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Can Instructors apply templates to their courses?
Is it possible to make templates available for instructors to self apply to their courses via Course Copy or something like that? We currently share templates via Commons, but this is a pain because we need to replace the package there every time there is an update. We cannot add users to templates (nor would we want a…
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Can Groups ever be set to be able to view other Groups' posts?
hello 🙂 Trying to see if there's a way for Groups can view each others' posts in a Discussion. I understand this goes against some of the setting of Groups, but is there a way? Many thanks, J
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Request for Feedback: Learner Portfolios, Learning Journals and Course Workbooks
We are a group of Learning Designers and EdTech colleagues who have been building our own platform called Stackle over the last 2 years. We've evolved into a set of Canvas integrated features focusing on simple and easy to use Learner Portfolios, Learning Journals and Course Workbooks. You can find out more…
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FREE Webinar with ReadSpeaker and Respondus
How Aims Community College Provides Secure and Accessible Assessments May 11, 2023 2:00 PM By utilizing Respondus and ReadSpeaker, Aims Community College has been able to provide their learners a way to have their assessments provided in a secure, accessible environment. In this webinar, you will hear from Cheryl Comstock,…
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Padlet Assignment
Hi everyone! I'm struggling with the Canvas Padlet Assignment. I can: * Create a single Padlet Assignment, in which all users enrolled in Canvas can contribute * Create a Padlet Assignment per user, in which each user gets a blank template Padlet to complete, this is what I'd like to set up for the academic's course since…
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Using Canvas for Student Affairs
Hello, has anyone used Canvas for things other than academics and learning? Our Student Affairs and Engagement department are wanting to replace some of the processes/tools they have now. For example, our students use the Ready Education app to track event attendance, post buy/sell of books and other class materials, send…
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Commons Pros and Cons
Hello, You can use Commons for yourself and for groups. I am trying to share with our faculty the pros and cons of using Commons vs. other methods of sharing content. Why would they use Commons for themselves and not simply Copy to from one course to another? What's the advantage or appropriate use of Commons vs. Copy…
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eBooks in Higher Ed
We are working on a pilot project to use eBooks/eTextbooks and possible use of publisher content for select courses at WCU during the Spring 2023 semester. If anyone is using the LTI to integrate the use of these eBooks and publisher content through Canvas, would you be interested in sharing any information about your…
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Turnitin Discontinuing Unicheck
So, Turnitin has purchased a competitor to remove it from the field once again. Unicheck will be discontinued. Are there any other Unicheck users out there? What are your plans moving forward? Are there new plagiarism checkers out there? Is anybody doing a good job at recognizing AI created papers?
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Issues with Reports - How far back can we go
Howdy all. I am trying to run a Canvas Report on "User course Access" but have found what I believe is a bug. In the report I am asked to set a date to start the report from. I select Jan 1st 2022. And yet, when I run the report it will ONLY give me data for the past 30 days. How can I get this data from the 12 month…
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What job titles do you use for your system administrators and support team?
We are considering standardizing some of the job titles for members of our Learning Systems team. Right now, we have a Project Managers, Application Programmer Analysts, and Academic Consultants. Yet, all three positions are really the systems administrators for the LMS, web conferencing tools, WordPress environments,…
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"weigh all assignments in a group the same"
I need the ability to "weigh all assignments in a group the same" so that assignments with different point values all have the same weight. I cannot design all my assignments to have the same point value. This would mean they all use the same or similar rubric, and they do not. The only way to do this is to enter…
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Reading PDFs and epubs within Canvas
Have you checked out docReader, ReadSpeaker 's newest offering for our certified Canvas integration? Everyone has PDFs and EPUBs they need read, so how are you making them accessible? Check out this short video showing docReader in action!
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[Free Webinar] Creating Equitable and Inclusive Learning Environments
Hello everyone, To highlight effective strategies for inclusive learning, we’re organizing a free webinar together with the Foundation for California Community Colleges, “Creating Equitable and Inclusive Learning Environments”, on Wednesday, December 7th, at 11 AM PST. With our speaker Craig Donahue, Instructional Support…
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Grading using Ellucian ILP integration with Canvas
Hi, We would like to know of schools that have implemented Ellucian ILP 5 SaaS and how their grade passback has been working. We have a current Ellucian support case being worked on for grading in courses with pass/fail students since they are failing. Since instructors at our school do not know if a student is pass/fail,…