• Canvas,  Educational Tools,  Teaching & Learning

    Microsoft Teams and Canvas: Using a Microsoft Team with a Course

    Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve spent the past couple weeks talking about the Microsoft Teams-Canvas integration — setting up the integration and creating meetings as well as the basics for joining and recording Teams Meetings through Canvas. Today we’re going to pivot and look at Microsoft Teams itself and how you can leverage it to use in your course.   Teams allows you to have a secondary space for communication or collaboration in your course. You can create channels and assign members to them, so you could have a channel for your entire class and separate channels with only specific students assigned to them. Student groups could then use those smaller channels for group collaboration work, chatting back and forth…

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    Microsoft Teams and Canvas: Joining and Recording Meetings and Uploading the Recordings to Canvas

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week we talked about how to set up the Microsoft Teams-Canvas integration and create Teams meetings within your Canvas course. Today we’ll be looking at the next step in the process – joining and recording meetings as well as uploading the recordings to your Canvas course.   Joining a meeting  You can quickly and easily join a meeting from Canvas.   Students will receive an email with the meeting details and invite link. They will need to use that link from the email to access the meeting. Recording a meeting  Uploading a recording to your course  Recordings are automatically stored in your OneDrive in a “Recordings” folder that’s…

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    Microsoft Teams and Canvas: Setting up the Integration and Creating Meetings

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week we talked briefly about the Microsoft-Canvas integrations. Today, we’ll be taking a deeper dive into one part of it — the Microsoft Teams integration.   At first glance, it may seem that the Teams integration isn’t anything special. But on closer look, adding Teams to your course opens a new world of possibilities. You can host and record meetings and easily link the recordings back into your Canvas course. And you can take advantage of all the features within Teams itself — creating channels for groups to conduct small group discussions and work.   The first step for using Teams with your course is turning on the integration. This will create a Team within Microsoft…

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    Introducing the Microsoft-Canvas Integrations

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve briefly talked about Microsoft’s partnership with Canvas, especially with the Microsoft Immersive Reader. But the relationship goes deeper than that – both Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams can be integrated with your Canvas course.   The Teams integration, in particular, is an especially exciting prospect. It allows you to host and record meetings and easily link the recordings back into your Canvas course. With Teams, you can also assign channels for groups to allow for small group discussion and work. There are also opportunities for collaboration and communication.   Plus, the integration of the entire Office suite means you can easily link Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents into your course. You and your students have access to…

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    Adding Existing Outcomes to Your Canvas Rubrics

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the previous post Adding Existing Rubrics to Your Canvas Course, we’ve talked about finding an existing rubric and using the rubric in your assignment.   Today, we’re talking about adding existing outcomes to an assignment rubric.   Step 1: Add existing outcomes to your course  Step 2: Add existing outcomes as criteria to an assignment rubric The rubric is now ready for use. Once you add the outcomes to rubrics, you cannot delete the outcomes from your course. If you need to change the outcomes, you must remove them from rubrics first. For more information, check the Canvas resources below:  Edited April 30, 2025 to update Step 2.2 with the…

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    New Quiz Update: Access Build Page Directly from Modules

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanvas 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:   Questions about this change? Reach out to Canvas support at x7905, option 1 or…

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    Adding Existing Rubrics to Your Canvas Course

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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.   The rubric is now ready for use in your assessment!   If you have further questions about this process, please contact Canvas Support by calling x7905 option 1 or by live chatting through the Help menu in Canvas.   Want to never miss a post? Subscribe here!

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    Adjusting to the Unknown – Reminders You’re Not Alone

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWith 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 fit…

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    Canvas Update: Printing New Quizzes

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanvas 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! Want…

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    Summer 2021 FOCUS Roundup

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWelcome 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 Library …