Tip! – Canvas Rosters and Course Calendar
Canvas Course Rosters Please review your student course rosters in both Canvas and the My JCCC portal. The My JCCC…
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Tip! Why can’t I “mute” grades in Canvas anymore? (Or, what do these “eye-cons” mean?)
Once upon a time, it was possible to prevent grades entered into a given column in Canvas from being communicated…
Tip – Canvas Text Messages – End of Life
Beginning July 31st 2021 SMS or Text messaging inside the Canvas LMS will no longer be supported for all Canvas…
Tip! Let Students into a Canvas Class before Day One
For any number of reasons, a professor may wish to give students access to their section’s Canvas space before the…
Tip! Getting Your Canvas Course Ready for the Semester
The beginning of the semester is just a few weeks away so begin now to plan for getting your students…
Making Word Documents (a Little Bit More) Accessible
If you’re seeing some low scores from Ally for your Word documents, chances are there are two things it’s looking…
“Tip! What is Canvas Portfolium?
Portfolium is an academic portfolio allowing both students and faculty to showcase their education and work accomplishments and connect with…
Tip! Provide additional time or attempts for Canvas quizzes
If you have set a time limit on your quiz, you can grant access for extra time. If the student…
Tip! Stop Canvas messages from going to Junk or Clutter
First and foremost: Canvas does not have an email feature, but through “Notifications” process, Canvas can forward notices to the…
Tip! Under-appreciated Benefits of a Source Course
Every section in every term’s credit schedule gets a dedicated space in Canvas. Canvas itself calls these spaces “courses” —…
Analytics in YuJa and Canvas
Need to know who watched a video? Or your class grade average? Here are some features you may be missing…
Tip! Important Canvas Updates
Two significant items are included in the updates being applied to Canvas next week: changes to how the “student view”…
Tip! Using the Canvas Scheduler Feature for Student Appointments
Scheduler is a Calendar tool that creates appointment groups within a course or group. Students can sign up for a…
Tip! Invoke Turnitin after Submissions already Turned in
Have you ever developed suspicions that students might have plagiarized material for a particular paper after one or more submissions have already…
Tip! Request a Course Consultation with the Ed Tech Center
Request a consultation with ETC’s Design Team. We work side-by-side with faculty throughout the course development process to create an…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Availability
All Canvas assignments (including graded discussions and quizzes) have settings which determine their availability for interaction: availability when, and to…
Tip! Canvas Assignment Upload File Types
Canvas assignments (if they aren’t also discussions or quizzes) can act as “drop boxes” for content which originates outside of…
Tip! “LockDown” Browser for Chromebook
UPDATE AUG 2021: The Chromebook feature is now standard in Respondus Lockdown Browser and installation guidelines will redirect students to…
Changes in Canvas – October 2019
A couple of changes are happening to Canvas this weekend and we want you to be prepared. Very prepared. Just…
Adding People to Canvas Course
Hey everyone – We get a lot of questions about adding people to courses and YOU can do it, too!…