CTLD ReadyWhen you set up an exam through ProctorU, you will receive an email with the subject line, “Please confirm your session.” The email will ask you to click the Review Exam Information link to review the details of your exam. However, clicking on the link will bring you to a page in ProctorU with a […]
ProctorU is an online proctoring service that records students and their screens as they take an online exam. After a student takes an exam, ProctorU reviews the recording for any potential academic integrity breaches or technical problems that may have occurred during the exam. This process can take 24-72 hours. If a behavior or event […]
ProctorU can only proctor Canvas quizzes, so to proctor an exam that lives in a publisher platform (like Cengage MindTap, McGraw Hill Connect, or Pearson MyLab), you place it inside a Canvas quiz. This is called a wrapper quiz. Students start the wrapper quiz through ProctorU, then open the publisher exam from inside the proctored […]
Canvas Portfolio is a designated space for students to submit evidence towards their learning and reflect on their work. Canvas offers both Evaluation Portfolios, created by the instructor, and Showcase Portfolios, created by the student. Once published, students can enable sharing for both portfolio types, which will create a Share Link that students can share […]
Canvas Portfolio is a designated space for students to submit evidence towards their learning and reflect on their work. Canvas offers both Evaluation Portfolios and Showcase Portfolios. Evaluation Portfolios are created by the instructor, while Showcase Portfolios are created by the student. The process for students to submit evidence to either Portfolio type is the […]
ProctorU is automatically enabled and appears in your course’s left-hand navigation menu. If you aren’t using it for exams in a particular course, you may want to disable it so it doesn’t show up to students as an unused link. Disabling ProctorU only removes it from that course’s navigation menu, it does not affect ProctorU […]
If you are using ProctorU for exams in your course, it is important to provide clear directions to your students on the ProctorU requirements as well as the steps for accessing and taking the exam. You may choose to share the steps a day or two before the exam window in a Course Announcement or […]
When attaching a rubric to an assignment or discussion, Canvas will not automatically enable the setting to use the rubric for grading. If this setting is not enabled, you will still be able to score the students using the rubric, and students will still see your evaluation, but the grade will not auto-populate with the […]
Occasionally, when adding an extension for a particular student, you’ll notice that the grades for all students have disappeared. This usually happens when the “Assign to” field for “Everyone” is accidentally replaced. In order to see the grades again, you’ll need to restore this setting in the affected assignments. Directions Have Questions? Need additional support […]
In the Gradebook of your Canvas course, you notice that all or some of your students have a grade of 0 for one or more assignments before the due date has arrived. You have not graded the assignments yet, or maybe your students have not even submitted them yet. This can sometimes happen when copying […]