Attendance matters. Researchers continue to draw positive connections between learners’ regular attendance and participation and their academic performance. However, during the first two years of college, as undergraduate learners learn to juggle their academic and extracurricular obligations, time management and prioritization of tasks can become challenging. The benefits of regular attendance may not be obvious…
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Canvas Updates Fall 2024
Canvas has a few features that have gotten updates and additions over the past few months. As you head into Fall, it might be helpful to acquaint yourself with some of these updates/changes. The two most notable changes are the Discussions Redesign and the “Assign to” feature. Discussions/Announcements Redesign We published a blog post about…
Announcing the 2023-24 Canvy Awards
Creating a great Canvas course site requires care and creativity, so the Learning Design & Innovation team wanted to recognize the efforts of the faculty members who design great Canvas sites! This Spring, we relaunched Dartmouth’s Canvy Awards for the first time since COVID. The Canvy Awards is a program designed to elevate the student…
Discussion Update for Canvas
Canvas has been busy building an updated and redesigned discussion tool. This new tool is available for preview now in your Canvas course. The new discussion tool provides users with flexible viewing options; a mobile-friendly and responsive design; @mentions for course members and anonymous discussions and new filtering and search options. In addition, Canvas redesigned…