canvas – Teaching & Learning

Integrating Textbook Publisher Tools in Canvas

If you are using a publisher website for materials and assessments in your course, you may be able to connect…

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Tip! – Changing the Language for Your Class

Hey FL instructors – make your course a (slightly) more immersive and fun experience by changing the language of your…

Tip! – Leveraging Rubrics in Canvas

Want to make your life and your students’ lives easier? Grade with a rubric. Rubrics in Canvas LMS ensure consistent assessment,…

Tip – Hide Your File Cabinet!

Are you one of those instructors that leaves your file cabinet open for students? And then your students can’t find the…

Tip! What is this “Tutoring” item on my Canvas menu?

The JCCC Library and the Academic Resource Center use a web-based tool (named “Penji”) to help students connect with librarians…

Tip! – Canvas Gradebook Filter

Check out this new feature in the Canvas Gradebook – the Filter! Now you can easily find assignments rather than…

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Tip! Canvas Syllabus Template

The JCCC Ed Affairs Committee has created a new syllabus template for all credit courses. Ed Tech has created an…

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Tip! Turnitin Takes on AI

ChatGPT! ChatGPT! You can’t say it 5 times fast, but lately it’s all anyone can talk about. It’s either the…

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Tip! Submit a File on a Student’s Behalf

Ever had that one student who can’t figure out how to convert their “Pages” document to a PDF in order…

Tip! If You Must Grade a Quiz Manually, Best to Post Grades Manually

Do you use Canvas quiz question types that require you to grade them manually? In the time between when a student submits an attempt at a quiz with such questions and when you finish grading the attempt, the student may see confusing or alarming information that they can easily misread to say they bombed the quiz. Use a manual grade posting policy to prevent unnecessary panic.