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Announcements |
Announcements |
Announcements |
Instructors can allow students to reply to
announcements. An "allow liking" feature allows
users to "like" an announcement reply, and
instructors are able to "sort (replies) by likes." |
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Appointments |
N/A |
Scheduler |
Scheduler is a Calendar tool that creates
appointment groups within a course or group.
Students can sign up for a time slot within the
appointment group. Some appointment time
slots may only allow one student to sign up
at a time, while others may allow an entire
group to sign up. |
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Assessments |
Tests |
Quizzes |
Tests and quizzes were grouped under "Tests" in
Blackboard, they are grouped under "Quizzes" in
Canvas. Canvas offers Quiz types of "Practice Quiz,"
"Graded Quiz," "Ungraded Survey," and "Graded
Survey." Just as in Blackboard, quizzes can be easily
uploaded through Respondus. |
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Assignments |
Assignments |
Assignments |
Assignments can be accessed through several areas
of the course: Assignments, Calendar or Modules.
Assignment types include "No Submission," "Online,"
"On Paper," or "External Tool". Instructors can limit
the file types they will accept.
Unlike Blackboard, Canvas cannot create grading
columns without an assignment. Please keep
this in mind.
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Blogging |
Blogs/Journals |
N/A |
Canvas does not have blogs or journals built in.
Journals can be created through the Assignments
tool and blogs can be developed using the
Discussion area or a third-party tool. |
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Calendar |
Calendar |
Calendar |
The Calendar automatically syncs with other Canvas
features such as Assignments, Syllabus, and
Grades. If you create, change or delete the due
date of an Assignment, the Calendar will reflect
this change. Within the Calendar page, you can
change dates easily by dragging and dropping
assignments from one day to another. |
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Chat room |
Chat |
Chat |
The Chat tool in Canvas allows students and
teachers to interact in real time. Chat rooms
can be saved for future use. |
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Collaborative Spaces |
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Collaborations |
Allows students to use Google Docs for online
collaborations |
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Collaborative Spaces |
Wikis |
Pages |
All pages created in Canvas are potential Wikis; an
instructor can give students editing rights to a page
and can return to an older version of the page if
student changes need to be reversed. |
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Communications |
Send email/
Course
Messages |
Inbox
(Conversations) |
All conversations can be routed to the user’s email.
These communications can take place directly in
the user's personal email (if specified in Notifications)
but copies will still reside in the Canvas Inbox. |
Content
Organization |
Content
Areas |
Modules |
Courses are uniformly laid out with a linear module
structure based on Pages. The content can use
releases or prerequisites to monitor student work. |
Course
Chronology |
N/A |
Syllabus |
The syllabus allows you to add information that is
pertinent to your course. The Syllabus is
automatically generated based on Assignments
and Events within a course. It can only be changed
by editing or deleting the Assignments or Events.
All assignments (unpublished and published) are
listed in the syllabus for instructors. |
Document
Preview |
N/A |
Document
Preview |
Instructors have the option to set the preview to
open automatically for students in the course.
Preview will open many file options; .doc,
docx, .ppt, .zip, .pdf, .odt. It can handle large
documents up to 100MB and 999 pages |
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Enrollments |
Users |
People |
With the people function instructors can oversee
the course roster. The People feature also gives
great analytics that is easy to read and use. |
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File Storage |
Content
Collection |
Files
(Canvas
Commons) |
Files can house course files, assignments,
syllabi, readings, or other documents, as well as
profile pictures and user-specific files. Instructors
can lock folders and files so they can only be
viewed by direct links or only unlock on a specific
date. Also, consider using the Canvas Commons
to store files that might be used for multiple
people or departments. |
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Groups |
Groups |
Groups
(Project
Groups) |
Groups can be easily maintained in a single
navigation menu. |
Lecture
Capture |
Panopto |
Panopto |
Panopto is the Lecture capture tool that is
supported by the University for recording, editing,
and distribution of video content. Any recordings
that were used in Blackboard courses will be
available for use in Canvas. |
Real
Time
Collaboration |
Zoom |
Zoom |
Zoom is the primary video tool for real - time
collaboration and synchronus learning. Zoom
recordings can be shared via web link, or
downloaded and stored / distributed in Panopto. |
Media
Recording |
N/A |
Media/
Video
Recorder |
Canvas has an embedded recorder in any of
the text editing areas. The users can record
audio or video for pages, posts, messages
announcements and grading feedback. |
Navigation
Menu |
Course
Menu |
Course
Navigation |
Canvas provides a consistent Menu and
naming convention for all courses. An instructor
can show or hide links for the needs of his or
her course. |
Open
Course |
Make
Available |
Publish
Course |
The Publish Course button is conveniently
located on each course's Home Page; after
students submit assignments, this button
disappears. |
Peer
Assessments |
Self and
Peer
Assessments |
Assignments |
Canvas has an easy-to-use function for
assigning peer reviews which can
automatically match students or allow the
instructor to manually match students. |
Rich
Content
Editor |
Content
Item/
Blank
Page
|
Pages |
Canvas pages are adaptable to many
individual styles using the robust tool
section in the editing panel. Pages also
allow in-course linking and drag and drop
attachments from the sidebar. |
Score
Offline
Work |
Grade
Center |
Assignments |
Assignments can be created that have No
Submission. These work well for in-class
presentations, daily participation points,
or other optional activities used for extra credit. |
Score
Online
Work |
Grade
Assignment |
Speedgrader |
The Canvas SpeedGrader is easy-to-use
and provides tools to comment, highlight,
mark through text, or draw on a paper.
Instructors can also add audio or video
feedback for the student or incorporate
rubrics into Outcomes and Learning Mastery
paths. |
Scoring
Rubric |
Rubrics |
Rubrics |
Canvas Rubrics provides a variety of rating
scales and can pull in Outcomes from the
departments, intuitions or course level outcomes. |
Student
Grade
Book |
My
Grades |
Grades |
Canvas allows the student to use the What-If
feature, which allows students to enter possible
grades for upcoming Assignments and Quizzes
to project his or her potential course grade. |
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Support |
Help |
Help |
On the Navigation menu, "Help" leads users to
support through the Student Helpdesk, Faculty
Helpdesk or the Canvas Guides. |
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Surveys |
Surveys |
Ungraded
or Graded
Surveys
(Quizzes) |
Ungraded or graded surveys (types of "Quizzes")
can be deployed easily within a Canvas course.
Also, instructors have the option of making both
graded and ungraded surveys anonymous. |
Weighted
Categories |
Grade
Center |
Assignments |
Canvas allows instructors to assign weights to
assignment groups within the Assignments
section of their course. |