Note: This is the fourth section of a five-section Canvas Spotlight on Grading in Canvas. Below is a list of the other sections: The Canvas Gradebook offers a wide variety of customizations and options, allowing you to create a system that works best for you. This final Spotlight in the Grading in Canvas Series will […]
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Note: This is the third section of a five-section Canvas Spotlight on Grading in Canvas. Below is a list of the other sections: When communicating with students about your grading process and what they can expect, it’s important to understand how students access their grades in Canvas. One method you can use to understand the […]
Note: This is the second section of a five-section Canvas Spotlight on Grading in Canvas. Below is a list of the other sections: You may use a variety of methods to assess your students’ progress throughout the duration of a course. Using the Canvas Gradebook can make grading easier, but knowing what can and can’t […]
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Grading in Canvas
Note: This is the first section of a five-section Canvas Spotlight on Grading in Canvas. Below is a list of the other sections: The Canvas Gradebook is a powerful and helpful tool for both in-person and online courses. Instructors can view, score, and provide feedback for student submissions directly through the Gradebook. This Spotlight Series […]
SpeedGrader is a built-in Canvas tool that makes grading more efficient and organized. Instructors can use SpeedGrader to view student work, assign grades with or without a rubric, provide feedback, and quickly progress to the next student in the course. SpeedGrader can be used to grade all types of assignments, including quizzes, group work, and […]
Holding discussions in an online course can have a very different feeling from having discussions in a face-to-face classroom. However, online discussions can still help students master content, explore new ideas, and build a sense of community even when they may not be meeting in person Video discussions are a wonderful strategy that can help […]
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Use Breakout Rooms in MS Teams
Breakout Rooms is a Microsoft Teams feature that allows the meeting organizer to divide participants into multiple smaller groups. Breakout Rooms can be used in recurring meetings and meetings created using the “meet now” button in the calendar. Best practices Let’s walk through it together [Length 7:49, CC Available] Download Teams Desktop Application Microsoft only […]
Formative assessments provide opportunities to monitor students’ learning and immediately provide feedback. Formative assessments are generally low-stakes and provide learners with a chance to gauge their knowledge of the course content and use the provided feedback in order to correct their mistakes before moving on to another course topic. Formative assessments can take many forms, […]
PowerPoint has the potential to be a powerful instructional tool for conveying information and teaching content. However, PowerPoints that live on their own without any context are less useful for learning. PowerPoints are most useful as a supplementary tool alongside input and context from the instructor. It would be tough to try to give a […]
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Convert Question Banks to Item Banks
Classic-style quizzes in Canvas can pull questions from Question Banks. However, New-style Quizzes use Item Banks instead. While these two different types of banks appear very similar, Canvas treats them as separate systems; a New-style Quiz cannot pull questions from a Question Bank. If you have migrated a Classic Quiz that pulls from a question […]