There are lots of advantages to using this tool, including the handling of group work assignments. You can check out some of the other benefits in the Futures Blog recommended at the end of this post. In general, we strongly recommend using the Canvas Plagiarism Review over the Turnitin...
To complete the Grades process, you need to make sure you’ve set up assignments correctly at the start of the session and run through a few checks at the end before grades are approved and transferred. The Gradebook Total column in Canvas automatically calculates the combined total of student...
Talk to text A simple way to adapt a lecture for online delivery is to write it down. In this example, a guest lecturer has annotated their slides, providing a detailed yet engaging commentary that guides students through the learning materials. While being precise and thoroughly referenced, the text is relatively informal in style to help students feel directly addressed....
A poll can be embedded anywhere Canvas supports the Rich Content Editor. While editing content: Select Apps in the Rich Content Editor (the plug icon). If the Social Poll is one of your most frequently used tools in Canvas, it will appear in the shortcut menu in the Apps list....
A poll can be embedded anywhere Canvas supports the Rich Content Editor. While editing content: Select Apps in the Rich Content Editor (the plug icon) If the Comments Box is one of your most frequently used tools in Canvas, it will appear in the shortcut menu in the Apps list....
Manage Announcements You can manage your announcements with the Announcements Index page. The screenshot below shows both sections of the Announcements Index page. Global settings can be changed by using the section at the top of the page (marked with a 1). Individual announcements are shown below this section...
Any user in the Canvas course can view and participate in a chat, but they must be actively viewing the chat to appear in the chat user list. Note that if there are a lot of students using Chat at the same time, it may be a little slow....
The Discussions Index page, available from the Discussions link in the Course Navigation menu, has global settings at the top of the page (see in the image below), followed by the Discussion groups . Individual discussions are nested within each Discussion group . You can embed discussions in...
You can edit your account profile and set your notification preferences in the Account section of the Global Navigation Menu. Your profile contains information about you anyone in Canvas can see when they click on your name. You may like to upload a profile picture, create a biography or...
Your Course site can be used in a number of ways. The most successful sites include a mix of student communication and course-related resources such as forms, Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), staff contact details and general links to student support services. Remember, your course site is not just...
