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How to redact Canvas assessment for moderation for Foxit users. For external post moderation, lecturers need to remove the identities of the student and the lecturer (i.e. their names) from the saved PDF document about assignment submission with the lecturer’s annotations and comments. You must have Foxit PDF Editor on your computer to do this …
How to view and edit your files in Canvas. Using the files tab (in the main left menu), you are able to access every single file you have in ALL your courses and you can move files around from course to course. As a bonus, you are able search for a file across all the …
Rubrics help clarify what it is that you are expecting students to produce and to ensure that outcomes are met, this article will show you examples of rubrics to use in your course What is a rubric? A rubric is a set of marking criteria, linked to course learning outcomes, against which an assignment is …
Learn how to toggle the navigation bar on and off in Canvas There is a feature in Canvas that you may find very useful, using the ‘Dropdown’ menu button at the top left of the Canvas window. To close the Navigation menu, click the 3 horizontal line image in the top left of the Canvas …
Working in groups can be fraught with difficulties for teachers and students, it is valuable for students to learn many of the inter-personal skills required in the workplace. Although working in groups can be fraught with difficulties for teachers and students, it is valuable for students to learn many of the inter-personal skills required in …
How to check your course for broken links and how to use the validate links option. You can check these links using the course link validator, which searches through course content and returns invalid or unresponsive course content links in both published and unpublished content. However, please note that some links flagged as unresponsive are …
How to access Canvas page history and restore pages to earlier versions When you can edit course pages, you can view the page history and see the date, time, and author of any changes made to the page. Page editors can also roll back the page content to a previous version of the page. In …
A Knowledge Base article on how to organise your dashboard on Canvas. How you can organize your Canvas dashboard – give your courses a nickname, change the colour, rearrange the course cards and pick and choose the courses you want to display on the dashboard. Renaming a course Let’s start by renaming or nicknaming a …
guide on how to use Bloom’s Taxonomy for question writing in courses Although Bloom’s Taxonomy is not the only model of learning which is used in tertiary education, it is probably the most commonly used. You could, however, use the Bigg’s model called Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) which also has student capability …
The following guide goes through the steps and the questions, you need to ask yourself as you are creating your assessments. Assignment writing (or assessment writing) for Canvas is a process containing a number of constituent parts, from content, planning, delivery method or methods, timeframes, the level at which it is pitched, the learning that …
The purpose of this document is to spark ideas. The School and Levels are just ideas and may be too narrow or misplaced. Please feel free to add to this list by sending your ideas to Academic.Centre@manukau.ac.nz with Assessment in the subject line. 3 minute thesis – Deliver a complex argument in less than three …
This article contains questions you can ask yourself and students at the end of the course At the end of each course time needs to be taken to reflect on how it went and how it could be improved. Here are some of the questions that need to be asked. Questions What is the purpose …
Learn how to use the What If Grades feature in Canvas. What-If Grades feature in Canvas Gradebook. Your students can view their grades based on What-If Grades so that they know how grades will be affected by upcoming or resubmitted assignments. They can test scores for an assignment that already includes a score, or an …
Learn how to support students in their success at any level of their education Supporting student success All students come with different abilities and with different life experiences. To support their success at any level, you can embed literacy, numeracy and study skills in class activities and assessments. Here are some ideas. Lexicon Every subject has …
How to use the Outcomes tool in Canvas How to use Outcomes Outcomes is a tool that allows administration and staff to track learner mastery in a course. Users can import Account, State, and Common Core Standards into an account and course. When would I use Outcomes? Use Outcomes to: Focus students’ attention on the …
