High quality feedback has a powerful impact on student learning and experience (Gibbs & Simpson 2004, Hattie & Timperley 2007; Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick 2006). Providing students with meaningful instructor feedback in a timely manner will enable students to act on the information and improve their learning. Such feedback will need…
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Marking and grading assignments are made easier in Canvas with its own marking tool, the Speedgrader. It offers a flexible range of options for marking assignments and giving feedback. For any assignments submitted via the “Online” submission option in Canvas, we recommend that you use the Speedgrader to mark. Here…
Comments closedAssignments in Canvas can be both graded (e.g., submission assignments, graded discussions, graded quizzes, and graded surveys) and ungraded (e.g., practice quizzes, ungraded surveys, and ungraded assignments). A simple online assignment in canvas includes an assignment name, assignment instruction, score points, and a due date. Start by creating assignment groups.…
Comments closedStudents want Canvas courses that are easy to navigate! You can utilise Modules in Canvas to organise your content effectively rather than using files and folders, as you would have done in the past. Modules in Canvas can be compared to a container where you organise your course materials based…
Comments closedThe key to using the Canvas learning management system is to provide your students with a conducive learning environment. It acts as the main interface for students with any course. Course sites designed using good practices are simple for students to navigate and easy for instructors to use and maintain. …
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