Michelle Sariev’s students learn about sexuality in relation to nursing from local health practitioners. Her Canvas course features engaging graphics and collaboration spaces, plus modules organized for student exports.
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Teaching with Canvas – How Julie Gazmararian Increased Instructor Efficiency & Student Interaction
Julie Gazmararian reflects on how the program made her see how Canvas could be used as a tool to enhance her course, teaching style, and interaction among her learners. She reflects on her approach to redesigning the course with her educational analyst and the impact to her workload and her students’ learning experience.
Teaching with Canvas – Dr. Patricia Cahill Utilizes Arc to Get Students to Respond to Shakespeare
Dr. Patricia Cahill, professor of English, included journaling, interactive Arc videos, and a digital exhibit in her Canvas course for a brand new seminar on the topic of Shakespeare and Race.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 9, 2019
This release contains upgrades: lead post author search in Discussions, calculator options in Quizzes.Next, and Canvas Commons filter & import by favorites. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
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…
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2019
This release contains upgrades: teachers can use Surface Pro stylus in SpeedGrader & restrict student view of answers, feedback, and more in Quizzes.Next. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
2018 Canvas Data Trends
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.
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.
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.
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.