Canvas – This Week in the LEC

Canvas Corner: Assign Separate Due Dates for Discussions Responses

January 15, 2026 thoeck

Canvas has added an exciting new feature to Discussions called “Checkpoints” which will allow instructors to set separate due dates for the initial responses and replies. This includes setting different point values for each of these parts of a discussion assignment. Up until now, instructors would need to instruct students to post their initial response by a certain date so that other students had time to respond by the final due date…

Canvas Corner: New Canvas Features – Smart Search and AI Discussion Summaries

November 30, 2025 thoeck

Canvas has two new features that you can now use in your courses: Smart Search and Discussion Summaries. Smart Search will allow you and your students to search a course for a specific term or topic. Discussion Summaries will allow you to get a quick summary of all the responses from a discussion in your class. They both use artificial intelligence to gather your results.

Canvas Corner: New Assigning Options

September 2, 2024 thoeck

Canvas continues to add new features and updates to the LMS with new assigning options that include the ability to assign entire modules, ungraded discussions, and pages. There are also new “assign to” buttons on landing pages for assignments, discussions, and quizzes.

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Annoto Interactive Video Available to Faculty and Students

August 15, 2024 thoeck

Annoto Interactive Video is here! Faculty can enrich their SharkMedia videos with interactive quizzes and discussions, while students benefit from enhanced note-taking features. Join us in creating a more engaging and collaborative learning environment.

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Canvas Corner: New SpeedGrader Options and Lucid for Education

July 31, 2024 thoeck

Canvas has just added two new features that you may want to explore for use in your courses. One is a new feature in the SpeedGrader that allows you to utilize a screen capture to guide students with feedback when grading. Another is a tool called Lucid for Education, which is a suite of visual applications for creating diagrams, charts, and whiteboards. These can be used to convey information to students, and as a tool students can use for completing assignments.

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Don’t Flip Out! Flip’s Departure from Canvas isn’t the End of Video-based Discussions

July 13, 2024 thoeck

In early June, Flip (formerly Flipgrid) announced it will only be available through Microsoft Teams. If you use Flip in Canvas, you’ll need to switch to another method for video discussions. Canvas’s built-in video recording tool is a great alternative. Watch the explainer video for a step-by-step guide.

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Canvas Corner: New Changes in the Canvas LMS

May 9, 2024 thoeck

Canvas has introduced a redesign of the user interface for Discussions in addition to adding some new features. You will notice some changes to the interface including an option for a split view, new sort and filter options as well as enhanced search functions, all with a mobile friendly view.

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Workshop: All About Canvas Rubrics

September 24, 2023 thoeck

Join us for an exciting workshop ‘All About Canvas Rubrics’! In this 55-minute session, you will discover how to use Canvas Rubrics to provide clear and consistent feedback to students, save time grading, and improve the quality of student work. You will learn about different types of rubrics, including holistic, analytic, single-point, and customized rubrics, and discover how to create and use them effectively in your course.

Canvas Corner: Panda Pros – Instructure’s Free Back-to-School Coaching Sessions

September 5, 2023 thoeck

Instructure Canvas, our Learning Management System, is offering free, one-on-one, online coaching sessions on any topic related to Canvas that you may want guidance on. Appointment dates are currently available right now through September 30th. You can sign up for these 45-minute sessions that run from 11 AM to 7 PM Eastern and are available every day of the week – including weekends!

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Canvas Corner: Bulk Publishing and Submit on Behalf of a Student

August 10, 2023 thoeck

Canvas has been recently updated with some new features that may be helpful to instructors. These updates include the ability to bulk publish or unpublish modules in a course, and the ability to submit assignments on behalf of a student. Instructors can now bulk publish all modules or individual modules, as well as unpublish them in bulk. This provides instructors with more options and improves efficiency when publishing modules. You now have the option to publish all modules and items or all modules only, along with the option to unpublish all modules and items.

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