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ddessauer
Wednesday Dessauer
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Canvas is my canvas.

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As an instructor & course designer I have years of history in 'all couses' section which I dip into and revisist to collect resources and things I need for building new course content. For...
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In 2022-23 there was an update to the Canvas inbox which broke some of the methods in older posts, so I thought it was worth adding a note here about how I am creating this function at the start of 20...
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I would hazard a guess that Instructure removed the specification because it had become outdated with their dashboard tiles becoming more responsive. That's speculation, what I can say is: The ...
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I frequently want to do exactly this. The only method I have been able to find (that still works in 2023), is to have your notifications turned on for 'new reply' and use the link that you rec...
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I am an outlier in my course delivering some units as asynchronous online experiences, which means I need to go to some lengths explaining what that is and how it works in practice, on top of onboardi...
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Thanks for drawing my attention to this @laura_clark . i just tested it using the Teacher app on iPhone and iPad. I anticipate the Student & Parent apps will have the same behaviour. Rather th...
Jan 10, 2025 6:00:27 PM
In case you missed what @jclendenning mentioned earlier in this thread, there is a way for teacher/facilitators (sorry students!) to change old course nicknames, it just isn’t ideal. What you need...
Jan 7, 2025 6:39:27 PM
You could try Survey instead of Discussion.  The issue you will still face is that, in Instructure Canvas, a survey cannot be set to both graded and anonymous at the same time. If you want to encourag...
Dec 4, 2024 1:05:04 PM
Thanks for sharing you experience @FTSheldon  i recommend for your case that you try adding the ‘Better Canvas’ plugin to Google Chrome. This will give you a switch to enter and exit dark mode (al...
Oct 20, 2024 3:01:14 PM
I have an update to this. I have just observed that the old functionality has been restored. You can add a specification for the Canvas course like this: https://YourInstitutionURL/conversations?conte...
Jul 14, 2024 6:55:05 PM

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