In this blog post, you will learn how to use the New Gradebook in Canvas. The New Gradebook helps instructors easily input, manage, and release grades to students. Please note that New Gradebook has been enabled for all Fall 2019 Canvas course! In the very […]
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Access to Learning Analytics inside Canvas
This article provides instructors with tutorials for accessing course and student analytics in Canvas. Canvas Analytics provides an overview of students’ activity within your course. You can use this data in correlation with student performance to inform instructional decisions in your course. Course Analytics Overview […]
Identify Online Tools for Teaching and Learning
Online educational tools provide engaging environments for students with various needs. However, exploring new tools can be time-consuming for students without any advice on how to select the appropriate learning tools. It is better for instructors to provide the resources as much as they can […]
Ways of Implementing UDL principles in Canvas
As educators, we tend to replicate techniques we are comfortable using while assuming our students are OK with them. But in fact, our learners differ in ways that “they perceive and comprehend information that is presented to them”, and learners differ in ways in which […]
Incorporate Video Feedback in Teaching
In traditional educational contexts, providing meaningful feedback to students can enhance their learning and improve their learning performance. In online teaching contexts or in response to assignments submitted for formal assessment, providing written feedback is considered to be the most commonly used format. Research shows […]
Fall 2014 Faculty Showcase Series
In November and December of 2014, we invited Emerson faculty with exemplary use of technology in their instruction to share their methods and impact with other members of the community. Presenter Department Topic Paul Mihailidis Marketing Communication Socrative, Storify Ruth Grossman Communication Sciences & Disorders […]
File naming standards: eliminate future headaches
There are a lot of reasons that file naming standards should be your best friends. They are rad, responsible, and reliable. Just like the three R’s of old. But most importantly – you will not run into problems opening your files on another computer, uploading […]
The Power of File Restriction in Canvas
Don’t want students uploading a .docx instead of a .pdf? Or a .pages file at any point in time? Well you can, because Canvas allows File Restrictions! While editing your assignment in Canvas, below the text entry field are a series of options – including […]
Add captions to your video
You can add captions to your video through YouTube and have the option of exporting the captions for use elsewhere. Captions enhance the accessibility of videos, and allows us, as described by Google, to “make the world’s information universally accessible and useful.” The following video […]