Canvas has an Attendance tool that you can use to indicate whether a student was present, absent or late. Some instructors use this tool to track participation in class by giving partial credit to those who are not active during a class session. You can also opt to give students partial credit if they are… Read more »
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I want groups of assignments to contribute to the final grade by weighted percentages
Each instructor’s Canvas course can be as unique and as different as the various course offerings available at Indiana University. This is a great feature for customization, however can also become difficult when just trying to set your gradebook to calculate the way you had envisioned. Some instructors like to assign points to assignments based… Read more »
Take Me to Your Resource
Do you have an online resource that you ask students to frequently utilize? Many students will often bookmark these resources on their own, but it’s not something you can count on. Many instructors also place a link to the reference within assignments and instruction sheets. Some instructors have used the announcements tool to send out… Read more »
Dreaming of an Ideal Way to Message Students?
You finish grading an assignment from class and realize there are 15 students who really missed the concepts. You don’t want to delay the lecture for this small percentage of students, but you also don’t want to leave them floundering. In the past you’ve made an announcement in class stating that anyone that scored less… Read more »
“I turned it in, you just didn’t get it!” & Other Canvas Assignment Excuses Foiled
Have you been thinking about accepting more online assignment submissions now that Canvas makes it so easy? Is the one thing holding you back the student that says they submitted an assignment to Canvas and you just didn’t get it or you cannot find their submission? Sometimes this frustration can make you want to go… Read more »
I just wanted to move it in Canvas, but deleted it instead! Help!
Have you ever accidentally deleted a file or an assignment instead of renaming or moving it? Did you know there is a “hidden” undo feature in the Canvas environment? If you have mistakenly deleted a file, page, rubric, announcement, etc. (even if a few days have past) go to your Canvas course home page the… Read more »