Canvas
This week, we’re taking a look at the Files section of Canvas courses. You can access your course files by clicking the Files link in the course navigation menu on the left.
This week we want to show some Canvas course options that are easy to implement but could impact you and your students significantly.
Once you’ve been teaching in Canvas for a while, you may find that your Dashboard starts to look a little cluttered. To make it easier to find the courses you need when you need them, consider taking a few minutes to customize how your course cards appear on your Canvas Dashboard.
The gradebook looks like the fall trees, but there is purpose to that beauty. This week we are going to look at what those colors mean in the Canvas Gradebook.
Updating all your assignment and quiz dates can be time-consuming, so this week’s tip contains two tricks for managing assignment dates more efficiently.
Kent State University's Grade Push is a tool that allows faculty to "push" midterm and final grades recorded in Canvas into the KSU grade roster.
Midterms are approaching! Now is a good time to double-check that the grade information your students see in your Canvas course(s) is up to date, including the grading scheme. The grading scheme is the setting that tells Canvas which percentages equate to which letter grades in the course.
The words accessibility and accommodations are often used when discussing how to make online content available to every person in the class. You may want to file this information away for future reference since students can request SAS accommodations anytime during the semester.
The Academic Engagement Verification (Formerly called Academic Presence Verification Roster) operates differently in Canvas. Marking a student as NF or SF will NOT remove the student’s access to Canvas. This allows you to make some decisions about what you would like to occur before changing the access status.
Canvas course enrollments are updated automatically, but occasionally you or your students might find a discrepancy between the courses you see in Canvas vs. FlashLine. Here’s how to request a Canvas enrollment sync.