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,...
It's hard to believe that only one year ago, NMC was completing its transition from (what was it called?) Moodle to Canvas, and in the inaugural year that followed instructor after instructor impressed colleagues and students with their swift mastery of Canvas course...
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?...
We’ve nearly reached the conclusion of our first full year as a “Canvas Campus,” and I hope your transition from Moodle has been as smooth as possible and you're feeling comfortable with the next term change-over. As you prepare your courses for your next teaching...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...