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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, 2025June 24, 2025
Canvas

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, 2025June 6, 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, 2024September 25, 2024
Canvas

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 11, 2023
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Accessibility

Universal Design for Learning Principles, Part I: Engagement

Continuing our series on Universal Design for Learning, this article takes a closer look at the first principle of Engagement and provides some simple strategies for incorporating it into Canvas and the classroom without drastically altering how you do things or sacrificing the level of challenge you want to set for your students. 

Jennifer SutcliffeNovember 5, 2021November 5, 2021
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Canvas

Emory Canvas is on Twitter!

The Emory Canvas support team is on Twitter! Follow @EmoryCanvas to get the latest news and updates.

Jennifer SutcliffeMarch 15, 2021March 15, 2021
Assessment

New Tools in Canvas to Enhance Remote Learning

Several new tools for Canvas are now available to organize, improve accessibility, and facilitate testing in your courses.

Lee ClontzJuly 24, 2020August 14, 2020
Featured Faculty

Emory Scholars Get the Spotlight in Take Note Series

Seated in a corner of his small studio, Dana Haugaard goes to work, his blade cautiously scoring concentric circles into…

Cecilia BolichFebruary 19, 2020February 19, 2020
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Canvas Direct Share

Canvas has released a useful new feature called Direct Share. Direct Share will allow instructors to share individual course items to…

Kathy HayesFebruary 12, 2020March 4, 2020
Canvas

Canvas Satisfaction Survey Now Available

Emory Teaching & Learning Technologies wants to hear from our Canvas users. Please consider filling out our Canvas Satisfaction Survey…

Jennifer SutcliffeMay 16, 2019
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, 2019
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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!

Jennifer SutcliffeJanuary 24, 2019January 24, 2019

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