Preparing for Academic Year 20/21
This time last year the university was preparing to roll-out Canvas to students at the start of the academic year 19/20. One year on and we have 2, 483 modules in Canvas as well as a wide range of approaches to learning, teaching and assessment…
Accessible design for learner variability: Text
Text Documents, Word and PDF When planning for alternative approaches to assessment which the University are advising at this time, it is more important than ever to ensure all documents designed and developed are inclusive and accessible to all students. This blog post outlines how to ensure…
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…
Dr John Topping: Feedback & ‘Feed Forward’ with Video and Audio Comments
Dr John Topping is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, with research specialising in the area of policing. He has been using audio and video feedback for student assignments for years. We interviewed him about the benefits…
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…
How to Add your Reading List to Canvas
The Library’s Reading List checking Service The Library subject teams provide a reading list checking service. This service ensures that books, journal articles and scanned extracts needed for a module are accessible at the beginning of each semester. To avail of this service, create your…
Top Tips for June
Hello Canvas geniuses. Have a look at the Top Tips for this month! PDF download available at the bottom of this post.
Canvas Building Blocks
The Canvas Building Block Series was introduced in May with a number of one-hour, highly focused training sessions focused on building skills required to create an engaging course in Canvas. Delegates came prepared to ask questions and discover how to successfully leverage Canvas to enhance…
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