Teaching & Learning Technologies has been hard at work this summer to add and enable new functionality to make Canvas…
Canvas Release Highlights for August 17, 2019
Student discussion attachments allowed by default; external tools in account flyout menu; previews and shared item banks in New Quizzes. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
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.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 13, 2019
This release contains upgrades: customizable course and assignment level grade posting policies replace the muted assignment feature in the New Gradebook. The next feature release date is August 17th.
Canvas Studio (formerly Arc) is Here
Canvas Studio video learning platform (formerly Arc) is available in Emory Canvas courses. Teaching & Learning Technologies is excited to support Canvas Studio for all faculty and students at Emory.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE 22, 2019
This release contains upgrades: teachers can filter the New Gradebook by group memberships and set accommodations per assessment in Quizzes.Next. Canvas releases arrive once per month starting July 2019.
Case Study: Canvas Wikis for Seminar Facilitators
A simple online activity to augment seminars using Canvas wiki pages: student facilitators post discussion questions online two days before class, facilitate discussion in person, then post their notes.
Arc Video Learning Platform Added to Canvas
Emory University has acquired a license for the Canvas video learning platform Arc and it is now available in Emory Canvas courses. After a successful pilot, Teaching & Learning Technologies is excited to support Arc for all faculty and students at Emory.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE 1, 2019
This release contains upgrades: Quizzes.Next calculator can be available for entire quizzes, past messages in conversation threads will always show when replying. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
Case Study: Using Virtual Reality to Explore Cities
Course: ENVS 385/585, Urban Geography Semester: Fall 2018 Instructor: Michael Page Assignment in Brief 14 students used Google Earth VR…
Lynda.com is Transitioning to LinkedIn Learning
This summer, Emory University’s Lynda instance will transition to the LinkedIn Learning platform. LinkedIn has owned Lynda since 2015 and…
Canvas Satisfaction Survey Now Available
Emory Teaching & Learning Technologies wants to hear from our Canvas users. Please consider filling out our Canvas Satisfaction Survey…