Tech Lab Spotlight: Innovation Lab The Instructional Technologies Department is always finding new gear and software to enhance the ways faculty interact with their students. Whether it’s an online tool that facilitates videoconferencing or a device for simulating a walk […]
In this production release (March 10), admins can enable updated account-level Course and People pages, and if profile pictures are enabled, manage whether or not users can add Gravatars. Admins managing SAML authentication can also set the message signing algorithm. In […]
Enabling Inbox Notifications The Inbox in Canvas is a feature conveniently integrated within many parts of the learning management system so that students and instructors need not depend on external systems to reach out to one another. In a pinch, […]
In this production release (February 17), in courses, new assignments no longer include an option to display grades via GPA scale, and individually graded group assignments include clarified options for sending student and instructor comments. The New Gradebook allows instructors […]
*Please note: FAU will retire use of Webex on June 30, 2023. The Webex platform will no longer be available for use in meetings after this date. Webex will be removed from Canvas on May 8, 2023, at the end […]
The following article (from Instructure) concerns a few new features and tools modified and added to the new Gradebook in Canvas. Instructors can feel free to experience the functionality of this tool even though it is still in beta stages. […]
In this production release (January 27), courses associated with a Blueprint Course display the name of the Blueprint Course in Course Settings. The External apps page at both the account and course level displays a warning when a user adds […]
Your course’s gradebook will display all of the students enrolled in your course, as well as their grades for all of the assignments that you have created. It also allows you to edit their scores and view their final grade […]
In this production release (October 7), late and missing submission status labels are only displayed to instructors in SpeedGrader, and rubric criterions can include a point range instead of an individual point value. Other small updates have been made in […]
By creating videos for your course, you, as an instructor, can bring a new form of interaction to your students within their online learning experience. They can serve to supplement a lesson (i.e. short demos or explanations) or provide an […]
At first glance, an empty Canvas course may seem like it needs plenty of time and hard work to get it to up and running in time for the beginning of the semester. It’s quite the undertaking to start completely […]
One of the most essential parts to any course is the course’s syllabus. In a single document, it provides your students with all of the policies, learning goals, and expectations that they need to know in order to excel in […]