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 »
Do you live in dread of blank stares from students when beginning a classroom discussion on a new topic? There are many reasons for this, one of which being that students can struggle completing pre-class reading assignments. A recent study by Jae-eun Russell et.al. (2023) found that if students are not supported through the process… Read more »
This summer, IU moved to a new version of Top Hat, which offers new functionality such as automatic syncing and deep links. One of the changes required by this new version, however, is how you add students. Where formerly you might have just provided students with a join code, this version requires students to log… Read more »
Whether you are the instructor of record or facilitating small group labs or discussions as a teaching assistant, engaging students in inclusive, collaborative learning can be challenging. This blog post explores three collaborative learning tools available to Associate Instructors that help actively engage learners and build a community among students no matter how big or… Read more »
Are you moving your course fully online? Hybridizing? Flipping? Maybe you just want a smoother, more polished look to your current content? In any scenario, it can seem a daunting task to build out or refine digital content. However, a resource you may not have heard of, which could greatly benefit you, is the self-service… Read more »
As you are preparing your Canvas sites for the fall, you are probably creating Modules to organize your weekly or unit content. Now you can publish or unpublish all your Modules and the items in those Modules at once. When you go to Modules in your Canvas site, you’ll see a Publish All button with… Read more »