Important Canvas updates for semester 1, 2020
Canvas has been updated with new features and improvements, these include a consolidated process for assignments involving Turnitin, a new gradebook, and a new optional alternative to…
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Wrangling student cohorts in Canvas
With a little help from the Educational Innovation team and some experimentation, I’ve found that organising student cohorts in Canvas to be a case…
Canvas workshops: refresh your skills
Canvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. We provide…
Saving time online (with Canvas)
Canvas isn’t just easy to use and visually appealing – it has a bunch of features that can help you save time if you…
Using video in your Canvas site – best practice
Many teachers are starting to use video to enhance students’ learning experience. With video tipped to consume over 80% of all global internet traffic…
Designing for accessibility in Canvas
How accessible is your Canvas site? Accessibility should be an important consideration when designing your Canvas course. The University of Sydney is committed to…
Feedback and Feedforward in Canvas
Research in education has shown that feedback is critical for enhancing students’ achievement. Good feedback is simply good teaching and is easy to give…
[Don’t] Get Lost! Using good navigation and organisation to improve your Canvas site
Good (or bad) site navigation and organisation can go a long way towards making (or breaking) your unit of study Canvas site. Creating a well…
Top 5 student tips for improving your Canvas site (that will take you less than 10 minutes)
Canvas is allowing us to be more effective and creative in using graphics, layout design, templates, and many other aspects of what constitutes good…
EdTool Tips #15: Canvas Content and Marks Control – Publishing, muting, and visibility
The transition to Canvas is running along smoothly and we’re almost starting to get into a routine with it. The value of our ever-increasing experience…