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Canvas Quiz Generation Policy
WCU does not have a tool that will translate Word documents into Canvas Quizzes, and we do not have the resources to create...
UPDATED LOCATION! WCU welcomes Keynote Speaker, Dr. Kevin Gannon for Teaching & Learning Day
Join us in person for a day of learning and discussion on Inclusive Pedagogy! When: Teaching & Learning Day, is...
WCU welcomes Keynote Speaker, Dr. Kevin Gannon for Teaching & Learning Day
Join us in person for a day of learning and discussion on Inclusive Pedagogy! When: Teaching & Learning Day, is...
Canvas Course Analytics and Quiz Statistics
Canvas offers instructors some incredibly powerful tools to view course analytics, individual student analytics and quiz...
First Day Ready in Canvas
Instructors at WCU will be teaching in Canvas beginning in summer 2021 and beyond. WCU faculty will be teaching in Canvas...
Canvas Implementation Core Integrations
Canvas has a great many features “out of the box.” But no system is perfect for every situation. Canvas has an extensible...
Engaged Scholarship Research/Creative Activities Grants Program for Faculty
Western Carolina University is an engaged member of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC). The ESC exists to work...
Rubrics in Canvas
Rubrics can be used to grade assignments, discussions and quizzes in a course. Rubrics can be used to as an efficient way...
Online Equity Conference
An international body of faculty are gathering next week to share and discuss strategies for increasing equity for all...
Canvas and Mobile Apps
One of the reasons that WCU chose Canvas was for the shift in student engagement and consumption of media using mobile...
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...