Tip! – Troubleshooting LTI issues with students
Canvas has about a thousand LTIs and other applications that work with it, but they don’t always go smoothly. Where…
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Tip! – Find Images for your Canvas course
Unsplash! has left Canvas and some of you may be wondering how to find stock images for your course. Here’s…
Tip! – Word Template Assignment in Canvas
Did you know – students do NOT like downloading a document juuuuust to fill it out and reupload it. So…
Canvas Speed Grader and Docviewer Errors
The following was posted from Canvas Technical Support on Monday May 16th 12:17 p.m. Overview: Users have unable to access…
Tip! – The BEST Way to Add PowerPoints to Canvas
Well hello there. I know you. You have a lot of PowerPoints in your class. Like, a LOT. And they…
Tip! – Giving Credit for Watching Videos
YuJa has a new quiz feature which allows you to give credit solely on watching the video – no questions…
Tip! How to Create “Thumbnail” Links in Canvas
In web parlance, a thumbnail is a scaled down (sometimes also cropped) copy of a larger picture or graphic. A…
Tip! – JCCC System Status
A large number of the systems at JCCC are now hosted in the cloud. If you are having problems accessing…
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…
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”…