Last week's Canvas Corner addressed due dates and rubric creation in Canvas Assignments. This week, we'll concentrate on some lesser used assignment features that can add some exciting wrinkles to your Canvas-supported curriculum: group assignments and the built-in...
ED TECH NEWS: SPRING CANVAS COHORT: Our successful Canvas LMS fall pilot has expanded into a much larger spring cohort, growing from 16 to 56 (!) instructors. This cohort will receive extensive support from both Canvas and the NMC Ed Tech team over the next...
Last week's Canvas Corner focused on the basics of creating an assignment in Canvas, including adding an assignment description, types of submissions, setting up an online submission, grade settings, and more. This week, we'll concentrate on setting up assignment due...
We discussed the Canvas Assignments Page last week, touching on how graded activities can be created in multiple places in Canvas and how they appear and can be arranged on the Assignments page. This week, we’ll focus on the process of creating assignments in Canvas....
Supporting Native American students in their academic journey requires a thoughtful, culturally responsive approach that acknowledges their unique backgrounds, challenges, and strengths, states Nathan Bootz, our Native American Student Success Coach. CIE is pleased to...
Did you know that NMC has a site license to Texthelp's literacy/accessibility support tool Read&Write? It is available to everyone - faculty, staff, and students. Look for the purple puzzle piece icon when using Chrome to turn on the tools. You can also download...
Thanks to the DEIB team and EES for organizing the field trip to the Jim Crow Museum on Nov. 1. A dozen faculty joined staff and community members on the bus to Ferris State, which hosts the museum in the basement of its library. The museum was...
The Canvas Assignments page is where the Canvas gradebook is organized. For any activity to count towards the course total, it must be added to the Assignments page. Instructors do not have to create assignments and quizzes directly on the Assignments page, but...
Huge thanks to all the faculty, staff, and community members who shared their time and knowledge at October Conference! Our fabulous presenters have shared their slide decks and other resources in the October Conference shared drive. Conference planners...