The Canvas of Things
Updates, New Releases, and Much, Much More
November/December 2019
Focus particularly on importing your content into your Sandbox. Your Canvas courses will move to past enrollments and will be view only. Importing content to and from your Sandbox will allow you to edit and revise content from semester to semester.
Dashboard Course Card - Unfavorite
In the Course Card Dashboard, users can open the Options menu for a course card, click the Move tab, and select the Unfavorite option. Unfavoriting a course requires a confirmation before the course is removed from the Dashboard.
Courses can be re-added as a favorite in the Courses page, which can be accessed from the Courses link in the Global Navigation Menu.
Help Menu Training Portal
Users with supported roles can access the Training Services Portal in the Canvas Help Menu, unless otherwise hidden. The portal authenticates via the user's Canvas account; no additional login is required.
Note: Users with no role assigned will also be able to view the training portal link.
For additional details about the Training Services Portal, please see Guide: Canvas Training Services Portal 2.0.
Microsoft Immersive Reader
In Progress Manual Submission for Teachers in New Quizzes
New Quizzes Button in Quizzes
Instructors using New Quizzes can view the Quizzes page to create a new quiz instead of the Assignments page. To differentiate quiz versions, New Quizzes are identified as the + Quiz button, while old quizzes has been renamed to the + Old Quiz button.
Quizzes created with New Quizzes or migrated to New Quizzes display a solid Quiz icon. Quizzes created with Old Quizzes display an outlined Quiz icon.
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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.
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.
- 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.
788 Canvas Resources Imported to I-SS Canvas Commons
Top I-SS Commons Resources Downloads
- Night Unit (282 Downloads) - Module (Maggie Hughes, West Iredell High)
- SIHS Ethical Pledge (227 Downloads) - Quiz (Rachael Moyer, South Iredell High
- Figurative Language, Genre, and Elements of Literature (182 Downloads) - Quiz (Kimberly Busch, Lakeshore Middle)
Top 11 I-SS Canvas Commons Rock-Stars
Kimberly Busch, Lakeshore Middle (115 Resources)
Joyce Burroughs, East Iredell Middle (114 Resources)
Michelle Stevens, West Iredell Middle (110 Resources)
Benjamin Johnson, West Iredell High (90 Resources)
Leah Baisden, South Iredell High (88 Resources)
Heather Leaser, East Iredell Middle (83 Resources)
Leigh Brown, East iredell Middle (72 Resources)
Darrell Gibson, South Iredell High (65 Resources)
Kaitlyn Alford, North Iredell Middle (59 Resources)
Denise Lampe, Lakeshore Middle (58 Resources)
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
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Phone: 704-832-2500
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