Several new tools for Canvas are now available to organize, improve accessibility, and facilitate testing in your courses.
Author: Lee Clontz
Lee Clontz is an assistant director for academic technologies with responsibility for Canvas administration and support and faculty video production.
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Engage and Connect with Students in Canvas
Finding creative and engaging ways to use Canvas to connect with students is one of the challenging and fun parts of setting up a course. Canvas has a huge variety of tools that can provide benefits for both faculty and students.
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New Canvas Student Dashboard List View
As part of its Aug. 4 update, Canvas has a new Student Dashboard List View designed to make it easier for students to quickly identify missing assignments, see upcoming assignments and to-dos across classes, and access grade information, all in one place.