Yesterday we looked at setting up a simple quiz in Canvas and we highlighted the many types of questions that could be used. In truth, Multiple Choice and Multiple Response questions are the most used question types in the quizzing world. Every question is a stem. Every answer is a Read more…
Hello and welcome to the next installment of the Canvas blog-a-thon. Up until this point, we have looked at the following areas of Canvas: Canvas – Getting Started Simple Navigation Complex Navigation Rolling Over Content Help & Training Student Canvas Orientation Course Feedback / Queries Canvas VLE: Accessibility Statement Page Read more…
We’ve already covered quite a few topics in Canvas over the last few weeks. Today, we’d like to turn our attention to the Recommended Reading Lists which may be compiled by academics, for students on different courses of study. Previously, reading lists would have comprised of physical books and/or publications Read more…
Yesterday we looked at how you might organise your Canvas File Storage. Today, we check out Canvas Announcements, what they are, how they could be used and why they are beneficial. What are announcements? Canvas announcements are notifications you can send to all or certain groups of students enrolled on Read more…
Following on from Friday’s Blackboard Ally post, today we look at File Structure within the Canvas’s File storage area. Some of this will relate to simple and complex structures for simple/complex content navigation. We think it’s fair to say if you have a simple module, the Files area might also Read more…
As we approach the end of our second week of the Canvas blog-a-thon, we have covered a fair few topics to get you set up and started in Canvas (and more still to follow): Canvas – Getting Started Simple Navigation Complex Navigation Rolling Over Content Help & Training Student Canvas Read more…
Yesterday, we looked at Accessibility Statements and encourage you to also write a statement for your specific Canvas module. Today, we’d like to highlight that each editable page within Canvas has a page accessibility checker. How does the Canvas accessibility checker work? Whilst developing teaching materials for Canvas, do consider Read more…
There’s been much talk about accessibility at Queen’s University for the last 18-24 months. Accessibility has been changing, updating and there is much to do. Just to let you know, accessibility should not be a bolt-on to courses and content. Courses and digital content should be created with accessibility in Read more…
It’s Tuesday! In our Canvas blog-a-thon, so far we have looked at: Canvas – Getting Started Simple Navigation Complex Navigation Rolling Over Content Help & Training Student Canvas Orientation Course So let’s consider some best practice and provide a few feedback loops within Canvas. This is as much to help Read more…
July is here, it’s the start of another week and we’re still blog-a-thon-ing. Last week, we have looked at: Canvas – Getting Started Simple Navigation Complex Navigation Rolling Over Content Help & Training What about our students? It’s all fair and well getting the content on but how do new Read more…