About

vanzandt
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Community Champion
Title:
Manager, Teaching and Learning Technology Services
Joined:
Jun 15, 2016 3:33:15 PM
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200
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Bio:
Currently working at UC Davis where we completed a move from Sakai to Canvas, and previously had been at UC Merced where I was on the project team involved with moving from Sakai to Canvas. Employed at the University of California for over 25 years, working at both UC Davis and UC Merced. Started at UC Davis as a student employee in the IT Training group, and have held staff positions managing academic technology services, IT student services, IT Help Desk, and desktop support services.

Most Liked Posts

I hadn't found anything in the community that aggregated the information, so I thought I'd share some details from an interaction I had with Canvas Support while researching which content applies to w...
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Thank you for communicating in advance about these changes, and providing the detail about what will be supported after January 16th.Though this is a lengthy list, "Starting 16 January 2021, only the ...
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Hi Deactivated user‌,I can't support  @venitk 's comment more strongly, "I would really really love it if you spent it addressing the functional aspects of why students struggle with Canvas rather tha...
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I greatly appreciate the effort put into getting this video together as a resource for us to share, but I have to agree with @kda106. It's an odd experience when features are being explained in the vi...
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Hi Sam, what are your target dates for those remaining items to be incorporated into the Feature Preview? By January?  We want to know that there will be adequate time for you all to address bugs, and...
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Most Recent Posts

A suggestion some other quick(?) wins... - Our faculty would like to be able to filter by Section in the People tool.  (this is already possible in the mobile app) - Our faculty would like to be able ...
Jun 7, 2024 4:10:12 PM
I have the same question and same concern as @danaleeling who stated: "You'll be able to edit points and descriptions after creating a criteria from an outcome, with outcome alignment coming soon. Al...
May 13, 2024 2:51:14 PM
Hi @zachp , These are exciting new features.  When you say "enhanced analytics solution that will be offered as an add-on to Canvas customers", I assume that means that this will not be included in th...
May 1, 2024 12:01:44 PM
@SamGarza1  When you originally mentioned creating videos in December 2023, you noted "Our team is also working on overview and comparison videos".  Maybe what we're all really waiting for is the comp...
Apr 5, 2024 8:53:58 AM
This is an incredibly helpful insight. I fully support this request. I would hope that they can address this so that Discussions Redesign is brought to parity before the enforcement date.
Apr 3, 2024 3:42:52 PM

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