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Canvas: Help and Training

It’s the first Friday of our Canvas blog-a-thon. So far this week, we have looked at: Canvas – Getting Started Simple Navigation Complex Navigation Rolling Over Content However, we all run into difficulty at times. So let’s look at how you would use the Help function and where you can Read more…

By Daria Casement, 11 months2nd July 2021 ago
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Canvas: Rolling over content

Welcome to the first Thursday of our Canvas blog-a-thon. So far this week, we have looked at: Canvas – Getting Started Simple Navigation Complex Navigation Today we turn our attention to how to roll over content from a previous module to a future module. What is rolling over content? This Read more…

By Daria Casement, 11 months1st July 2021 ago
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Canvas: Complex Navigation

Welcome back. It’s Wednesday and today we will look at Canvas courses where the navigation of teaching content is more complex and non-linear. How could it be arranged? Yesterday we looked at Simple Navigation where teaching content was linear but not all courses are like this. Let’s move on. Pedagogy Read more…

By Daria Casement, 11 months30th June 2021 ago
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Canvas: Simple Navigation

Yesterday we looked at Canvas: Getting Started to help new staff members with Canvas and their first steps with getting familiar with the Canvas environment. Our topic today is creating a canvas module with simple navigation and content is linear. Let’s get started. Pedagogy When it comes to creating any Read more…

By Daria Casement, 11 months29th June 2021 ago
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Canvas: Getting Started

Welcome to Monday and to a new subject on our blogs. The DigiKnow blog has been addressing digital accessibility since mid January 2021 and it’s time to focus on other areas and platforms. Albeit we are at the end of an academic year, it won’t be long until September and Read more…

By Daria Casement, 11 months28th June 2021 ago
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2020: Student Induction

It’s Wednesday 16th September! It is the week before student induction and teaching at Queen’s University. If you are a Programme Coordinator, student inductions should already be planned and scheduled for delivery. In this blog post, we have collated a number of resources that can be used for student induction Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years16th September 2020 ago
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It’s the Final Countdown…

Over the last three weeks, we have looked at adding active-teaching tools to the Teacher Toolkit for Engagement. The link to last weeks post (Blogs, Wikis and Group Work) will link you through to all the activities you can use in your active teaching. It’s that time of year again Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years14th September 2020 ago
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Using Canvas Conferences

For those teaching at a distance and using Canvas, here’s a quick guide to get started. A downloadable resource is available at the end of this post. Canvas Conferences is a quick and easy way to teach students remotely. In Canvas, Big Blue Button (the conferences app) will store recordings Read more…

By Daria Casement, 2 years30th March 2020 ago

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