Caveats for using SCORM in Canvas
What is SCORM? The word SCORM is an acronym which stands for Shareable Content Object Reference Model. It is a set of technical specifications developed to provide a common approach to how eLearning content is developed and used across various platforms. SCORMS allows Canvas VLE…
How to Migrate Your Canvas Course to Next Year
The learning materials that you have created in the current semester/academic year on Canvas will NOT automatically rollover into next terms/years Canvas Course. Below are the steps for you to do this. Steps to migrate Canvas content The steps are very easy and you may…
Understanding the Canvas Gradebook Export
When set up appropriately, Canvas has the ability to track your student grades and enables you to take a downloadable export of the Canvas Gradebook. When you export your Canvas Gradebook there will be several columns visible which can be difficult to interpret and evaluate…
Getting Started with Canvas New Analytics
This blog post describes the Canvas New Analytics feature and provides links to additional support resources. What is New Analytics? Canvas New Analytics is a learning analytics tool that allows you to filter and compare student cohorts and individuals to class averages, for all grade-based…
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…
Using Turnitin within Canvas – common queries from staff and students
A Central University Turnitin Account has been created for Turnitin assignments created and submitted through Canvas. This allows classes, assignments and both staff and student users accounts to be created automatically in Turnitin without the need for any additional effort required by teaching/support staff. The…
Canvas Training January – March 2020
A full programme of training is available to help you to develop and enhance your academic modules in Canvas. A description of the training and support activities available to all staff is outlined below. 1. Turnitin Essentials This is where you look in detail at…
Student submitted directly in Turnitin?
There have been several instances whereby students have logged into the Turnitin website to submit assignments directly, rather than submitting through Canvas. This often occurs when a student is unable to submit in Canvas due to their personal browser/device privacy settings, Safari in particular has…