Anyone using OUTCOMES for grading within canvas at their elementary schools? Looking into making this happen at my district, but I want to make sure we roll it out smoothly. I am sure this will not happen this year, but I may get a few pilot teachers...

Our HS SpEd Teachers want to be able to have observer access to all of the courses on that campus, but not be tied to any students.  They just want to be able to view assignments and help with modifications. Is there a way to easily do this?  I know ...

This from a teacher: When I go back into an Event to modify it (adding a link to that day's class notes) and then  when I save it the times disappear. (As in, they used to say 7:30-9:33 and now they save as 12:00am to 12:000am). If I go back in and c...

I want to say it was great to meet so many Canvas users at the OLC conference last week as well as the InstructureCon event!  Many of the our booth attendees commented that the free TTS reader in Canvas is limited only to Pages, which means a majorit...

I'm a new teacher and new to canvas and I'm finding pros and cons to both the regular gradebook and the learning mastery gradebook. Is there a way I can do both at the same time? I've started with the regular one, and for many of the assignments, I h...

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and I want to take a moment to highlight ReadSpeaker's open dyslexic font. Check out this quick video that shows you how to change your font settings when utilizing the ReadSpeaker tools. You can also read a blog ...

Let's talk a little bit about how teachers can address both disclosed and undisclosed learners. ReadSpeaker is a champion of the Universal Design of Learning, which advocates the presentation of information through a variety of means in order to reac...

Good afternoon!  We love the Canvas for Elementary layout and appreciate all the hard work your team has put into this experience! Currently, when a teacher grades an assignment in Speedgrader, they have the option to Reassign the assignment.  Normal...

I tried out this feature today - I uploaded a PDF and showed the students what to do. They submitted the work but none of the annotations the students did appeared in Speed Grader.   They are all distanceED students so I could not see what they were ...

 Outcomes and Rubrics question: We use rubrics and outcomes for standards-based grading. However, we use Canvas outcomes as a domain score (group of individual standards) and not a specific standard score (one outcome for one standard). Regardless, ...

Classes have started and you've worked hard to provide your students with the tools they need to succeed, but have you thought about how you can make your assessments accessible? Watch this video on how ReadSpeaker reads quizzes and assessments! ...

    We are noticing some strange behaviors for some LTIs with a course nav access built into the LTI (namely LinkIt and MyLab and Mastering that we have seen so far) within C4E. These are both integrations we had installed previously and appear on th...

Google is a wonderful partner of ours that developed a newer integration, Google Assignments LTI 1.3. Many teachers love that Google integrates seamlessly with Canvas making it easy for students to turn in, collaborate and share their Google content ...

We've made it easy for you to get the most out of your ReadSpeaker TTS and accessibility tools!  Check out this YouTube playlist that covers not only the basics but also takes a deeper dive into each tool.  Have additional questions? Feel free to ema...

I love all of the different ways of communicating within Canvas.I'd love to know which ones are your favourites and why.