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New OneDrive/Canvas integration setup assistance please....
Is there a way to add the OneDrive configuration type and client ID code so that the OneDrive integration shows up in the navigation tab for all classes and then the instructor simply has to drag it up to be enabled? As opposed to the "Enable Microsoft OneDrive LTIin Canvas Courses" method where the instructor has enable…
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How are Schools Supporting Mental Wellness During the US Election Season?
The “Back to School” season often brings a wave of excitement and new beginnings, but it can also carry a heavy load of stress for both educators and learners. This year, with the added layer of an election season in the United States, the mental load may feel especially heavy. Across the country, our partner institutions…
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Most Unconventional Use of Canvas
Hello everyone, and happy summer! I was recently talking with some colleagues about some non-standard uses of Canvas at their universities, from departmental testing to first-year readiness programs. I'm curious: what's the most unconventional way you (or someone you know) has used Canvas in higher education?
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Favorite Features?
Hi Canvas Users, I am a Success Advisor at a University using Canvas for the first time. Are there any tips you think are particularly helpful you can share? Any favorite actions or shortcuts that make your life easier you think we should all know and use? Thanks for considering!
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Strategies for Using Canvas for a College Program
Hi! So our college started a new program a few years ago so we're still trying to get a footing on what we're doing, specifically with tracking our students' work in the program. We serve about 80 students in the program. At the end of each quarter, students are eligible to receive a gift card if they complete a certain…
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Syllabus Management Tool Feedback
We are preparing to adopt a syllabus management tool and wanted to know if anyone else is willing to share what tools/processes they are using to manage syllabi across their college/university and/or feedback about your experience with the tools/processes. We know Simple Syllabus is one of the Instructure partners and…
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Canvas for writing tutors
Hi, Canvas users! At my institution, the writing center director has set up a Canvas page for use by writing tutors. It serves mostly as a communication hub for the writing center, with active discussions, a calendar, and some resources for sharing with students who are being tutored. There is no client-facing content…
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View But Not Edit Gradebook
Greetings, I have admin access, and I am looking for the right permission to allow a TA to view the grade book but not have the ability to enter or modify scores. The interface is great for seeing who has submitted, who still needs to be graded, and who has not submitted, regardless of the due date. I want the TA to have…
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Prism.js integration via Custom CSS/JS
Hi everyone, We are currently using the standard Canvas RCE code highlighting for program code. Our ed designers and academicians want more syntax highlighting than is currently available. So we are considering the use of prism.js as an add-on to our custom JS and CSS for Canvas. It can be found here: https://prismjs.com/.…
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Taking notes
Hi everyone, We have recently moved to Canvas after using printed workbooks and PowerPoint presentations for many years. The feedback from students is that they love Canvas but miss the printed workbooks, because they like to add notes to the information presented. Is there a way students can annotate onto Canvas or add…
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How do you manage enrolment?
My institution is reviewing the way in which we manage enrolment into our VLE, Canvas. We cannot drive this from SITS as this does not track students involved in teaching, but rather assessment. Instead on a course by course basis we enrol groups of students/staff onto courses (note we can roll over these group enrolments…
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Credentials Users at 2023 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education
Canvas Credentials users who will be attending the UPCEA / AACRAO Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education event in DC this November: Let me know if you'd like to meet up to talk shop over lunch or during a networking break!
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Insight for Healthcare Institution + Canvas
Hello! If this is not the appropriate group to ask this question, please direct me otherwise! I am assisting with the implementation of Canvas into my employer's institution, which is a healthcare organization. I am curious how others in similar settings have structured their organization's internal learning system (i.e.…
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Is Observer the right base role for a "Peer Mentor"?
At our institution we have a variety of "Peer Mentor" (PM)-type roles: students who are placed in undergraduate classes as advisors/mentors/tutors to the enrolled students. The PM is a fellow matriculated undergrad, but not enrolled in the course (in many case, they have successfully completed the course in the past). We…
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Using the free version of Folios for course or program assessment?
We want to provide a way for school divisions to use e-portfolios for course or program assessments. Currently, we have the free version of Folios enabled in our instance of Canvas. Has any other institution been able to use this tool for either type of assessment? If so, how? If not, what do you use instead? FYI - We are…