Office 365 Teams
What’s New in Microsoft Teams Find out what’s new in Microsoft Teams by registering on iTrent for the new thirty minute session. It’s being held for staff on Wednesday, 24th February, from 1.00pm – 1.30pm A link to join the session will be sent on…
Top 5 Potential Assessment Set-up Pitfalls
There are a few potential pitfalls that can easily be avoided when setting up assignments and assignment weighting within Canvas. Luckily, we’ve seen a lot of them before and the advice below will make sure you don’t fall into them! 1. Incorrect Assignment Weighting There…
Lifting the Mask of Anonymous Grading
Canvas provides you with the option to enable anonymisation when setting up an assignment.
Canvas System Updates – 16 Jan 2021
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 16 January 2021. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
Canvas System Update – 19 Dec 2020
These are the latest Canvas system updates that will become available from 19 December 2020. Please click on an update to expand and view the information. If you have any questions please submit a support ticket via the help menu in Canvas.
Accessible content design for learner variability: Visuals
Creating and Using Visuals Accessible visual design is better visual design for all users. When designing visuals or creating content that includes visuals, there are a few basic steps that should be followed in order to ensure the content is accessible. A visual can include…
A-Z of Canvas Course Features
A Announcements – Course level Announcements allow instructors to communicate with students about course activities and post interesting course-related topics. They can be effectively used to communicate about the logistics of your course. As soon as you have created an Announcement, Canvas takes care of…
Steps To Prepare
Set Your Grade Posting Policy To Manual: The ‘Global Setting’ Level: In your Canvas course, click ‘Grades.’ Click the ‘Cogwheel’ (at top right-hand corner of the screen.) Click the ‘Grade Posting Policy’ tab. Ensure the radio button is set to ‘Manually Post Grades.’ Click…
Set Up and Administration of Assignments
Make the instructions clear and unambiguous: In your Canvas course, click ‘Assignments.’ Click ‘+Assignment’ to start setting up your assignment. Give your assignment a title e.g. ‘Demo Assignment’ and enter all the ‘instructions to students’ into the into the box below. Give simple and…
Canvas Course Term Dates
At the end of each Academic Year, courses in Canvas will become read-only. The below table outlines the dates courses are placed in a read-only state by default: Academic Year Default Term Dates in Canvas Start Date End Date AY 2019/2020 (QSIS ref: 2191)…
Marking Submissions In Speedgrader and Releasing Grades/Feedback in Gradebook
1. Make sure all markers have access to the Canvas course in advance: Contact your school admin staff to add or amend staff roles (Teacher, TA, etc) in QSIS, these will transfer over to Canvas within 24-48 hours. For more information on Canvas roles….
Getting Started with Canvas New Analytics
This blog post briefly introduces the Canvas New Analytics feature and provides links to additional support materials. What is New Analytics? Canvas New Analytics will be available in September 2020 and is a tool that allows you to filter and compare individual student data and…