These dashboards highlight three trends in Canvas at Emory in 2018: new highs for course activity, greater use of modules and online grading, and increasingly high mobile app access.
Author: Lee Clontz
Lee Clontz is an assistant director for academic technologies with responsibility for Canvas administration and support and faculty video production.
Annual Canvas Conference, InstructureCon, Now Accepting Proposals
Each year, members of the Teaching & Learning Technologies Team attend the annual InstructureCon conference to learn more about Canvas features and course design as well as share their knowledge with the Canvas user community. We encourage you to attend!
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY 5 AND 26, 2019
This release contains upgrades: teachers can preview Commons materials, enter custom rubric comments, and edit moderated grading assignments more easily. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 8, 2018
This release contains upgrades: users can customize their dashboard course card order and record video in content editor without Flash in Chrome & Firefox. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
Active Classrooms: Audience Response Systems – Poll Everywhere and Kahoot!
If you have ever thought about adding more interaction into your lectures, audience response systems (ARS) are easier than ever to use and a great tool for moving students beyond passive listening and note-taking.
Introducing Studio, A New Video Engagement Tool In Canvas
Arc is a new video tool being piloted during the Fall ’18 and Spring ’19 semesters in Canvas. Arc provides a rich set of features for creating, managing and engaging with video in a Canvas course and is available to both faculty and students.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER 17, 2018
This release contains upgrades: students can upload image files to embed within the rich content editor & teachers can mark favorites in Canvas Commons. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday and are posted regularly to this blog.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 27, 2018
This release contains upgrades: students get List View improvements, teachers get beta access to improved grade analytics & grading improvements. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
Preparing Your Students for Podcasting: An Interview with Sheila Tefft
Podcasting is taking off as a medium and its popularity has made its way into the classroom. Making podcasts builds practical skills and gives students another way to express the ideas they learn in class.
Emory Chooses Turnitin for Plagiarism Detection
After a successful pilot, Emory has selected Turnitin as the new anti-plagiarism tool, and it is now available in all classes for use in Canvas assignments. Unicheck will be unavailable in Canvas after December 28, 2018.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 6, 2018
This release contains upgrades: document rotation in SpeedGrader, right-to-left language support, student review of dismissed alerts in list view. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
This release contains upgrades: teachers see page & discussion to-do dates in calendar, can export submission comments, can note students’ last attendance date. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.