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A Group Set is a set of groups you create to use for assessment tasks, or to organise categories of groups. You can have up to 200 groups in a Group Set. When creating a group set via ‘+Group Set’, you can choose to: Allow students to sign up to a group within...
When using modules, it is helpful to think of your subject site as a textbook. Each module is a chapter with an overview, content, activities, reflections, and a summary. Each page is provided in a sequence for students to work through, though in the LMS you can add in...
How do you currently use your subject site? Subject sites are used for many different purposes. Tell us how you use your subject site currently, with the poll below. A subject site often used to provide administrative and procedural information about the subject to students. It also provides information...
This model is suitable for: Fully online subject Online lectures and tutorials Any cohort size Subject with heavy theoretical contents The subject coordinator of 54052 Economy, Society and Globalism from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) needed to convert his subject into a fully online mode. He had never...
You need to generate the Subject Outline PDF for your subject in the Curriculum Information System (CIS) before accessing it through Canvas. Log into CIS (opens a UTS website). Follow the instructions on generating your Subject Outline on the the CIS help page (opens a UTS website). If you have one or more...
UTS policies require that staff comply with all relevant legislation when undertaking their duties at UTS. Under Australian Copyright legislation and commercial content licences, UTS staff can use legitimate amounts and types of copyright content for teaching purposes. These requirements specify legitimate amounts and types of content that can...
A Canvas site for a new subject is preloaded with a Canvas subject shell. A Canvas subject shell includes: A subject homepage A Get started module, to help you orient students to your subject A sample module A checklist of things to do before your Canvas course gets published...
UTS academics designing subject sites in the learning management system (LMS) are recommended to follow the nine guiding principles. Each principle provides key benefits for students and staff. UTS aims for consistent site design across all sites within the LMS. The common layout of Canvas courses should be intuitive,...
Canvas uses some terms or labels which may be different from what you are used to. The glossary below provides you with definitions of common Canvas terms. We have resources for some of these terms that explain them further – click on any terms with an attached link to learn...
