As you likely have heard, Indiana state law and IU policy ACA-85 require all IUB instructors to post their syllabi at least one week before classes start, and that the university needs to develop a mechanism for those syllabi to be publicly viewable. See the Start of Semester Guide from VPFAA for details on this… Read more »
This post was written by John Robison, Lecturer in Philosophy. A longer version of this post first appeared in the philosophy blog, the Daily Nous. A successful humanities course helps students cultivate critical, personally enriching, and widely applicable skills, and it immerses them in the exploration of perspectives, ideas, and modes of thought that can illuminate, challenge,… Read more »
So, you have run Ally and need to improve your accessibility score. One easy way is to get rid of old files that are cluttering up your modules and folders. If you import your course from previous semesters and just keep adding new files without cleaning up old ones, lots of old files full of… Read more »
Time for spring cleaning! Prep now and make importing your courses in the fall easier. One way to clean up your Canvas site is to use TidyUP, which will also improve your accessibility score! TidyUP gets rid of old files that are cluttering up your modules and folders (many of which may not be accessible… Read more »
The end of the semester is quickly approaching. As you are receiving students’ final papers and projects or grading exams, you want to make sure the grade that students see in Canvas is the same as the one you expect to report to the registrar through the SIS Grade Roster tool. Here are some details… Read more »
New Quizzes is Canvas’ latest quiz engine that offers instructors four new question types and several features and improvements that instructors have requested for years. New question types and examples Categorization: Place the following organisms into five kingdoms based on their characteristics: Amoeba, Mushroom, Fern, E. coli, Dog The instructor would provide the category names… Read more »