If you want to try incorporating testlets into your own courses, you can do that right in Canavs by using the quizzes feature. Check out this Canvas Basics Guide on Quizzes to learn more about them. There’s also this video on how to get started with quizzes in Canvas.
Tech Tips from ETS
A quick technology tip to help you engage your students whether in the classroom or remotely.
Tech – Canvas Grading Tips
This week’s Canvas related tip focuses on grading. After scouring the internet for helpful tips from those who have used Canvas a lot longer than those of us at Denison, ETS found a great video to share. Watch the video Top 5 Canvas Grading Tips for more on using rubrics, setting default grades, and more!
Do you have a Canvas tip you would like to share with colleagues?
ChatGPT, two weeks in
Hopefully, your initial shock of ChatGPT has subsided. Now how to navigate teaching in this brave new world? While an outright prohibition on this technology could quickly devolve into a game of whack-a-mole, there are some things we can do this semester to circumvent nefarious applications of this technology. In his article Embrace the Bot: Designing Writing Assignments in the Face of AI, Eric Prochaska suggests several ways to adjust our assignments to lessen the impact of ChatGPT.
Tech – The BEST of Canvas Feature (it really is!)
The number ONE feature that will make your Canvas course faster to set up and easier for your students to navigate is……..modules. Organizing a course with modules not only helps students stay on track with expectations, but it also can help you keep track of what you are planning for each week, unit, or section of your course.
Tech- Collaborative Annotations with Canvas and Perusall
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Tech- Canvas Assignment tips and tricks
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Tech – Canvas Grading Tips
This week’s Canvas-related tip focuses on grading. After scouring the internet for helpful tips from those who have used Canvas a lot longer than those of us at Denison, ETS found a great video to share. Watch the video Top 5 Canvas Grading Tips for more on using rubrics, setting default grades, and more!
Do you have a Canvas tip you would like to share with colleagues?
Tech – Modules in Canvas: How to make them work for your class!
Modules again??? Yes, we know, modules again. BUT this week’s tech tip looks at three different ways you can use modules to organize class content and why you might want to use modules rather than the other course navigation pages. Plus, there are a few bonus tips (including how to add Google Docs)! Watch this video by Denison’s ETS team member Kelli Van Wasshenova to learn more about leveraging Canvas Modules.
Modules in Canvas: What they are and how to use them
Still wondering how to leverage the best parts of Canvas for your classes? Modules are a great way to present materials to your students. They are flexible, and you can set them up however you like. For some basics on modules, take a look at the Canvas instructor guides section on modules. Prefer a video? Here’s one that has an overview of modules.
Check out ETS’ Favorites List!
Canvas has so many resources to support instructors that it can be overwhelming what to choose. To make this much less daunting, ETS has curated a short list of video favorites, giving you a good start for using Canvas. Most are well under 5 mins long, and you can easily select to view only the topics that are of interest to you.