing ! Is there a way (short of using Respondus) to get the feedback for each answer into my Canvas course? I had thought it was part of the import process, and perhaps I didn't set it up correctly. Can anyone help a poor panicky philosophy instructor? Thanks! Dan

barnettda · ‎10-26-2015

Hi, Kelley, This is great--very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to show what it looks like. I'm taken with the possibilities.... Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎10-26-2015

Hi, Kelley, This is wonderful! Would it be possible to do a screen shot of a SoftChalk lesson page within Canvas, showing both navigations? Does this work when you and students are using the mobile apps or viewing on a mobile browser? I'm not sure what you mean by not getting "the huge and distracting banner"? Do you mean the banner that shows up in a SoftChalk lesson? Do you have a screen shot of a SoftChalk activity embedded in a Canvas page (showing the context)? I'm excited! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎10-17-2015

HI, Dallas, I'm told that SoftChalk lessons automatically create a mobile-friendly version when viewed in a browser, but I was wondering about whether or how they'd show up in the dedicated Canvas app. I wonder if that's changed in iOS 9 for iPhone and iPad? As I understand it, apps no longer need to incorporate their own browser but can call on Safari. Cheerily, Dan Barnett Butte College

barnettda · ‎10-16-2015

Hi, Dallas, This is really helpful. I'm impressed by how neat and compact the pages created within Canvas can be if the lessons are relatively simple, but SoftChalk allows me to do self-check quizzes and other activities and in general make the page itself more immersive. And I agree that navigation within navigation wouldn't be helpful, especially on a smartphone! At my college we're pulled in two directions. PDFs are pretty much the standard since they keep the formatting, but they're static. Yet developing an HTML page from scratch using the editor is pretty time consuming. So SoftChalk is my go-to workhorse since it provides a template within which to post content. And if I have multiple course sections, it's great that I can change it once in SoftChalk Cloud and the changes are instantly available in each section. Cheerily, Dan Barnett Butte College

barnettda · ‎10-16-2015

Hi, everyone, SoftChalk Cloud is a Canvas certified partner, and there's a handy tutorial for putting in the URL of a non-graded SoftChalk lesson into Canvas. The tutorial suggests putting it in as a non-graded assignment, and when the student clicks on the link the SoftChalk lesson opens in a new tab. Is there a way to use frames to have the lesson open within Canvas? If so, how well does it work, especially on mobile devices? Anyone have experience with this? Thanks! Dan Barnett Butte College

barnettda · ‎06-30-2015

Hi, Scott, Wish we had "FireSafeChro," if you know what I mean. One browser to rule them all! :smileylaugh: I haven't noticed the issue again; all the little icons are loading just fine. So, onward! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎06-26-2015

UPDATE Suddenly, as I was adding a third discussion, all of the little icons appeared. Very strange! Cheerily, Dan

barnettda · ‎06-26-2015

HI, all, I'm using Safari 8 for the Mac on an iMac running Yosemite (both are the latest versions). For some reason, I don't see the appropriate icons in Safari (just place-holder squares), but when I open the class I'm creating in Firefox for the Mac, I do see them: Is there a setting in Safari I'm missing? The little place-holder "squares" are all over Canvas when I view it in Safari. I'm stumped! Cheerily, Dan

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SpeedGrader for iPad Issue - Audio Comments Not Uploading Hi, everyone, This semester is starting out poorly for me. I depended on SpeedGrader on my iPad to create and upload audio comments on student papers, and six months or so ago the process was work...	01-31-2017	1199	7
SpeedGrader iPad App - Some Audio Comments Failing To Upload Hi, everyone, Recently, while grading essays using the iPad SpeedGrader mobile app, and adding short audio comments to each (ranging from 30 seconds to two minutes or so), I encountered a periodic...	11-04-2016	1452	4
Can A Rubric Be Used To Grade A Single Essay Question? Hi, community, As I understand it, rubrics can't normally be attached to a quiz and used to grade that quiz (since machine-graded quiz questions have pre-defined points). But what about a quiz ...	08-10-2016	1655	2
Does Canvas Import Quiz Question Feedback From Blackboard? Hi, community, Really need your guidance! Thanks to @kona , who alerted me to this group! I have 400 multiple choice questions in my Blackboard Introduction to Logic course, and ...	08-10-2016	1901	9
SoftChalk Lessons - Better To Display Within Course or In New Tab? Hi, everyone, SoftChalk Cloud is a Canvas certified partner, and there's a handy tutorial for putting in the URL of a non-graded SoftChalk lesson into Canvas. The tutorial suggests putting it i...	10-16-2015	2913	11
Safari Issue HI, all, I'm using Safari 8 for the Mac on an iMac running Yosemite (both are the latest versions). For some reason, I don't see the appropriate icons in Safari (just place-holder squares), but...	06-26-2015	1988	5

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