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Canvas’ Gradebook and SpeedGrader
What’s Different about the Canvas Gradebook? The Gradebook in Canvas and the Grade Center in Blackboard are similar in...
How to Release Content Conditionally in Canvas
Would you like to require students to participate in a discussion, view a file, or some other prerequisite before moving...
Discussions in Canvas
The Canvas’ Discussions Feature - How does it Fare? Of all Blackboard tools, the Blackboard Discussion Board may be the...
Groups in Canvas
Faculty will be pleased to know that Canvas has a Groups function, just as Blackboard did, and is more functional and...
The Syllabus Tool in Canvas
The syllabus tool in Canvas is powerfully integrated with a course’s Assignments, Grades, and Calendar tools. When you...
Copying and Importing Content and Canvas Commons
As you design your course based on your desired learning outcomes, it is important to think through what parts of your...
Cross-listing Canvas Courses
Cross-Listing in Canvas is the process of combining the enrollment from two or more courses in Canvas. Before requesting...
Downloading Student Content from Blackboard before the Canvas migration is complete
We know that there are many reasons why you might want to save some of your Blackboard courses, student content, grades,...
Quizzes and Assignments in Canvas
Assignments Even in a fully face to face class you may find it more convenient t have your students submit their work...
Canvas Course Storage
Courses in Canvas have a storage limit of 1GB (1000MB) at WCU. More information about course file quotas in Canvas can be...
Canvas’ Rich Content Editor
Understanding the powers of the RCE in Canvas will enable you to craft information to your students in not only a visually...
Canvas Modules vs. Pages vs. Files
The Canvas platform can be used to create and support an excellent learning environment for all modalities: fully...
Canvas Notifications and Preferences
We know that communication is a cornerstone of both learning and relationship. We also know that students value clear...
Navigating Canvas
Getting Around in Canvas – An Exploration of How One Moves Around in the new LMS When you log into Canvas you land on the...
Canvas Help
There are a number of different ways that we have been building out our support resources for faculty and students to help...
Priming the Canvas
There are many similarities between Blackboard and Canvas such as discussions, assignments, quizzes, and a gradebook. The...
More Canvas for You – Courses and Training
Spring and Summer 2020 courses have been migrated into Canvas and are available for instructors to get started! Spring...
Frequently Asked Questions about Canvas
We have been talking to Faculty and Staff across campus and we have been compiling the questions we have received so that...
What’s the deal with Canvas this semester?
You may have heard students and/or other instructors are using Canvas this semester. We are excited to announce that Canvas...
New Blackboard Content Editor Updates
Blackboard Alert: Blackboard has updated the Rich Content Editor and there is a very noticeable difference in the way the...
Canvas has Arrived!
We have exciting news for you about Canvas! All faculty and staff now have access to Canvas! Click on the graphic or go...
Providing Quality Feedback in Blackboard
You want to provide quality feedback to your students, but typing specific comments is both time consuming and exhausting. ...
Lessons Learned: Back to School in the Time of COVID-19
Author - Lisa Bloom is the Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor at Western Carolina University where she has been a...
Canvas by Instructure is the new Learning Management System at WCU
After an extensive process of review by faculty, students, and staff, Canvas by Instructure has been chosen as our next...
Innovation Fridays
Innovation Fridays serve to enhance the climate of innovation and research at WCU by creating opportunities for innovation,...
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