Category: News
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Bringing Your Canvas Course Forward into the New Term
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Creating a Canvas course from scratch is a lot of work. That is true whether you are teaching fully online or using your Canvas course to supplement in-person instruction. Thank goodness, then, that Canvas courses don’t have to be one-time use! When you teach a course with Canvas for the second (or third, or fourth…)…
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New “Atomic Search” Tool Arrives in Canvas
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In January 2023, UW System added a new Atomic Search tool to Canvas. This tool allows both instructors and students to more easily locate content within Canvas courses by searching for keywords. In a Digital Learning Environment student usability study conducted by UW System, students expressed having difficulties locating course content, especially when the layout…
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Reflecting on the 2023 Instructional Development Institute
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On January 10, 2023, we gathered virtually with educators from UWGB, UW System, K-12 Schools, and the private sector for the 2023 Instructional Development Institute: Cultivating Student Success. To reflect on the Institute, consider reading this blog post where we will share teaching resources, materials, and takeaways from this year’s IDI.
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Making Impactful Use of Canvas Analytics in Your Course
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Like many websites, Canvas collects data from users as they navigate their courses. Thankfully, unlike many websites, Canvas collects this data not for the purpose of selling it to advertisers but for the purpose of presenting it to instructors. Canvas presents collected student activity data in a course page titled “Course Analytics,” which contains charts and…