Precious Panda Pointers
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Participants will oooh and awe as many precious pointers will be demonstrated in a Canvas course. Discover tools and settings that have been in Canvas all along but perhaps you didn’t have the force to find them. These pointers will help you make your course more useable, accessible, agreeable, and adorable. This session is for all levels of Canvas users: from the Padawan Panda up to the Master Panda.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to improve the efficiency of how they use Canvas such as… 1. Use Canvas tools to check for Accessibility and valid links. 2. Restore items that were deleted or see old versions of a page or grades. 3. Access course and discussion settings. 4. Easily determine a student’s last date of activity
Presentation Resources
Course Analytics
Quick way to see a student's last date of attendance (last date a student submitted graded work).
How do I view Course Analytics? Links to an external site.
How do I view analytics for a student in a course? Links to an external site.
Link validator
Get a list of invalid or unresponsive links in a course. Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I validate links in a course? Links to an external site.
Undelete
Restore deleted assignments, discussions, files, images, and pages, and quizzes. Undelete blog post in the Canvas Community Links to an external site.. Note: This tool is not officially supported by Instructure.
Page History
See date, time, and author of any changes to a page. Restore a previous version. Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I view the history of a page in a course? Links to an external site.
Gradebook History
See date, time, assignment, and user who changed a grade in the gradebook. Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I view the history of all grading changes in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
Accessibility Check
Checks common accessibility errors within the Rich Content Editor. There are some limitations. Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor? Links to an external site.
Course Details - More Options
Course Settings > Course Details tab > View More Options. Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I set details for a course? Links to an external site.
- Set the number of announcements that are displayed at the top of the Course Home Page. Also see the Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page? Links to an external site.
- Allow or don’t allow students to create a new course discussion. Also see the Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I allow students to create a course discussion? Links to an external site.
- Let students edit or delete their own discussion posts. Also see the Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I allow students to edit and delete their own discussion posts in a course? Links to an external site.
- Disable Comments on Announcements. Also see the Canvas Instructor Guide: Canvas Instructor Guide: How do I disable announcement replies for an entire course? Links to an external site.
Speed Grader
Canvas Instructor Guide: SpeedGrader topics Links to an external site.
Other Resources
Byte-Sized Canvas Links to an external site. - video series hosted by Helen Graves, Instructional Designer for @ONE Online Network of Educators Links to an external site..
Canvas Community Discussion - What are the best hidden gems in Canvas that you didn't think you could do originally? Links to an external site.
Sylvia Amito’elau
Instructional Technology Designer
Coastline College
BIO: Sylvia Amito’elau is an instructional designer at Coastline College. She is a Canvas admin and trainer. Since 2002 she has been supporting faculty in the design, development, and delivery of online learning. She has been teaching CTE courses since 1996 in all modalities (f2f, hybrid, and online). She is a Lead Course Reviewer for the OEI.