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Canvas

Tips and Tools for a Successful Course Copy

Course shells for Spring ’26 are now available in Canvas. If you are reusing content from prior semesters for your…

John WillinghamNovember 14, 2025November 14, 2025
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Canvas Hacks

Using Graded Surveys In Canvas for Task Tracking

Instructors sometimes ask us if there is a way to create Canvas assignments that are automatically graded and marked as…

John WillinghamJune 24, 2025October 14, 2025
How-To

Save Time Building Your Canvas Courses by Using the Multi-Tool

The Multi-Tool is a set of 4 tools available in Canvas that provides some very useful time-saving features. You can…

John WillinghamJune 6, 2025October 14, 2025
Canvas

Understanding How to Restrict Students’ View of Quiz Results In New Quizzes

We have received emails from instructors stating that the settings for restricting student quiz results in New Quizzes is not…

John WillinghamSeptember 25, 2024October 14, 2025
Canvas

New Quizzes Transition – Spring ’24

Since the beginning of Spring ’24, Canvas’s New Quizzes tool has been available in all OPUS course shells in Emory’s…

John WillinghamMarch 11, 2024October 14, 2025
Canvas

Getting Your Courses Ready for Spring 2024

Instructors at Emory have access to a wealth of learning technologies and the Teaching and Learning Technologies team is here…

John WillinghamNovember 14, 2023November 14, 2023
News

Introducing the Canvas Designers Group

A call for participants to join a new group for Emory instructors and course designers who wish to level-up their…

John WillinghamOctober 11, 2023October 14, 2025
Canvas

Adding An Anonymous Comment Box In Canvas

Students sometimes have questions or concerns about a class that they are reluctant to share publicly. One of our faculty…

John WillinghamSeptember 18, 2019October 7, 2020
Canvas

Creating Journal Assignments in Canvas

Canvas does not have a dedicated tool for journal assignments, but the Discussion tool can be easily adapted for this…

John WillinghamFebruary 20, 2019October 14, 2025
Adding Video Content

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.

John WillinghamNovember 26, 2018October 14, 2025

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