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jmerriam · ‎03-26-2023

Thanks for the response, Chris...and sorry about the confusion! Basically, I just wanted to know if students could simply click the "Upload/Embed Media" button to embed their videos directly onto the Discussion, rather than having to go through Studio. For some reason, we were told they HAD to use Studio to embed videos...but if the only reason to do that is so the video is in their Library, I'll tell them that they can embed them directly. MUCH simpler!

jmerriam · ‎03-25-2023

I have students post their speech videos on our Discussion Board. In the past, there had to go through a circuitous process of uploading their video to Studio, then embedding the video from Studio into the DB. Is there any reason they can't do this directly? In other words, when they click "Reply" in the DB can they then click on the media icon in the menu and upload the video from their computer, and hit "Submit"? I tried this in Student View and it appeared to work.

jmerriam · ‎01-27-2023

I understand what you're saying, Trish, but the issue is that the student speaker needs to show me their audience in the video (as if it were a Zoom meeting) in order for me to verify that they actually have an audience of 5 people; further, that audience needs to be watching the student live. I can set this up on Zoom, but one of my colleagues suggested using the DB.

jmerriam · ‎01-25-2023

I teach online public speaking (asynchronous), and one of the requirements for speech videos is for students to have an audience of 5 people. Some students can't gather that many people, and one idea was to set up a special Discussion Board where students could be audience members for fellow student's speech videos. Any idea how I could set this up, or if it's even possible?

jmerriam · ‎01-23-2023

As an instructor, I understand how to rearrange the columns in the gradebook, and that I can also drag each column for custom placement...but PLEASE, can the developers come up with an easier way to do that?? It takes forever for me to drag each individual column where I want it, and I have to do that for every gradebook in every class I teach!

jmerriam · ‎09-06-2022

Dropped students are still showing under "Current Enrollments" in mt course settings. Is there any way to delete them?

jmerriam · ‎07-15-2022

(This does NOT relate to Discussions.) I have a hard time getting students to view my feedback on assignments, and sometimes it's really crucial that they do. I'd like to find a way to give them points for viewing my comments. I have no idea if there's a way to do that...any suggestions? Alternatively, is there a way for me to tell if the student has looked at my feedback, so I can bug them if they haven't done it?

jmerriam · ‎05-09-2022

I'm SO frustrated with students not reading my assignment comments or even the comments on their rubric; is there a way to force them to read them?? Maybe set it up so they can't do the next assignment until they're reviewed the grade & comments on the last one?

jmerriam · ‎03-06-2022

Is there any way for me to allow an un-enrolled student to view my course?

jmerriam · ‎10-26-2021

Yes, that's correct. However, that brings up something: I've always set the "Due date" and "Until" for the same date...could that be what's fouling me (my students) up? Should I not enter an "until" date at all, and just use the due-date?

jmerriam · ‎10-23-2021

In my 2 online public speaking classes, I assign students to submit their speeches to the Discussion Board on different dates (so I don't get bombarded with 56 videos to watch all at once!). I also assign them to watch 2 other students' speeches and do a peer review, but NOT using the Canvas Peer Review function. I set up a separate assignment for the reviews, which they submit to me after they've cut-and-pasted it into the "Reply" box under the other student's video. That way, the students can see the reviews and I can grade them. The problem is that after one group of students' videos are locked, no on can reply to them. Example: Susie and 5 others submit their videos on the due-date of 10/10. Billy goes to look at the videos to do his peer reviews on 10/14, but all the students whose speeches were on 10/10 have their "Reply" button grayed out. Billy can only review speeches whose dates haven't been locked yet. Is there any way around this??

jmerriam · ‎10-22-2021

I know there's a way to do this, but can't for the life of me find out how. Many students are submitting assignments without reading the pages that are relevant to that assignment, so their assignments don't follow the guidelines. For instance, if I have a page that explains how to do an outline, how do I force them to read it before they're allowed to submit an outline?

