Canvas Corner Volume 7 (Season 3): Getting Ready for Canvas New Quizzes (Part I)
For those of you still using Canvas Classic Quizzes, it's time to start thinking about eventually moving to New Quizzes, as Canvas has finally stated that the sunsetting of Classic Quizzes is coming sometime in the next year or two (Canvas maintains they will provide...
Canvas Corner Volume 6 (Season 3): Course Back-Up Reminders on the Dashboard Page
You may have noticed a new exclamation mark icon appearing on your Canvas dashboard for some or all of your courses. This is Canvas reminding you that you haven't backed up your course. If you click the icon, you'll see two options: download a backup of the entire...
Canvas Corner Volume 5 (Season 3): Using the Canvas Translation Feature
Canvas includes translation tools that can make it easier to communicate with students who speak English as a second language. There are a couple of ways you might use this feature. The first is through the Canvas Inbox, where instructors can include a translated...
Canvas Corner Volume 3 (Season 3): Save Time with Canvas Discussion Summaries
Canvas IgniteAI Discussion Summaries can help instructors quickly get an overview of what students are discussing without having to read every contribution before identifying the major themes. When enabled, the Discussion Summary feature appears (only to instructors)...
Canvas Corner Volume 2 (Season 3): The New Canvas Student Dashboard View
When helping students navigate Canvas, please be aware that the student dashboard view may look very different from your own. Canvas offers students a customizable dashboard experience that allows them to arrange, add, and remove various dashboard widgets according to...
Canvas Corner Volume 1 (Season 3): Finding Canvas Update Notifications
Canvas is constantly changing in small, and sometimes large, ways. While many of these updates are minor, or only affect students or admins, it can be tricky to figure out which tweaks will actually impact your day-to-day teaching. While the Ed Tech department will...
Canvas Day Camp is Coming! Thursday, August 20 from 9-4 (and on Zoom)
Do you need help getting ready for the start of fall semester? Want assistance importing course content in Canvas? Do you need to get courses cross-listed, dates adjusted, assignments prepared, gradebooks readied, or anything else? Do you have questions about Canvas,...
Ed Tech in Louisville for InstructureCon 2026
During the week of July 20, NMC Ed Tech colleagues Eric Carlson and Ben Post made their way to the home of Churchill Downs, Louisville Slugger, Muhammad Ali, and everyone's favorite 1970s accessory—the disco ball!—for InstructureCon 2026. Where is that, you might ask?...
Canvas Corner Volume 19 (Season 2): Three Tips for Preparing Your Next Canvas Course
Hopefully, Canvas treated you well this year, or at least didn’t make your life harder! As you start thinking about your next semester teaching from a Canvas course shell, this is a great time to make a few small tweaks that can save you a lot of time later on. Here...
Canvas Corner Volume 18 (Season 2): Using the New Canvas Accessibility Checker
We've all heard about the new accessibility requirements for educational content that became law in April 2026, but you may not be aware of the work Canvas has been doing behind the scenes to assist educators in meeting the new standards. One big example is Canvas's...