SpeedGrader & DocViewer display Apple Pages, Numbers, & Keynote files. Teachers can create point-based grading schemes. Links to pages change automatically when pages are renamed. New Quizzes has several updates.
Canvas
New Quizzes Community of Practice
We call for participants in a community of practice for instructors and instructional designers using New Quizzes in Canvas. We will facilitate this community in the 2023-2024 academic year.
Increased Canvas Mobile App Usage
In this post, I highlight the trend of increasing Canvas mobile app usage. I also revisit the tools highlighted last…
Canvas Release Highlights for January 2023
Instructure planned to release an updated interface for Canvas Conversations (a.k.a. Inbox or Messages). They rolled the change back quickly after discovering issues. Canvas production feature releases occur on the third Saturday of the month.
New Quizzes Community of Practice
Call for participants: New Quizzes community of practice during the Spring 2023 term. We will host four meetings and encourage online communication about New Quizzes users’ experiences with the tool.
Canvas Release Highlights for May 2022
No major changes arrived in May production release or code deploys for Canvas. The Canvas production release occurs the third Saturday of each month.
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.
Increased Canvas Use in 2020 and 2021
Canvas use increased sharply in 2020 and remained quite high in 2021. This is evident in total views, Canvas Studio launches, online assignment submissions, and online discussion posts.
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.
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.
Accommodation Needs of Students with Disabilities: A Brief Overview
Students with different types of disabilities have needs that can be met using accessibility best practice and Universal Design for Learning strategies. This article introduces some common needs of students with visual, hearing, cognitive, and motor disabilities and basic solutions to accommodate them.
Universal Design for Learning: Making Education More Equitable
When it comes to accessibility in course design, where does one start? The principles of Universal Design for Learning give a foundation in the important considerations for adapting your course to meet student needs.