Coulter Faculty Commons
Your Partner in Teaching & LearningThe Coulter Faculty Commons (CFC) advances excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship by partnering with the Western Carolina University community through collaboration, creation, and celebration.
We partner with all instructors, staff who teach, and graduate student assistants.
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Teaching @WCU: A CFC Blog
Discussions in Canvas
The Canvas’ Discussions Feature - How does it Fare? Of all Blackboard tools, the Blackboard Discussion Board may be the most utilized by instructors and students. Many faculty rely on the discussion board as a central aspect of their teaching and learning...
Groups in Canvas
Faculty will be pleased to know that Canvas has a Groups function, just as Blackboard did, and is more functional and flexible. Faculty can create a variety of groups (e.g. a working group, study group, or project group), and can even allow students to self-sign up,...
The Syllabus Tool in Canvas
The syllabus tool in Canvas is powerfully integrated with a course’s Assignments, Grades, and Calendar tools. When you select the Syllabus in the left menu of your Canvas course, the Syllabus tool will display. The text in the top section [1] can be edited by clicking...