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 an enrollment has concluded, instructors retain access to...
Canvas includes a helpful "Students in Need of Attention" feature within Course Analytics that allows instructors to quickly identify and reach out to students who may be struggling or disengaged. Accessible from the Course Navigation menu, this tool provides a...
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...
One of the most important parts of Canvas course design is being thoughtful about which course navigation links you enable for students. While Canvas provides many tools, not all of them need to be available to students. Each additional link creates another decision...
Starting in January, the Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor services will be available to instructors within Canvas. Respondus is a widely used test-security tool that is trusted by more than 2,000 educational institutions worldwide and it’s now available in every...
The Canvas Grades page serves very different purposes for instructors and students (of course). Instructors need the ability to create assignments, organize and weight categories, and assess work with meaningful feedback. Students, on the other hand, need a...
Creating assignments in Canvas is straightforward, but even within its simplified workflow, there are some “easy to miss” features that instructors may find useful. Today, we’re highlighting the “Grade Display” setting called “Complete/Incomplete.” When you select...
Have you ever looked at the Canvas Grades page from a student’s perspective? It’s quite different from what instructors see, which makes sense. Instructors need to assess and enter grades, while students need to view their feedback, scores, and course totals. When...
The best way to think of Canvas’s Inbox feature is that it’s Canvas’s version of email. From the Inbox section, you can see messages sent to you by students, message whole courses or individual students, and reply to student inquiries. Because it is tied to your...