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 […]
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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 […]
GoReact Assignments are “live” and editable for 6 months from the time they are activated in a course. Creating a GoReact Assignment and editing it as an instructor will activate GoReact in the course. After the 6 month timeframe has passed, you may receive an error message stating “Videos cannot be added to an expired […]
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How Do I Reassign an Assignment in Canvas?
Sometimes, a student may need to resubmit an assignment. They may have uploaded the wrong file, made an error in their submission, or need to add more content. As the instructor, you can manually reassign the assignment to alert the student they need submit another attempt. To reassign an assignment, you must first ensure the […]
Canvas Discussions allow students to “respond in thread” by default, meaning students can respond to the prompt or to someone else’s response to the prompt. This is an option that can be disabled in the Discussion setting by checking the box next to “Disallow threaded replies”. If students are not able to respond to each […]
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How do I Enable Captions in YuJa?
All multimedia resources available in your Canvas course should have closed captions to comply with federal law and accessibility guidelines. It is important to create videos that are accessible for all users regardless of ability. Luckily, there is an auto-caption feature built into YuJa that you can enable to have closed captions generated automatically for […]
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How do I write effective captions?
All multimedia resources available in your Canvas course should have closed captions to comply with federal law and accessibility guidelines. Good captions are more than just a direct transcription, they also indicate to the viewer who is speaking, what background noise is present, and other audio cues. For a detailed explanation on what to include, […]
In July of 2023, then Interim Provost Marie Mora, Ph.D., stated every course at MSU Denver should explicitly address the use of generative artificial intelligence in the syllabus or other course information. Review the Generative Artificial Intelligence Taskforce page for more information on Generative AI from the Provost. For specific examples of different AI policies […]
One way to increase the value of discussions in your course is to require that students participate in the discussion more than once. For example, you can have students respond to a prompt in their first post and then reply to a classmate several days later. Starting May 19th 2026, Canvas Discussions will include the […]