EdTool Tips #13: Using Arc for student video submissions in Canvas
byArc is the new video hosting platform we are using in Canvas. As is typical with the EdTool Tips series, we wanted to go through…
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Canvas focus workshops
byCanvas has many powerful features and tools to help your students learn online and for you to support, interact and assess them. Because it…
Anonymous marking – communicating with students
byWritten assignments can be easily set up for anonymous marking in both Canvas and Blackboard, as long as this is done before it is…
Implementation of anonymous marking
byFrom Semester 1, 2018, anonymous marking of written assignments, tests and examinations should be undertaken across all units of study. This will help to…
EdTool Tips #12: Canvas, Echo360, and Your Lecture Recordings
byWith Semester 1 sites built, and the Canvas Transition Project going live as we speak, it is a good time to provide an update…
‘I know that this is what you want me to learn’: More Tips for Friendly Canvas Courses
byOver the past fortnight, the FASS Teaching and Technology Innovation Team ran two feedback workshops with a dozen students testing new Canvas sites for…
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…
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…