As you prepare for the fall 2020 semester and you find that you are in need of some basic Canvas assistance or would like to learn more about the basic functionality of commonly used Canvas features then request to be added to the CVPA Introduction to Canvas self-paced course. Contact… Continue reading…
You are invited to join the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop facilitated by Dr. Racheal Brooks of NCCU. This workshop introduces participants to the Quality Matters Rubric and how to apply its standards to develop high-quality online courses and evaluate them. This workshop occurs over 2 afternoons virtually… Continue reading…
From ITS: The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT, helps faculty identify accessibility issues in Canvas course content. With the click of a button, UDOIT scans a course, generates a report, and provides resources on how to address common accessibility issues. Created by the Center for Distributed Learning… Continue reading…
Respondus Monitor and Lockdown Browser are now available for faculty use. Respondus Monitor uses the student’s webcam to create a recording of the student’s behavior during an online assessment. Respondus LockDown Browser is an application that prevents students from accessing other websites, tools, and resources during online assessment. More information from ITS here. From… Continue reading…
Undelete Canvas currently provides a feature that allows instructors to “undelete” course content that has been recently deleted. To restore deleted content follow these steps: Navigate to the course in which you need to restore deleted content In the address (URL) box of your browser, note that the address of… Continue reading…
If you are a user of Turnitin you may have experienced a disruption this morning: Service update You might have experienced intermittent issues caused by a service disruption affecting the performance of Turnitin and TurnitinUK. When did this happen? PDT August 29th 01:13 – 03:15 BST August 29th 09:13– 11:15 AEST August 29th 18:13– 20:15… Continue reading…
From ITS: Canvas experienced latency issues, preventing users from being able to login from approximately 7:45-8:15pm. Canvas posted information about its service on its status page. Information Technology Services (ITS) will continue to monitor the situation, but it appears the problems are resolved at this time. If you have questions or are… Continue reading…
Instructure has enabled a new Gradebook with added functionality and features. While faculty are able to access this new Gradebook, please note that the feature is still in beta. Faculty may enable the new Gradebook (follow the steps below) but note that Instructure may still adjust features before final release. This… Continue reading…
CVPA Faculty and Staff, For those of you who use Arc, in the latest release, Instructure has enabled webcam capture for creating local video for use in the Arc Video Library. Read more about this new feature in the Arc Release Notes here. Please note that webcam capture is limited to… Continue reading…
Faculty and Staff, I have added a new Canvas support page to our Performing Arts Technology online resources. The new page, vpa.uncg.edu/canvas, includes support documentation I have curated to aid you in using Canvas in your teaching. I hope that you find this useful in your course development and implementation of Canvas in… Continue reading…
