• Canvas

    New Quiz Update: Access Build Page Directly from Modules

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Canvas is updating their New Quizzes to make it simpler to add or edit questions from the Modules page. Previously, you’d need to open the quiz, scroll past the quiz settings, then click “Build” to access the page for adding or editing questions.   But Canvas will allow you to bypass that settings page when you access a New Quiz from a module. Now, when you click the three dots to expand the menu, you’ll see an option for “Build” just below “Edit.” Click “Build” to jump straight to the Build page!   Two quick notes:   This feature will be available starting September 29, 2021. This change only applies…

  • Teaching & Learning

    Prayer: A Great Place to Start

    Reading Time: 2 minutes It feels like fall today. In Cedarville and much of the surrounding area, it is raining and there is a dull grey blue glow in the sky. Some may think it’s a perfect day for a hot bowl of soup or a hot beverage infused with pumpkin spice. For others it may provide a more somber or bleak outlook because of difficult circumstances in which they find themselves. For teachers this may represent the start of the year with the disruptive effects of COVID-19. COVID-19 disrupted the start of the school year making normal teacher/student relationships more of a challenge—especially for new students and faculty. Even…

  • Canvas

    Adding Existing Rubrics to Your Canvas Course

    Reading Time: < 1 minute In previous posts, we’ve briefly talked about creating rubrics to use in your course. Canvas has great resources for how to accomplish that in their “How do I add a rubric to a graded discussion?” and “How do I add a rubric to an assignment?” walkthroughs.   Today, however, we’re tackling a subset of that topic – adding existing rubrics to an assignment or discussion.   Open the “create rubric” form. For assignments, this is located under the assignment description; and for discussions, it’s in the “three dots” menu in the discussion header.   Click the “Find a Rubric” link in the top right of the rubric form. This will pull…