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...
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 13: Using the Students In Need of Attention Feature
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...
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...
Student Reviews Are In: Canvas is a Hit!
At the conclusion of the fall semester, NMC students were surveyed about their experiences with Canvas as part of the college’s technology use survey. The results were overwhelmingly positive, highlighting strong early adoption of the college’s new learning management...
Canvas Corner Season 2, Volume 11: Organizing Canvas’s Course Navigation Links
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...