New Assignment Enhancements for Students
New assignment enhancements are now active for students in Canvas! Don’t worry - these enhancements do not change anything fundamental in how you create or grade assignments; rather, these enhancements are quality-of-life adjustments that will make assignment details obvious and intuitive for students.
Understanding Storage Limits in Canvas
Now that we have been in Canvas for four years now at FSCJ, we are all becoming more comfortable teaching our courses and adding more content within them. As content is being added, however, do you know how much storage remains available in your Canvas course or your personal files? This post will explain what those quotas are and how to best manage your storage in Canvas.
Smishing, Spear Phishing, and Spam - Phone Security Terms You Probably Don’t Know But Should
Imagine this: you get this text from the College President himself, asking for a favor. Of course you’re going to help, right? Wrong.
Canvas Updates: New Icon Maker and Late Labels
Instructure has monthly releases of its big new features, but from time to time there are small updates shared within Canvas Deploys. Canvas deploys, as opposed to Canvas Feature Releases, are released bi-weekly and contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, clarify interface wording, improve performance, and prepare for new features. This month, a few small updates were share-worthy for everyone here at FSCJ.
Texts to Test Your Loyalty and Security!
Imagine this scenario. It’s just a normal busy work day and you receive a text message to your personal cell phone from your supervisor or other administrator asking for assistance with something only you can help with! Or, so it seems. Text scams, also known as smishing, are trending frequently these days and can easily get users to engage in the conversation and potentially participate in the scam they’re attempting.
What New Canvas Features Will You Request?
Did you know you can submit a feature request directly to Canvas’ parent company Instructure? Instructure has a community forum called Idea Conversations where users can request and discuss ideas to make Canvas better. You can access the Idea Conversations page in Canvas by going to the Help option on the left-hand navigation menu, and then clicking Submit a Feature Idea.
Did You Know Canvas Has Hidden Games?
If you have ever navigated to a broken link or experienced an internet connection issue while in Canvas, you may have seen a “Page Not Found” screen like the one on the right. Hidden inside pages like this are games that you can play! All you have to do is hit the spacebar.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Virtual desktops allow students to access classroom software from anywhere there is an internet connection and from almost any device.
Avoid These Common Course Import Mishaps
As we head towards the middle of the Fall term, you may already be thinking ahead to Spring. A new semester will mean new empty course shells that you will need to develop, and no one wants to spend all Winter break troubleshooting issues. That is why we on the EdTech team want to review how to proactively identify and fix some common course import mishaps.
Are You Familiar With the Reset Course Content Button?
In the Course Details of the Course Settings menu, you may have noticed an option called “Reset Course Content.” This is a powerful setting option within your course; in fact, it is so powerful that we on the EdTech team wanted to take a few moments to review its functionality with you.