jmerriam · ‎05-01-2021

Thanks, Chris...I never even though of using the Ctrl+F function. That would eliminate at least one step. In terms of going directly to the DB, the problem with that is that there's no way for me to tell whose response I've graded and whose I haven't (I have 80+ students in 3 sections, and there's NO way I could possibly remember which one I've graded!). I even tried clicking the 3 vertical dots to see if there's anything there, but the only options are "Go to topic," "Edit," "Delete," and "Open in Speed Grader"...and if I use the Speed Grader option, I'm right back where I started! This seems to be a strange quirk with Canvas, since with every other type of assignment I can click on my "To Do" and it takes me directly to the specific assignment. Wonder if it would be worth me putting in a Feature Request? Thanks again! Joan I could try opening 2 tabs...I've done that with other assignments

jmerriam · ‎04-29-2021

OK, Chris, here's the process: A student submits a response to that week's discussion question I got to my Dashboard and look at the "To Do"--usually there are several assignments there, since I don't do the as they come in, but wait 'til the end of the day I click on the assignment (see below) 3 submissions need grading Grade Week 13 Question: Inclusivity COMM-0001 - 47989 10 points • May 1 at 11:59pm That takes me to the Discussion Board, and the 1st student's submission Then to respond to their submission, I need to click "View the full discussion," which takes me to the main panel for that week's discussion I enter the student's name in the "Search entries or Author" That takes me to the student's response, BUT I need to click "view in discussion" in order to respond After I do that, I have to click on "Reply" in order to post an actual reply to the student's post I tried clicking on the student's name after doing the "search entries or author," but it takes me right back to where I have to click on "view in discussion" and the "reply" to actually respond. I've not been able to find any shortcuts to this convoluted process.

jmerriam · ‎04-29-2021

Not sound snarky, but why, oh why should it be so darned complicated to respond to a student's post in a Discussion Board?? First, you click on the submission in Speed Grader...but then you need to click on "View the full discussion"...then enter the student's name in the "search entries or author"...then click on "Reply" once the student's post appears. Four steps just to reply? Or am I missing something???

jmerriam · ‎04-27-2021

Just wanted you to know that the highlighter is once again working as a highlighter...except that the yellow is so faint that it's hard to see on the page. Any chance of making it brighter (more like what it was before)?

jmerriam · ‎04-24-2021

I'm having the same issue...is it a problem with Firefox, or with Canvas?? Either way, I'm not willing to have to switch to Chrome every time I need to grade an assignment. This needs to be addressed and fixed!

jmerriam · ‎04-24-2021

Thanks so much, Chris. I did read all the posts re: Announcements, but must've missed the one related to the "U." Duh. And you're right: the announcements were imported using Blueprint...my colleague contended that when she does that, often either the announcements don't post at all in her classes' Announcements page, or the students can't see them. She also said that if there's no date on the "posted on," that's another indication that they're invisible on the students' page. Regardless, I'll forward this along to the faculty forum so everyone can know. Thanks again, as always! Joan

jmerriam · ‎04-23-2021

Someone on our faculty forum mentioned that her students weren't seeing her announcements, and that she could tell because there was no date on "Posted On." I just checked my announcements, and not only is there no date, each on has a "U" on the left-hand side, indicating that it was unread. What's going on here? Many of my announcements are very important, and if my students aren't seeing them, it creates a real problem. (I've attached a screenshot, but it may be too small to see.)

jmerriam · ‎03-07-2021

OK, on the subject of needing to make multiple clicks on Discussions, here's my gripe (when students are not in discussion groups): when a student posts an answer to my weekly question on the DB, I have to go through this cumbersome process just to post my reply: Click on the student's name in SpeedGrader Then when the DB comes up and shows the student's response, I have to click "View in full Discussion" Then I have to put that person's name in the search box to open their comment Then I have to hit "Reply" Why on earth would Canvas designers create such a Rube Goldberg route for us to have to negotiate?

