"I enjoyed the Canvas orientation experience... it is extremely useful... thank you!!" -Anonymous UIW Student Feedback
Instructors can now share a preview video of the Learning with Canvas at UIW course with their students - easily download from the Canvas Commons to place it in your course.
Canvas News
Most Common Questions
Impact: Instructor and Student User Experience, Tech Troubleshooting
Web browser behaviors are the number one challenge we all face using Canvas and other web applications. After that, most instructors appreciate a Canvas job aid that makes setting up their courses each term a little easier.
Canvas Basic Troubleshooting and Canvas Checklist Help Desk SolutionsFind & Replace
Impact: Instructor Workflow, Content Editing
You now have Find and Replace in the Canvas rich content editor. Whether in Pages, Announcements, or Assignments, look in the Tools option for this convenient feature to make editing text more efficient.
How do I use the menubar in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
Discussions - Changes Coming July 20
Impact: Instructor and Student User Experience, Engagement
Online discussions enrich learning and Canvas has enhanced this commonly used tool. Note, the Discussion checkpoint dates feature is delayed and will not roll out with the redesign in July. However, expect to see auto-captioning of all Studio videos very soon to make video discussions seamless experience.
5-Min Discussions Training Video
New Analytics for Students
Impact: Academic Success
Empower your students to monitor their participation and communication activity in your course.
Lucidspark & Lucidchart Now Available
Impact: Content Creation, Collaboration, Active Learning
Lucid offers real-time collaboration through the Canvas rich content editor. Sign in with the Office365 options to unlock the full potential of this feature.
Instructional App News
Archive Your Flip Videos
Impact: Instructor Workflow, Academic Records
Flip ended service July 1. September 30 is the last day you can archive your Flip videos. Looking for alternative video discussion solutions? Canvas Studio in Discussions, Padlet, Microsoft Stream combined with the OneDrive for Student app in Canvas.
Sensitivity Levels for Respondus Monitor
Impact: Assessment Security, Student User Experience
Not only does Respondus Monitor now take less than 10-minutes to process proctoring results, but it also offers instructors a choice of three sensitivity levels to better define expectations of student testing-taking behaviors.
Fresh Adds from Microsoft
Impact: Productivity, Workflow, User Experience
Outlook
PowerPoint
Teams
- Need registration for your meeting? Use the webinar option.
- Use the Meet Now option to create personal meeting links.
- Eliminate background noise with the new Noise suppression feature.
- See what's happening when you're sharing your screen with enhancements to the presenter window.
- And move the presenter toolbar out of your way!
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