CTLD ReadyIf you’re new to online teaching, or just new to Canvas, it can seem a little daunting trying to set up a new course. CTLD has prepared an assortment of tutorials that will help you through this process. If your department or a colleague has already created the course and has given you permission to […]
Modules are a fundamental building block and the main organizational unit of a Canvas course. They enable an instructor to organize the course content by week or by topic, for example, and to build each new concept on what a student has previously learned. This organization makes the course easier for a student to navigate. […]
Canvas uses Assignments, available from the course navigation menu on the left, as an umbrella that includes all activities. Any quizzes (Classic or New), discussions, and assignments that you create for a course can be accessed from their respective links or from the assignments link in the course navigation menu on the left. This is […]
The subtotal columns in your Canvas gradebook are populated automatically by the different groups you have in your assignments folder. These subtotal columns cannot be hidden or deleted. You may turn off the subtotal columns in settings, though this will also disable the total column. By default, Canvas has one main group called “Assignments” that […]
New Quizzes do not use Question Banks, instead they use Item Banks. Additionally, currently do not offer the option of “question group” type questions. When you migrate a Classic Quiz with question groups to a New Quiz, the New Quiz is unable to pull from the Question Bank, so the questions do not migrate over. […]
If you teach courses online, you’re probably familiar with sharing your screen in your class meetings on Teams. You might not be aware that Teams offers multiple presentation modes. You can share your screen and your webcam feed simultaneously in several different formats. When used appropriately, these presentation modes can better simulate a live classroom […]
If you are looking to digitize media (films, television shows, musical recordings, etc.) for use in your course, please contact the ITS Help Desk. ITS provides this service to MSU Denver faculty. Once your media has been digitized and uploaded to your YuJa account by ITS, the CTLD support team can help you add it […]
Microsoft Teams is the institutionally-recommended software for hosting live, virtual meetings. You can use MS Teams for virtual class meetings, one-off lectures, meetings with your colleagues, and much more. MS Teams has both an application for your computer and a version that runs in your web browser. Because the application for your computer is more […]
By default, your course shell should have the Assignments, Quizzes, Pages, Discussions, and Files links in the left-hand course navigation menu disabled, or hidden, from student view. You can tell a course navigation link is disabled, or hidden, for students if you see a crossed out eye to the right of the link name. When […]
During your time as an instructor, you have likely had students ask for extra time or multiple attempts to complete a quiz. Some students may provide an official letter from the Access Center stating their legally required accommodations. Some students may also ask for accommodations for a single test due to unforeseen circumstances, such as […]