Topic: Canvas basics

Submitting grades using GradesPlus

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You can use GradesPlus to: Submit grades or marks to CASS Submit AVRs Add or remove Override grades Add or remove Exception grades Check the grade Submission statuses of students in a subject Check the Grade Distribution in a subject Download marks, grades and grade submission information for a...

Submitting AVRs using GradesPlus

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You can only submit an AVR for a student once the grades submission period has ended for your teaching session. The Review and Submit Grades button will be replaced by a Create AVR button. If your Canvas course has ended, you’ll be prompted to re-open it for five days....

Clearly communicate a session schedule in Canvas

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These templates are structured for varying levels of detail. You could choose to include a subject schedule, giving a high-level outline for the entire session, a detailed weekly overview with schedule, or an overview of a module covering several weeks. These templates are specific to your faculty. If you do...

Use the pronoun feature in Canvas

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Students and staff can now select their pronouns via Settings in Canvas. This is an opt-in profile setting only. The initiative aims to facilitate effective communication between staff and students where individuals prefer their identity to be known. There are three options: She/Her He/Him They/Them Edit your pronouns via...

LX Accessible Content Practices

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Some students might experience barriers when accessing content in your subject. Adding content to your subject sites and learning materials in a certain way can help remove these barriers and create an inclusive and accessible learning environment. We asked our Digital Accessibility Ambassadors – UTS students with lived experience of...

Content structure: accessible practice

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A clear and logical structure is a basic foundation of accessible digital content. Structure refers to the layout and format of your content. Well-structured content benefits all of your students and is critical for students who have cognitive or learning disabilities, students who use screen readers, students who only...

Language: accessible practice

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Ensuring that you use clear language in your subject is important for all students – and critical for some who might find it harder to fill in the gaps. We asked our Digital Accessibility Ambassadors – UTS students with lived experience of disability about why using clear language in your...

Alternative text: accessible practice

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Alternative text, or “alt text” is a short description or tag added to images found online or in documents. It’s a way of describing images for people who are unable to see them, usually because they have a vision-related disability. It’s generally not visible on the page like a...

Captions and transcripts: accessible practice

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Both transcripts and captions are ways of reproducing audio content as text. Not only are they essential for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, but they’re also extremely helpful for other students who benefit from having a text version of the content, such as students who speak...

Links: accessible practice

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A link refers to any section of text that can be clicked on to view other web pages, download documents or access external applications. It’s important that links are added clearly, so students can find them and know what to expect once they select the link. We asked our...

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