Thinking in Canvas: Arc turns videos into two-way learning experiences
byHow do you get the most out of videos in teaching? Arc is a new video platform that will allow you to do so…
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EdTool Tips #10: Canvas inaugURL Short Guide to Linking Content
byOne of the best improvements in building content in Canvas, as compared to Blackboard, is the ability to quickly and easily link to other…
Quiet tools for transformation
byIn terms of new technologies, the arrival of a new enterprise system is not typically of the kind that gets our cheeks flushed and…
Enhancing your Canvas designs: Using flexboxes, pad boxes and Feedwind to enhance your Canvas sites
byOver the past few months, I have used the University’s new learning management system, Canvas, to build several sites. These include an OLE, a…
(Don’t) Make Me Think
byDuring the year 2000, in the height of the dot-com bubble, Steve Krug’s slim and conversational book Don’t Make Me Think burst onto the scene. Neither the first nor the…
Why design matters when keeping students’ attention online
byWeb and interaction design has had a long history of making difficult and complicated systems usable. When tech is easy we use words like ‘intuitive’,…
EdTool Tips #9: Canvas and Turnitin – Guide to New Setup and Workflow
byI’m really excited to be working in the central Educational Innovation team on the transition to Canvas. As our early adopters begin to hit…
Tour open Canvas sites from the University and get ready for Thinking in Canvas
byOver 70 physical classroom doors are being flung open across the University during the Week 4 // Open Door event. As more and more…
Thinking in Canvas: Get inspired by innovative Canvas sites from around the University
byAs we move into semester 2, over 90 units of study will be running their unit sites in Canvas for the first time. The…
Thinking in Canvas: Effective quizzing
byCreating quizzes in Canvas is quite easy and straightforward. In Canvas, quizzes can be created under ‘Quizzes’ (Quiz index page) or ‘Assignments’ (Assignments page)…