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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
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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
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Setting your Grade Posting Policy
1. Set Your Grade Posting Policy To Manual The ‘Global Setting’ Level: In your Canvas course, click ‘Grades.’ Click the
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Set Up and Administration of Assignments
1. Make the instructions clear and unambiguous In your Canvas course, click ‘Assignments.’ Click ‘+Assignment’ to start setting up your
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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
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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
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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
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Canvas For Teaching Assistants
This blog post outlines the main areas of Canvas that a Teaching Assistant at Queens University should be comfortable with
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One New Thing: Interactive Hotspot Questions
Many of us have used Turningpoint (“PRS”) and may associate it with the infuriating error “TurningPoint Desktop has detected an open
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Importing Content and Publishing Your Module
In order that students can view the content you have created in Canvas you must do two things: Import the