Some people approach watching video content as a passive activity, in which clicking play is enough to learn and understand what’s being said. Of course, many studies have demonstrated that students learn better when they’re actively engaging (Mayer, 2014; Mayer et al., 2020). The resource Introduce and frame your video...
Create and manage Assignments by clicking on the Assignments link in the Course Navigation Menu. You can also find out more about using the Assignments Index Page, where you can view all your course assignments, add assignment groups and modify assignment settings. The following tutorial video (4:15 mins) gives you...
5 key features to know about SpeedGrader: Everything in one place: Student work is displayed on the left hand side of the screen, with the marks panel on the right. Colour-coded student list: Allows you to see at a glance who has submitted their work and needs to be...
You can set up scoring and non-scoring rubrics. Once a rubric has been used to assess a student (i.e. once marking has commenced), the rubric cannot be edited. However, existing rubrics can be copied and used with other assignments. The following video tutorial shows you how to create and...
Quizzes can be created and managed from the Quizzes Index Page. To access the Quizzes Index Page, click on the Quizzes link from the Course Navigation menu. The Quizzes Index page has global settings at the top of the page , followed by the grouped Quiz types . Individual...
Only marked assignments, marked discussions, marked quizzes, and marked surveys that have been published are included in the Gradebook. If an assignment is not visible in the Gradebook, check that it is Published. In the Gradebook, you can choose to view all students at once or one student at...
Organise your questions Question banks are accessed from the Quizzes Index Page. Click on the Settings icon at the top of the page (see in the screenshot below). Then, click the Manage Question Banks link ( in the screenshot below). Question Banks can save you time when setting up...
Navigate to your Canvas Course site. Select Settings from the Course Navigation Menu. Select Import Course Content from the sidebar. Select the relevant file you want to import from the Content Type drop-down menu. Upload the file you saved in the Source field. Choose Select question bank from the...
There are lots of advantages to using this tool, including the handling of group work assignments. You can check out some of the other benefits in the Futures Blog recommended at the end of this post. In general, we strongly recommend using the Canvas Plagiarism Review over the Turnitin...
To complete the Grades process, you need to make sure you’ve set up assignments correctly at the start of session, and run through a few checks at the end before grades are approved and transferred. The Gradebook Total in Canvas automatically calculates a student’s total. This is done via...
