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Cornell University’s Center for Teaching Innovation created the Canvas Course Spotlight program — a program offering Cornell students the chance to highlight and recognize design elements of Canvas courses that have positively impacted their learning experience. The program solicits nominations from students via an online…
As the new school year begins, here are a few quick setup tasks to help your district run smoothly in Mastery Connect. At the end of this post, there is a link to a resource document that will show you how to complete each of these tasks. 1. Restrict Tracker Creation: We recommend district admins configure their Mastery…
As the new school year begins, here are a few quick setup tasks to help your district run smoothly in Mastery Connect. At the end of this post, there is a link to a resource document that will show you how to complete each of these tasks. 1. Note on Copied Courses: When copying a course from a previous school year, you’ll…
As the new school year begins, here are a few quick setup tasks to help your district run smoothly in Mastery Connect. At the end of this post, there is a link to a resource document that will show you how to complete each of these tasks. 1. Verify School Assignments: To ensure data is reported correctly, make sure you are…
A few months ago I discovered Course Analytics and I love all the data it provides! My favorite feature is the Weekly Online Activity page. I decided to spread the information and build a quick 10 minute workshop for faculty on how to best navigate Course Analytics. I also included some screenshots and links to resources…
You can Clone or Copy a Curriculum Map (CMAP) by clicking on this Copy button (Screenshot below) via "Maps" page. "District Approved" Curriculum Maps cannot be copied or cloned by any user, even the author of the map, preventing unapproved edits or confusion among copied versions. See below for a workaround. If you do not…
Have you ever wanted to distribute course content and/or settings to a number of courses as an admin? If so, I have some good news for you: Canvas offers three distinct mechanisms for distributing course content across an institution. While this is helpful, the options are all distinct from each other and have slightly…
Calling all Impact Admins and Faculty: your insights matter! At Instructure, we're committed to making teaching and learning more effective, intuitive, and supported. That’s why we’re launching a new research initiative in collaboration with the Instructure Research team and Impact R&D team—and we need your help. What’s…
Making Courses More Inclusive, One Step at a Time It’s time to take accessibility to the next level with Impact’s new Accessibility Campaign suite. Building on the success of last year’s accessibility campaign “Accessibility in a Canvas Course”, this new suite provides instructors with practical guidance to create text,…
Hello everyone, I'm looking for advice on the best ways to use mobile apps to improve educational outcomes for students. As someone who is involved in education, I've seen the potential of these tools, but I want to ensure I'm using them most effectively. Specifically, I'm curious about: * App Recommendations: Which mobile…
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