SXSW-EDU: A recap in Limmerick Form
An owl named Swoop went to Austin town, To see what the school folks at SXSW-Edu had found. The day before, he visited the Botanical Garden, Nine and a half miles walked, his feet didn’t harden, Though, afterwards, to bed he was bound! The Big Walk With twenty-one...
Canvas Corner Volume 17 (Season 2): Canvas Clean-Up Part 3: Announcements
When you import from a previous course in Canvas, that course's announcements arrive with everything else. That’s different from NMC's previous experience with Moodle, and it can catch instructors off guard. If you’ve used weekly announcements or frequent course...
Canvas Corner Volume 16 (Season 2): Canvas Clean-Up Part 2: Files
Last week’s Canvas Corner talked about cleaning up your Canvas courses as it relates to Pages. This week, we’re turning our attention to Files. The Files link contains essentially anything an instructor has uploaded to a course. If your course began as a Moodle...
Canvas Corner Volume 15 (Season 2): Canvas Clean-Up Part 1: Pages
As NMC nears the conclusion of its first year as a Canvas institution, it’s time for us to think long-term about digital course management. Most instructors’ Canvas courses began as Moodle imports and while that jumpstart was beneficial in many ways (hello, quiz...
Canvas Corner Volume 14 (Season 2): Understanding Canvas’s Course Visibility Management
One of the most important things to know about managing your Canvas courses is that your courses do not become inaccessible when a term ends, even though they will disappear from your Dashboard. Even after a semester has concluded, instructors retain access to their...
Canvas Corner Season 2, Volume 12: Piloting Canvas’s Generative Rubric-Creation Tool
This spring, NMC is piloting Canvas's new generative AI rubric creation tool. This tool helps instructors quickly build assessment rubrics directly inside Canvas. Running from January 2026 through approximately June, this pilot is the first Canvas AI feature designed...
Join Ed Tech for Canvas Day Camp, Thursday January 8!
Do you need to cross-list Canvas course sections for spring? Confused about the process for adding Gen Ed outcomes to your course? Have an old Moodle course you need imported into Canvas? Want to learn about secure online testing with Respondus? Wondering about best...
InstructureCon 2024
This summer my colleagues Eric Carlson, Ben Post and I attended InstructureCon 2024 at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Instructure is the company that provides Canvas, NMC's recently adopted Learning Management System that will replace Moodle completely by...
New Online or Hybrid Course Development for Spring of 25
Interested in developing a new online or hybrid course for the Spring of 2025? If so, please submit the Online/Hybrid Course Request Form to begin the process. There are limited spots available. Forms must be submitted by May 1st! After your chair approves the course...
Moodle Minute(s) S2, E20: Displaying Activity Descriptions in Moodle Courses
This week’s tutorial discusses how to add activity descriptions to your Moodle course's main page. Watch to learn all about it… ABOUT THIS SERIES: Moodle/Panopto Minute(s) are short, weekly tutorial videos that explore small-but-helpful Moodle (or Panopto) functions,...