So, this is a blog pointing to a blog, but it’s useful and we wanted you to know. Some instructors dislike the automated messages coming from the Student Engagement Roster looking like they are coming directly from you email account. You can now change that “from” address, so it comes from “noreply@iu.edu” rather than your… Read more »
If your course has multiple sections, consider cross-listing the section sites into a single Canvas site. Cross-listing allows you to manage your sections in one site, removing the need to perform the same actions in multiple course sites. Cross-listing is best suited to sections that do not deviate much in terms of content and grading,… Read more »
If you have created a few Canvas assignments, discussion, or quizzes with due dates, you may have noticed that the time associated with the due date – the “due time” – is set to 11:59 pm by default. The due time can always be changed on an assignment-by-assignment basis, but now there is an easier… Read more »
I teach analysis-based discussion classes , and in them, I struggle knowing how to approach a common reaction I hear from students. This reaction begins with, “I like” followed by the first detail the student observed. Notice and Focus is a three-step process for guiding analysis that has helped my students move away from reactive… Read more »
Do you have a student who mid-semester stopped showing up to class, and yet they are still enrolled? You have emailed them numerous times expressing concern and you have not heard back? Consider the following next steps: 1) Record your recommendations and observations in the Student Engagement Roster (SER), and 2) Submit a Care Report… Read more »
Even if you offer Zoom connections or Kaltura recordings for your classes, absent students can benefit from connecting to their classmates to keep caught up (and reduce the amount of direct questions you may get). Since not all students will have equal social networks within the class to draw upon, consider building “mutual support teams”… Read more »