Reading Time: 2 minutes With the adjustments and on-the-fly tweaks that have needed to be made over the past week, there’s no doubt that things are a bit hectic at the moment. And in times of great change, stress, and uncertainty, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Because of that, we’re not going to do any kind of deep dive into Canvas features or look ahead to shiny new tools on the horizon. We’re going to stand alongside you and remind you of the resources and groups here to help and support. Flexible Learning at CU Course The Flexible Learning at CU course covers a lot of the basics for tweaking your course to…
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Canvas Update: Printing New Quizzes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canvas has continued expanding the available features for New Quizzes. With their latest update, you can now print off a quiz, either with or without the answers marked. Before we jump into the “how,” we’re going to spend a few moments talking about some essential details. And now for the “how.” Canvas has made it simple to access and select settings. For more details, check out “How do I print a quiz in New Quizzes?” If you have any questions, suggestions for topics to be covered, or experiences you’d like to share, leave a comment below or email us at ctl@cedarville.edu. We’d love to hear from you!…
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Summer 2021 FOCUS Roundup
Reading Time: 2 minutes Welcome back for another semester! We know that summer is a busy time, and there’s great opportunities to take a step back and take a break. Because of that, we’re going to highlight some of the blog posts we wrote across the summer to get you back up to speed with what’s changed or been updated. Reassigning Canvas Assignments Canvas has added an easier way for you to ask your students to resubmit their work. There’s a “reassign assignment” button in SpeedGrader that you can click, and the assignment will be sent back to the student with your instructions for reworking it. For details, check out “Canvas Reassign Assignment: An Easy Way to Ask Students to Resubmit Work.” SpeedGrader Comment…
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Introducing Servant Teaching
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last year, we talked about Servant Teaching through a series of blogs posts, and we’re revisiting that concept today. For a bit of context: Servant Teaching’s more popular cousin Servant Leadership was first developed by Robert Greenleaf. In it, Greenleaf established ten characteristics of being a servant leader: Servant Leadership is a mainstay of most Christian organizations, including Cedarville University, as a way of modeling Philippians 2:3-8: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who,…