37 April 2021
Speed grader – grade by question
Change up the order of items in your Canvas speed grader by using the grade by question, the sort by name, the sort by submission date, and the make students anonymous features. Each has its advantages, so try some of the features out to see what works well for grading assignments in your course!
https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-sort-the-student-list-in-SpeedGrader/ta-p/773
merging sections
By default, Canvas creates a course shell each semester for each section and cross-listing of your classes. If your sections and/or cross-listings all receive the same content, ITS can help you merge sections and cross-listings into a single course shell to make your course management easier.
To get ITS help on doing this, fill out the Canvas Support Request Form.
vidgrid- closed captioning in other languages
It’s possible to include additional languages for your closed captioning in VidGrid so that English isn’t the only option.
This 4-step guide will show you how this can be done.
https://uofnebraska-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/leona_barratt_nebraska_edu/EdWcxgMr-qRHlo0I7IW3NLQB8V4mhSnOw1f8DayLFavXKw?e=7Hu6ns&wdLOR=c5514831F-F2BA-B74A-8621-07AD73B152FB
Sharing Canvas content with others
Canvas allows you to directly share content with others with just a few simple clicks.
If you’d like to share a quiz, page, or assignment with another instructor, just follow these steps in this short video.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__use.vg_THOslr&d=DwIGaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=CA6aZlX5LOY3jsEJVlouTQ_lRd4EJkVrEzPcLHQ99kw&m=-B26jC2uWy8No36eM42Jm8bOG5SgleCWGmu-E9Wwr2Y&s=CkN1CJvfLNchzvN4NyFu6MRG3PXic8fsprfuCGbbe80&e=
Additional instructions are available from Canvas.
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.canvaslms.com_t5_Instructor-2DGuide_How-2Ddo-2DI-2Dmanage-2Dcontent-2Dshared-2Dto-2Dme-2Dfrom-2Dother-2Dusers_ta-2Dp_913&d=DwIGaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=CA6aZlX5LOY3jsEJVlouTQ_lRd4EJkVrEzPcLHQ99kw&m=-B26jC2uWy8No36eM42Jm8bOG5SgleCWGmu-E9Wwr2Y&s=nlQguk8yMBZDLemMVpotW1iyuzMBSgV1tZIQl9YAA04&e=
vidgrid Screen capture basics
VidGrid allows you to easily make narrated video of anything on your computer screen. This service is free for all faculty and students. Take a look at our self-paced resources to learn more.
https://go.unl.edu/learnvidgrid
canvas moderate quiz
Quickly and easily extend time on quizzes in Canvas for students with accommodations using the “moderate this quiz” feature. The tool is easy and quick to use and makes the task of extending time on Canvas quizzes/exams a breeze! Read more about functions of Canvas’ moderate this quiz function — https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/Once-I-publish-a-quiz-how-do-I-use-the-Moderate-Quiz-page/ta-p/761
If you have a great IT Tip that you would like us to share in a future week, please email canvas@unl.edu to tell us about it! Tips can be related to any technology on campus that you use in your work. Make sure to include “IT Tips Suggestion” in the subject line.
Send zoom recordings directly to onedrive
Did you know that you can send your Zoom recordings directly to a specified folder in your OneDrive account?
This is a great way to manage your Zoom recordings. You can simply send out a link from your personal OneDrive account.
Following is a short video showing how to set this up.
https://use.vg/uAsx2f
Message students who…
You can use the “message students who” feature in the Canvas gradebook to congratulate students who are doing well in your course and to contact students who have concerning grades in their gradebook with encouragement and pathways to support.
Read more about the message students who feature — https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-send-a-message-to-students-from-the-Gradebook/ta-p/741
Keynotes for this year’s Nebraska Canvas Users Event is official
Come join the group for our Nebraska Canvas Users Event coming this summer.
Take a peek at who we were lucky enough to be part of this great event!
https://go.unl.edu/canvaskeynote
Student to-do list
Are students overlooking content on some of your Canvas pages? You can try adding pages in Canvas to their to-do list and calendar by editing the page, checking the box for “Add to student to-do” at the bottom of the page, and saving the changes to the page.
sign-up for IT-TIPS
https://go.unl.edu/it-tips-signup
