We posted this Quick Tip back in August, but it’s particularly relevant now that absences are likely to increase due to the omicron variant. Would you like to provide students access to your recorded classes so that they can review course content or catch up if they had to miss your class? You can use… Read more »
Quick Tip: Wondering what questions to ask on your mid-semester feedback?
As we approach the middle of the semester, you probably have a good sense of how your students are performing in class. But do you have a sense of how they are feeling about your course? Do you wonder what suggestions they might have that would improve their learning? Now is a good time to… Read more »
Quick Tip: Message Students in Canvas Who Have Missed Assignments
It is important to help students settle into the rhythm of the semester. One way to do this is to nudge those who have missed assignments. You can easily contact students in Canvas who have missed a specific assignment using the Message Students Who function. This Canvas Guide explains how to quickly send these messages… Read more »
Welcome to IUB: Ensuring a Smooth Start to Your Fall Courses
Welcome to our new instructors at IU! We hope that you are settling in well and looking forward to meeting your students this week. In this post we share strategies and tools for making the start of the semester as productive as possible for you and your students. Prepare your Canvas site We highly recommend… Read more »
Using Canvas Gradebook to Quickly Contact Students
This guest post is from Dr. Amy Berndtson, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology. Last semester, when teaching 300 student online in a gate-way biology course, I discovered the power of using Canvas Gradebook to quickly contact my students about missing assignments as well as poor or strong performance on a particular assignment. More… Read more »
Quick Tip of the Week: Help Students Meet Course Deadlines Using Boost
Boost is a mobile app, developed at IU, that sends students just-in-time reminders about Canvas coursework, including upcoming due dates, recent announcements and the same to-do list that students see in Canvas. The app proactively alerts students when they haven’t submitted assignments yet, and students can customize when they receive these reminders. Boost will also… Read more »