Learning and Educational Center
When instructors design their courses, as they assign due dates, they often leave the default due time of 11:59 p.m. for assessments. This may work well for many people, but there are reasons to reconsider whether this is the best time to have as a deadline for both students and instructors alike.
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Are you looking for an easy way to drop the lowest grade for students in Canvas? Maybe their lowest quiz grade, or assignment grade? This is extremely easy to do! Canvas automatically assesses how the change most positively affects a student and will consider the point values for the assessments to determine whether the point value or percentage should be used in determining which grade to drop. This video tutorial will walk you through the basic steps.
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Would you like to assign grade weights in Canvas so that your assignments, discussions, quizzes, and tests each contribute a different percentage to a student’s final grade? This is quick and easy to do in Canvas. Within each assignment group, a percentage is calculated based on total points available in that group. This video tutorial will walk you through the basic steps.
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This workshop is designed to show you different classroom technologies that can assist you in enhancing your online, blended, or face-to-face classroom experience. The instructor will take you step-by-step through each topic by telling you what it is, why you would use it, and demonstrate how to use it before you try it. During this fast-paced workshop, we will share unique features about the tools that you use everyday but may not know everything about. This session will cover a variety of Canvas Features including setting Module Requirements, Assignment Groups, and Canvas Commons.
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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. The program, called Panda Pros, started last year and because of the great response and feedback, they have brought it back. The program is running right now until September 18th. You can sign up for these 45-minute sessions that run from 9AM to 6PM MDT and are available every day of the week – including weekends!
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Are you using the assignment groups feature in Canvas? It is easy to create assignment groups, and it is a great tool for organizing your courses as well as performing tasks such as assigning different weights to your assessments or dropping the lowest grades for students. This video tutorial will walk you through the basic steps.
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Canvas has recently made some changes that can improve the experience for both instructors and learners. Users can now set up their local time zones, instructors can choose alternative default due times, and Canvas has added an icon maker which can create and save icons to visually enhance courses.
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)-based instruction promotes inclusive learning that meets the diverse needs of all students. Three UDL principles, nine guidelines, and 31 checkpoints guide the creation of an instructional environment, lessons, and curricula. However, given the myriad of pedagogical and technological options, where and how do we start implementing UDL in an online course? What are some practices or tips to get started in Canvas? In this session, Dr. Orellana will share and discuss with participants practical implementation ideas to design Canvas courses according to UDL.
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Are you teaching an online or blended course in the fall? Are you looking for guidance on how to design a new course or spruce up an existing one? Join us on our Canvas Summer Road Trip!
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We are nearing the end of summer and have reached our destination! Our Canvas course is ready to go. In this session, we will review the Canvas Course Roadmap to ensure we are all set for welcoming our students in the fall. Resources to support course design and delivery will be provided.
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