You may find that some of your students need additional time or attempts to take a Canvas quiz. Fortunately, you can use the built-in quiz moderation tools to handle these accommodations. On the Moderate Quiz page, you can manually unlock (and re-lock) a quiz for a specific student, allow more time to complete a timed… Read more »
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 »
A new Canvas feature makes it easier than ever to create inclusive learning spaces: The recently-enabled personal pronouns allows Canvas users to select their preferred pronouns. Much like correctly pronouncing a person’s name, using preferred pronouns demonstrates you respect and value a person’s identity. Sharing your own pronouns is a great way to create an… Read more »
In Canvas, Modules are like folders of links to course site activities and resources that help instructors present related items in one place. For example, in Module “Wk 4 Health Analysis Charting,” students will find direct links to all the readings, lecture videos, images, charts, etc. they need to learn about working with health analysis… Read more »
Research shows that creating inclusive classes can help your students improve their performance by enhancing their learning (Muruyama, et. al., 2000). A key starting point for inclusion is making sure everyone feels like they belong to the class community—that they have opportunities to be heard and engage with classmates. As an IUB instructor, you have… Read more »
Welcome to our new instructors at IUB! We hope that you are settling in well and getting excited about your fall courses. 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 that you… Read more »