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The Canvas dashboard currently looks like this to students:
As of last weekend, those plain color blocks can now be replaced by images and even GIFs!

To find out how, view the Canvas Guide.
The Canvas dashboard currently looks like this to students:
As of last weekend, those plain color blocks can now be replaced by images and even GIFs!

To find out how, view the Canvas Guide.
You’ve probably heard that Panopto, Emerson’s video-hosting platform, underwent a major update this summer. Now you can simply embed Panopto videos in Canvas, and students will automatically be able to…
3 problems, one solution. Elizabeth Parfitt wanted to get first year writing students to be engaged, motivated and to feel like their classroom work was important and relevant. The…
Here’s a little-known Canvas feature: Shared Content. In fact, it’s so obscure that it didn’t make it onto ITG’s radar until recently. Ooh, shiny! But what exactly does it do?…
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…
In the previous post in this series, Simple Tips for Getting in the Habit of Creating Accessible Content from the Start, Part 1: Text-Based Content, I discussed some tips on…
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…