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.
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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...
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 content are critical to support student achievement of those outcomes and what parts are less critical. By continuing the process of backward design,...