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...
Join Ed Tech for Canvas Day Camp, Thursday January 8!
Do you need to cross-list Canvas course sections for spring? Confused about the process for adding Gen Ed outcomes to your course? Have an old Moodle course you need imported into Canvas? Want to learn about secure online testing with Respondus? Wondering about best...
Canvas Corner Season 2, Volume 10: Introducing Respondus Test Monitoring for Canvas
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...
Canvas Corner Volume 9 (Season 2): How Instructors and Students View the Canvas Gradebook
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...
Canvas Corner Volume 8 (Season 2): Creating Complete/Incomplete Assignments
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...