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With every new term, there is always an excitement that comes with incoming students, a fresh Canvas course, and obviously, a new set of pens. While there is a lot of excitement, there is also this hidden dread of the To Do list starting back up and juggling everything it takes to be an instructor in 2023. As a former…
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology and innovation, staying up-to-date with the latest tools, platforms, and methodologies is crucial for personal and professional growth. New users in any field often find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and resources available. This is where…
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This is a homemade solution and is not Instructure supported. Creating pairing codes can be done at the course and user level but sometimes as an admin you need to generate pairing codes on the fly. Using Google Apps script and the Canvas API you can generate those codes easily. Before you use this…
With the start of a new school year, we often think of ways to make teaching easier but today, I was thinking about the person on the other end of the teaching experience: the student. There are many features in Canvas that can help students maximize students’ time and be more efficient with their learning. Today, I will…
When the primary staff is changed on a section in Synergy SIS (effectively, when a section of students are assigned to a new teacher, but the Synergy Section ID remains the same for the students), OR when a course code is changed in Synergy (perhaps someone entered the wrong course code and it needs to be corrected) – this…
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This is a homemade solution and is not Instructure supported. Have you ever tried to edit a user or a course that doesn’t have an SIS ID and found out you can't use a CSV? You can manually add a SIS ID but doing that in bulk can only be done by the API. Using Google’s Apps Script I developed a Google…
With the new term starting in a variety of places, I wanted to highlight this week a recent feature that could be beneficial to you as an instructor, especially as it relates to efficiency and time saving strategies: Bulk Publish/Unpublish. This new feature has been a game changer for many instructors, and today, I want to…
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: This is a homemade solution and is not Instructure supported. Encountering SIS Import problems can be frustrating, especially when dealing with failures or accidental deletions of numerous objects. Unfortunately, Canvas lacks built-in mechanisms for notifying about hanging imports, failed imports, or…