
COPH EDTECH TOOLS!
August 22, 2019
Canvas Tools in the Spotlight!
Canvas Pages- Sign-up Sheets
Are you looking for an easy way to create a sign-up sheet for your students in Canvas? If so, then Canvas pages are just what you are looking for! When creating pages, you can set page permissions so students can edit the page and create a sign-up sheet or any interactive/collaborative document. Learn more about creating pages and settings at http://bit.ly/2TUIej9
Organize Canvas Dashboard
Is your Canvas dashboard looking a bit cluttered with previous courses and completed compliance training? You can easily remove older/unused courses from the dashboard for easier viewing and access current courses while keeping the old courses as archives. Learn about dashboard customization at http://bit.ly/2qUS5us
New Canvas Gradebook
If you have not noticed yet, the Canvas Gradebook has a new look. If you are feeling a bit lost with all the new features and changes, you can check out the Canvas guides for the new grade book. The guides are step by step tutorial include arranging columns, hiding grades, posting grades, editing grades, curve grades, and many more grade related tutorials to help you. Check out the Canvas Guides to view the 41 new grade book tutorials http://bit.ly/31Y2MKB
Canvas & Turn It In
Are you wondering if your students are turning in unoriginal content, not citing content correctly or reusing another students paper? Luckily Turn It In is a plagiarism detector that is built into your Canvas course space. When creating assignments, select Turn it in as your plagiarism review tool. You can learn more about using Turn it in at UNMC http://bit.ly/30AfpeJ and http://bit.ly/2LWOUti
Canvas & VidGrid
Do you create video lectures, or have students create video assignments? UNMC faculty and students now have access to VidGrid, an integrated recording tool in Canvas. Easily create webcam videos, voice-over powerpoint videos, screencasts, and more. You can learn more about UNMC VidGrid access at http://bit.ly/2Zb6Lq0
Canvas: Course Link Validator
As an instructor, you can validate your courses internal and external links before and anytime during the semester. Canvas will check the external links in your course with the click of a button and return a list of invalid or unresponsive links in the published or unpublished content. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2qHwSRz
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