Canvas: How to Excuse an Assignment

Sometimes, instructors want to excuse a student from an individual assignment. You can excuse a student from an assignment, graded discussion, or quiz. You can also excuse a student from a group assignment. Excused assignments are not calculated as part of a student’s total grade. When an assignment is excused,… Continue reading…

Canvas: New Dashboard User Interface Coming

On December 11th, ITS plans to turn on the new user interface for the dashboard area of Canvas. The dashboard is the main landing page that appears immediately after you log into Canvas. This is the only page that will be affected- the appearance of courses themselves should remain the… Continue reading…

Students and eReserves in Canvas

A number of instructors have reported students who are unable to access eReserves in Canvas and have not been able to get immediate assistance from either 6-TECH or the Library. So far, the problem has been that the students (just like with instructors) need to first activate their UNCG Box… Continue reading…

Synchronous Learning Management System Study

The University has begun a study to explore options for a synchronous learning management system at UNCG. Very generally speaking, a synchronous learning system is an online system that provides tools for instructors to meet with students online, but in real-time. These tools can include chat, videoconferencing, and screen sharing… Continue reading…

An Easy Way to do Polling with Your Students

Canvas does have an app available for download, Polls for Canvas, which is a very easy way to create polls in your class. Here is the link for detailed documentation on how to use the app: http://guides.instructure.com/m/22678/l/237896-what-is-the-polls-for-canvas-app Using the Polls for Canvas app requires a Canvas account, but it also… Continue reading…

Canvas Summer Workshops

I have scheduled a small number of Canvas workshops for the summer. The workshops are: Canvas Overview for Organization Admins  Making Your Canvas Course More Visually Appealing Introduction to Canvas All workshops will be held in McIver 140.  Detailed workshop descriptions, schedule of dates, as well as the link to… Continue reading…

What to Do with Narrated PowerPoints?

If you’re like many faculty, you like the idea of narrated PowerPoints as a way to convey a lot of information to students in an easy and interactive format. However, the situation becomes more complicated when it comes to getting narrated PowerPoints online. Narrating a PowerPoint usually creates a huge… Continue reading…

Are Organizations Available in Canvas?

Please note: the following is taken from an ITS announcement about the availability/migration of organizations on campus.———————————————————– The LMS team is now creating organizations in Canvas. However, depending on the requirements of your organization, we are recommending other tools that might work better for you than Canvas. If your organization… Continue reading…

Spring 2015 Canvas Training

As you all know, UNCG is in the process of migrating from Blackboard to Canvas for the University’s learning management system. ITS expects everyone to be transitioned to Canvas before Spring 2016, as Blackboard will be decommissioned that semester. With that as the goal, I have scheduled training sessions for… Continue reading…

Think Inside of BOX!

Did you know that “Box” is now available to all UNCG users? Box is an online file storage service, and many faculty and staff are already finding it to be a valuable resource for both teaching and office/organization management. Some of the features of Box include: unlimited for every user…. Continue reading…