The highlights for August 2024 are a general feedback feature for New Quizzes and an interface change to manage Assign…
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Teaching with Canvas – David Barba Incorporates Design Principles and Increases Student Engagement
David Barba, assistant professor in the Department of Film & Media reflects on his experience in the Teaching with Canvas Cohort during the Fall 2022 semester.
Canvas Release Highlights for April 2022
Teachers can see new analytics details in Canvas Studio, change times in Assignment Bulk Editor, apply scores to ungraded submissions for multiple assignments, make icons, and add emojis in SpeedGrader comments.
Dropping Lowest Scores in Canvas
This post highlights the score dropping feature of Canvas assignment groups, discusses its approach, and shares obscure details about how it works.
Canvas Release Highlights for September 2021
No major changes are indicated in the September Canvas production release. Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for May 2021
Teachers can allow student annotation submissions: they choose a file that students annotate like a worksheet. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for March 2021
This release introduces new file link preview behaviors (inline preview by default, a download icon, an overlay display option). Teachers can reassign submissions. Students can submit webcam images.
Canvas Release Highlights for June 20, 2020
Students and teachers can customize most notification preferences in each course. Teachers can edit multiple assignment dates. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
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…
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.