Personal Pronouns in your Canvas Profile
Pronouns – what are they and how can we use them? Gender pronouns are the terms people choose to refer to themselves that reflect their gender identity. These might be he/him, she/her or gender-neutral pronouns such as they/them. People who are transgender, non-binary, or gender…
Use of Canvas Quizzes in Canvas to Enhance Laboratory Teaching and Safety
In this blog post Dr Jillian Thompson and Dr Dan Corbett from the school of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering describe about how they have used quizzes to prep students ahead of lab classes. As with many aspects of teaching and assessment, a significant contribution to students’ success in laboratory…
5 Top Tips for setting up Canvas assignments
The following post provides the top 5 recommended settings to consider regarding the set-up of Canvas assignments. 1. Hide totals in student grades summary By default, students can see their grade total column in Canvas. That means that Canvas calculates the students total based on…
Media assignment submission in Canvas
Canvas assignments, provides several different submission types. One of those submission types is a media recording, which can be used for video and audio submissions. Canvas provides the opportunity for students to have the option to upload a video or audio file, or use Canvas…
Preparing your Canvas Course for Semester Two
To help you prepare for Semester Two in Canvas, we’ve pulled together just four key resources: 1. Creating your Content in Module Development Area2. Importing and Publishing3. Introducing Canvas to ‘new’ students4. Training and support 1. Creating your Content in Module Development Area Starting to…
The New Canvas Gradebook
The New Gradebook will be available for all Queen’s University staff with permitting access, from Friday 16th August. This change is providing enhanced functionality and flexibility to improve the grading experience. All the existing Gradebook functionality will remain. What’s NEW? 1. SAVE TIME AND INCREASE…