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Canvas Notes: Annotations Now Available for Homework Submissions
Hello everyone. A few updates on recent changes in our LMS that you’ll be happy with, and explanations on recent issues… So to get the “bad” out of the way, in the last month both students and...
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Brand changes for Instructure’s Canvas
We enable individuals to transform learning. Instructure Canvas launched a new brand statement, web site and logo yesterday. It’s attractive, clean and organized. I’m just wondering why a company that...
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Canvas Notes: It’s that Time Again!
Grading is done and it’s time to enjoy the holiday break. Before you go, a few Canvas Notes…. Remember you NO LONGER need to “end your course”, that’s why the button is gone. Courses are closed...
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Canvas Notes: Varied Due Dates & Restricting Student Editing/Deletion of Posts
Long requested and anticipated by many of you has been the option to add varied due dates to your course sections whether cross-listed or not. It’s now merely days away. Expect the change with this...
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Canvas Notes: IE8 Alert – upgrade by 3/30/13
If you are accessing Canvas using Internet Explorer 8 as your browser, please update your browser to the latest version (10) or switch to a different browser for a more reliable user experience....
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Canvas Notes: Advanced Math Formatting with LaTex through MathJax
Good news for Math instructors! No longer will you have to capture your own screenshots of math equations produced by another program. Canvas has now added advanced functionality in the Rich Content...
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Canvas Notes: Summer Changes in Canvas
Welcome back faculty! Here’s a run-down of what’s changed in Canvas over summer. New to Explore: EduApps – Want to transform your course? Bring the best of the web into your course with open...
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Canvas Notes: Canvas Mobile 2.0 is here!
Canvas Mobile 2.0 * is here! Download the Canvas by Instructure app in iTunes or the Google Play store. Changes to the mobile app reflect full browser version functionality so you can complete an...
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Canvas Notes: Online Canvas Training Opportunities
Did you know that Instructure offers training opportunities online? Besides the Canvas Guides that offer step-by-step illustration of Canvas features, there are numerous mini-instructional videos...
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Opt-in to the Conversation Redesign
Have you noticed the changes to Conversations? Canvas has been tweaking a beta version for the last few months to improve its functionality. If you haven’t tried it yet, click the question icon and...
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Did you know that instructors can now cross-list their own courses? If you are teaching multiple sections of a course and would like to load your content into and teach from one parent course, then...
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Quiz Formula Updates: Absolute and Relative Errors
Canvas will compute responses for Quiz Formula questions based on relative error in addition to absolute error. Margins of error can now be created as a percentage or as a point value (up to three...
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Finishing up 2013 with Redesigns to Groups, Quizzes and more!
Improving the User Experience is a continued goal at Instructure. Finishing up 2013, we saw a redesign to the Groups page, Quizzes, Calendar 2, the Gradebook, Etherpad and the Rich Content Editor!...
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Introducing Canvas Studio
It’s always struck me as funny that the most intriguing feature of Canvas during our search period was often defined as ”the dynamic aspect” – an LMS that is continually updated with new features. Why...
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Canvas Mobile Apps – always evolving!
Instructure has released their latest version (3.0) of the Canvas mobile app for iOS featuring an improved design experience for your iPhone and iPad. Download it in the iTunes store. Version 3.0...
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Canvas & Heartbleed
Wondering about “Heartbleed“, the Open SSL bug as it relates to Canvas at UMW? Last week we received an advisory from Instructure of the vulnerability and the steps their security team were taking to...
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Canvas by Instructure Android 3.0 released with Tablet support!
For all you Droid users, Instructure has just released Android 3.0 mobile, functional for both your phone and tablet device. Feature additions include the ability to upload and manage files, create...
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Canvas & Internet Explorer – the old relationship ends May 24, 2014
As an Internet Explorer user, you’ve struggled with degraded service and annoying messages on your browser when logging in to Canvas…well, that time has come. Time to pick: depart ways or upgrade to IE...
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Draft State – The New Normal
Draft State allows content in Assignments, Quizzes, Modules, Pages, and Discussions to exist in an unpublished (draft) state. Unpublished content is invisible to students and excluded from grade...
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Fall Prep Must-Have Tutorials
Welcome back Faculty! Here’s a few links to help you get up and running with your Fall Canvas courses… Cross-listing Your Courses: Import Content from another Canvas Course Publish Your Course
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