Here are some quick & short links to various Canvas resources available to you, if you find them useful. And here’s a short link to a printable version of these short links 🙂 bit.ly/valenciacanvaslinks Canvas Start of the Semester Checklist bit.ly/startcanvaschecklist Request a Canvas Sandbox bit.ly/valenciasandbox Copy a Canvas Course bit.ly/copysandbox Rubric for Online Competencies […]
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Keeping Up with Canvas Updates and Community
Once a year, Instructure hosts the InstructureCon conference in Colorado where folks can share tips and news about the Canvas learning management system. This year’s conference starts today, and our very own James May is attending. This year’s conference has a carnival theme, hence the “InstructureCarn” label. You can watch the keynote speakers live online […]
Images Not Showing Up in Canvas? Here’s What You Can Do
Occasionally you may notice that one or more images do not appear to be loading on a page in Canvas – especially pages that have a lot of images. Usually this is just a temporary issue and reloading the page fixes it. Why does this happen? There are various reasons why this may happen – […]
How to Fix and Prevent Accessibility Issues in Your Canvas Course
Below are some tips for fixing accessibility issues in Canvas after the fact, followed by tips for preventing issues from arising in the first place. You can learn more about accessibility & universal design at webaim.org & cast.org. A short link to a handout version of this resource is at: bit.ly/canvasaccessibility How to Fix Accessibility Issues […]
Kaltura Video Quizzing in Canvas
Have you ever thought about making a video introduction to your online class? What if you could make the video and turn it into an auto-graded video quiz that would let you know that your students had watched it and learned from it. Or Perhaps you have Youtube Videos that you use in class. Would […]
Library Resources for Canvas
Special thanks to Beth King, West Campus Librarian, for sharing these training videos which offer a variety of ways to enhance your Canvas courses with easy to use Library Resources. Creating a Library Menu Item in Canvas Linking to a LibGuide in Canvas Linking to a Kanopy or Swank Video in Canvas […]
Backup Your Canvas and Blackboard Courses Now
Here are scenarios that have actually happened, to help convince you that you should regularly download backups of your Canvas and Blackboard courses: An instructor was working on building their course in their Canvas CRN real course space (not a sandbox space). The department made changes to who is teaching what CRN, and suddenly the […]
How Your Students can Submit Handwritten Work with CamScanner or FlipGrid
Especially if you are teaching an online STEM-related class like math or science, you may find it difficult for students to submit homework online. They either have to enter their formulas and equations using an online tool, or you have to use multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank type questions. You don’t get to see the work […]
Using the Unicheck Plagiarism Checker in Canvas
The Unicheck plagiarism checker has been enabled in Canvas to allow instructors and students to check papers for similarity and originality. This video walks through how to enable the Unicheck option in Canvas assignments and how to access and interpret the reports that it generates. See also this handout on how to use Unicheck in Canvas that Amanda Molina […]
Canvas Start of the Semester Checklist
Use this printable Canvas Start of the Semester Checklist to make sure your course is ready is ready when the semester starts. There is also an online version of the start of the semester checklist with clickable links to learn how to do all the things in the checklist. The checklist is adapted from an openly licensed checklist […]
A Smorgasbord of Ways to Learn Canvas
Valencia College is switching to the Canvas learning management system in May, just about 100 days from now. But fear not, there is now a virtual smorgasbord of courses, webinars, videos, and people available to help you learn Canvas and get your courses ready. Here’s a rundown of what’s available to you: Learning Canvas For […]
The Instructuregogy Wheel: Appy Hour
There are so many apps available for teachers that it is difficult to summarize. We tried last month in our Appy Hour, but while sharing with teachers, we actually learned about additional apps that we are currently working on some training posts for. Listed below you will find a variety of apps and strategies you […]
The Instructuregogy Wheel: Dazzling Design
*Remember the To Do List – items that are in Canvas as assignments automatically show up in: Assignments, calendar, syllabus, & the canvas app. Students don not necessarily have to view course content to take exams or complete assignments. You need to remember this as you design. Embedding 101 for Canvas – Canvas makes it […]
The Instructuregogy Wheel: Communication & Collaboration
Snapchat Takaways – When Snapchat first started, users could only record snaps that were about 10 seconds long. Because many of our modern students use snapchat in their personal lives, teachers have started using Snapchat like video takaways for assignments. This can be used before or after class. Basically, students are asked to submit an […]
The Instructuregogy Wheel: Resources
What resource can I use with canvas? Are there tools that can help me enhance my classes? OERs – We continue to get requests on where and how teachers can learn more about OER. In fact, just the other day, Page and I did a OER for Business session for the division on west campus. If […]