The Canvas of Things
Updates, New Releases, and Much, Much More
September 2019
SAVE the DATE
Do you need some concentrated time just to design and develop your Canvas courses? How about uninterrupted time to design discussions, pages, quizzes, and assignment? What about learning how to create visuals and videos, or using HTML tips and tricks to make your content more interactive.
Join us for Canvas Design Lab #1 on October 15, 2019.
Read the details on this flyer.
We schedule a time.
I come to you.
We plan.
I demonstrate the features of Canvas.
You build.
You Implement with a class or grade.
I observe.
You Reflect.
Read about the components of the coaching cycle.
Interested in joining me in the coaching cycle, please sign-up below.
Need Canvas Support?
I receive a great many emails about support needs. The problem that arises is the inability to track those requests and to evaluate the trends. Is there a pattern to the kinds of questions that are being asked? If the patterns exist, I can create some resources that do not exist, or conduct some specialized training support to help with these issues.
Before you submit a ticket, please check out the Canvas Guides. The Guides will help you with the basic How Tos of using Canvas.
Please submitting help tickets for any Canvas support issues directly in Canvas (Canvas > Help > Report a Problem). Provide details of what the issue is, the URL of the course that is affected, and student names that are impacted, and specific assignments, discussions, quizzes that need to be looked at.
This will help me file and track problems and solutions effectively and efficiently.
Get featured! Get Recognized! Celebrate how you are using Canvas with your students.
You got Canvas Play if you have created interactive content (videos, digital tools, 3rd party apps) and assessments in Canvas. A Canvas Play can be . . .
- A Canvas Module
- A Canvas Page
- A Canvas Quiz
- A Canvas Assignment
- A Canvas Discussion
Be recognized for your Canvas Play and earn a badge. Submit the Canvas Play of the Month form with the details for your Canvas Play. You could be featured in next month's e-Digest.
Ask the Community
To participate, you simply need to be logged in to your instance of Canvas--it will prompt you when you click Log-in.
Ask a question, start a discussion, vote on feature ideas, etc. Great way to build your Canvas capacity.
Added A Few Gale Research Apps
External tools and apps can be easily integrated into Canvas and beneficial to engage students in rich media. I have added several new Gale Research Apps in Canvas.
Academic OneFile
General OneFle
Kids InfoBits
Gale in Context - Middle School
Gale in Context - High School
Gale OneFile - High School Edition
Gale OneFle - Informe Academico
You and your students can access these apps by enabling the tool/app in the Course Menu.
Look at the screenshots below
New Quizzes: Providing Individual Level Feedback for Multiple Choice Questions
In New Quizzes, Multiple Choice Questions support individual feedback for each answer.
When creating a multiple choice question, instructors can click the comment box next to each answer in the quiz question. Feedback can be entered directly in the text field.
Exporting Parent Pairing Codes
Teachers have the ability to export pairing codes to distribute to parents. Please remember, the codes generated are ONLY good for 7 Days.
- Growing with Canvas: Interested in building your capacity in Canvas and becoming a Canvas ninja? Then you can self-enroll in the Growing with Canvas professional learning experience. This learning experience is self--paced and along the ay you will submit activities and earn seven total badges. At the conclusion of Growing with Canvas, you can request a certificate of participation for 1.2 CEUs which can be used for DLC credit.
- Canvas Live: Canvas Live is a portal of online learning searchable by categories (lower right) such as student engagement, content design, and Assessment & Grading.
- Canvas Webinars for Newbies: Evening webinars to meet the needs of busy professionals. Each topic has a 4:00 and a 7:00 session. These session are sponsored by Canvas and NCDPI. Access these details to register. Webinar topics cover a range of Canvas features.
Got a tip, suggestion, hack, solution. Share it with us. We will feature it an upcoming CanvasTip: By Teachers, For Teachers.
And, as a result, not only will your colleagues grow from your recommended strategy, but will receive your Canvas Tipper badge.
How are you using the Commons?
Need a quiz, find it in the Commons!
Need a module, find it in the Commons!
Need a video, find it in the Commons!
Search by Canvas feature and Canvas Groups.
Don't see your school's group or grade level or department groups, request to be added below.
Use your groups to share across departments and grade levels. Share common assessments. Share much, much more.
From Don, Your Canvas Admin
Email: don_lourcey@iss.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.issnc.org/departments/dtl/canvas
Location: 410 Garfield Street, Statesville, NC, USA
Phone: 704-832-2500
Twitter: @ISSDTL