Post Details	Date Published	Views	Likes
Embedding video in Discussion I have students post their speech videos on our Discussion Board. In the past, there had to go through a circuitous process of uploading their video to Studio, then embedding the video from Stu...	03-25-2023	392	0
Use Discussion Board for student collaboration I teach online public speaking (asynchronous), and one of the requirements for speech videos is for students to have an audience of 5 people. Some students can't gather that many people, and one idea...	01-25-2023	285	0
Rearrange gradebook As an instructor, I understand how to rearrange the columns in the gradebook, and that I can also drag each column for custom placement...but PLEASE, can the developers come up with an easier way to ...	01-23-2023	310	0
Dropped students still showing Dropped students are still showing under "Current Enrollments" in mt course settings. Is there any way to delete them?	09-06-2022	283	0
Points for reading feedback (This does NOT relate to Discussions.) I have a hard time getting students to view my feedback on assignments, and sometimes it's really crucial that they do. I'd like to find a way to give the...	07-15-2022	362	0
Make students view my comments I'm SO frustrated with students not reading my assignment comments or even the comments on their rubric; is there a way to force them to read them?? Maybe set it up so they can't do the next as...	05-09-2022	457	0
Who can view my course? Is there any way for me to allow an un-enrolled student to view my course?	03-06-2022	311	0
Student comments on closed assignments In my 2 online public speaking classes, I assign students to submit their speeches to the Discussion Board on different dates (so I don't get bombarded with 56 videos to watch all at once!). I also a...	10-23-2021	506	0
Make reading guidelines mandatory I know there's a way to do this, but can't for the life of me find out how. Many students are submitting assignments without reading the pages that are relevant to that assignment, so their assignmen...	10-22-2021	382	0
Replying to a post Not sound snarky, but why, oh why should it be so darned complicated to respond to a student's post in a Discussion Board?? First, you click on the submission in Speed Grader...but then you need to...	04-29-2021	2293	0
Unread Announcements? Someone on our faculty forum mentioned that her students weren't seeing her announcements, and that she could tell because there was no date on "Posted On." I just checked my announcements, and...	04-23-2021	1050	0
Rubric comments Is there any way to add a comments section at the bottom of a rubric? I don't want to use the free-form comments, because I want students to see that...but I'd like to add my own general comments.	03-06-2021	2163	0
Discussion Posting A Discussion Board irritation: let's say you have the week's question, and students answer it. In order to view the person's answer and reply to it, I have to go to Speed Grader, click on the person'...	02-14-2021	624	0
Peer reviews - this is complicated! I'm teaching public speaking (online), and all students are required to film & submit their speech videos through a specific Canvas Discussion Board; I view their speech and grade it in SpeedGrad...	10-28-2020	1140	0
Rubric for Discussion Board Peer Review AND rubric layout I have two related questions: First: I'm a public speaking instructor, and have students post speech videos to the Discussion Board; I also want each student to review 2 other speeches. I know I can...	10-14-2020	715	0
How do students find my attachment in SpeedGrader I'm trying to find the easiest way to do this AND have it crystal-clear for students. If I attach a file to a specific assignment in SpeedGrader, where does the student look to find and read my attac...	10-09-2020	1427	0
Headings in existing pages I'm in the process of retrofitting my entire course to make it fully accessible, and changing all my headings (for which I'd just used font sizes) to the actual Heading categories...but Canvas doesn'...	06-10-2020	1409	0
Email notification for Canvas Inbox Suddenly this semester I'm not receiving notifications on my college email for emails that students send me through Canvas. I've double- and triple-checked my Notifications (which doesn't offer a col...	04-05-2020	2084	1
Label answers to quizzes Is there any way to label the possible answers to a question in Quizzes? For instance, "a," "b," etc. I'd like to be able to offer an option of "A" and "B" only...but can't do that ...	03-28-2020	456	0
Student video submissions I teach public speaking (now online), and will have students submit videos of their speeches. With Canvas' limit of 500MB, I think I'll have to use an external tool like YouTube, since a 6-minute spe...	03-17-2020	903	1

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Embedding video in Discussion

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Use Discussion Board for student collaboration

Rearrange gradebook

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Points for reading feedback

Make students view my comments

Who can view my course?

Re: Student comments on closed assignments

Student comments on closed assignments

Make reading guidelines mandatory

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