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    Office 365 Teams

    by Maureen McKee 26th January 2021

    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…

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    Top 5 Potential Assessment Set-up Pitfalls

    by Aaron Crozier 21st January 2021

    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…

    Assessment & Feedback, Training Resources

    A-Z of Canvas Course Features

    by Liza Zamboglou 17th December 2020

    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…

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    Steps To Prepare

    by Jennifer Reid 15th December 2020

      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…

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    Set Up and Administration of Assignments

    by Jennifer Reid 15th December 2020

      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. Note: The Canvas…

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    Marking Submissions In Speedgrader and Releasing Grades/Feedback in Gradebook

    by Jennifer Reid 15th December 2020

      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….

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    Getting Started with Canvas New Analytics

    by Jen McParland 15th December 2020

    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…

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    Canvas For Teaching Assistants

    by Aaron Crozier 15th December 2020

    This blog post outlines the main areas of Canvas that a Teaching Assistant at Queens University should be comfortable with in order to carry out their role. There are videos and images throughout each section giving a visual overview or a walk-through of the items…

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    Importing Content and Publishing Your Module

    by Jennifer Reid 4th December 2020

    In order that students can view the content you have created in Canvas you must do two things: Import the course material from your DEVELOP area into the Academic Module for AY 2020/21. Make sure that everything you want the students to see is published….

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    Canvas For Support Staff

    by Aaron Crozier 29th September 2020

    Who is This Information For? This post is designed to be an easily digestible starting point for administrative and support staff who may need to help manage Canvas access and resources for their school. You may not be required to do all of the things…

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