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Create a New Rubric using the Rubric Criteria Builder 

The Rubric Criteria Builder tool was designed to improve rubric creation, preserving existing features while adding new enhancements. If you can’t find an existing rubric to use for the assignment, you can create a new rubric for your assignment. The Rubric Criteria Builder tool was designed to improve rubric creation, preserving existing features while adding …

A Fresh Look for Rubrics: Enhanced Rubrics

The new Enhanced Rubrics feature is now available, giving rubrics a cleaner design and some long-awaited improvements. This update doesn’t change how rubrics work—but it does make them easier to read, faster to edit, and more flexible to use across your course. What’s new? The first thing you’ll notice is the streamlined layout. Rubrics now …

Student Access to Courses Before and After Start and End Dates

Answers to frequently asked questions about course visibility to students before and after a course starts and ends. How long do students have access to their past courses after the course close date?  When can students first access their course after it’s published?  Students can see the course once:  If you want to restrict access …

Creating a New Colour Swatch & Applying it to Text in Canvas

Learn how to create a custom colour swatch in Canvas LMS and easily apply it to text using the font colour options. Creating a New Colour Swatch Applying the Colour to Text

How to Import the MIT Canvas Standards 

Most Canvas courses at MIT need to use the MIT Canvas Standards (MCS). This is how you import it into your course. • Prepare Your Course  Make it easy to import into the right course by giving your course a nickname. If you’ve delivered a course multiple times, you’ll have lots of courses in your …

8 MyKoha: You Said, We Did

Part seven of the MyKoha series provides guidance on giving feedback to students using You Said, We Did.  It’s important to let your students know that you’ve taken on board what they’ve said. At MIT we do this using a mechanism called You Said, We Did.   How does this work?  Students give you the lecturer …

6 MyKoha: How to conduct a survey 

In part six of the MyKoha series find guidance on how to conduct a survey with your students  Getting feedback from students is important. It lets you know what’s going well and not so well, and it’s an opportunity for our students to be heard.   Surveys have been made easy, there’s very little for you …

7 MyKoha: Survey Results, What Next? 

Part seven of the MyKoha series provides useful tips on how to interpret feedback from students and consider an action plan as a result of the survey feedback.  The survey is now done! What’s next?  Surveys are only useful if the results are used to inform change. Read the feedback you received and then carefully …

3 MyKoha: Start of Course Survey

 Prepare for the Start of Course Survey in part three of the MyKoha series. All courses on all NZQA approved programmes are surveyed. The Start of Course Survey will provide much needed insight into how your students have settled into your course. The survey will be deployed in Week 2 and here are a few things …

5 MyKoha: Lecturer Evaluations 

Prepare for the Kaiako (Lecturer) Evaluation Survey in part five of the MyKoha series. At the end of your course, students are asked their opinion about the course (End of Course Survey), and about every lecturer who teaches on that course (Kaiako Evaluation Survey). All courses on all NZQA approved programmes are surveyed.  What do we …

4 MyKoha: End of Course Survey 

 Prepare for the End of Course Survey in part four of the MyKoha series. Congratulations! You’ve nearly made it to the end of your course. The End of Course Survey is about to be deployed. All courses on all NZQA approved programmes are surveyed. The End of Course Survey will provide insight into what your students …

2 MyKoha: First Impression Surveys 

Prepare for the First Impression Surveys (FIS) in part two of the MyKoha series. First Impression Survey are conducted for every NZQA approved programme. This survey asks questions about the application and enrolment process, and MIT’s orientation and support services.   What do we ask?  Application and enrolment – the survey asks about students’ access to information, …

1 My Koha: MIT’s Survey System  

Learn about MIT’s student survey system in part one of the MyKoha series. Getting feedback from students is important. It lets you know what’s going well and not so well, and it’s an opportunity for our students to be heard. There are two survey opportunities during each course, one near the beginning and one at the …

Importing a Resource from Canvas Commons

Part of the 60ish Second Series on importing Content in Canvas For more: Importing Existing Content from a Canvas Course Importing the MCS template into your course

Importing Existing Content into your Canvas Course

Part of the 60ish Second Series on importing Content in Canvas For more: Importing a Resource from Canvas Commons Importing the MCS template into your course

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