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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Prayer: A Great Place to Start
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt 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 though…
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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 …
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Introducing Servant Teaching
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast 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, though…
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Introducing CTL’s New Project Coordinator: Ryan Liming
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy name is Ryan Liming, and I’m a new member of the Center for Teaching and Learning team. In my role as the Project Coordinator, I assist our team in starting, maintaining, and finishing projects. I am also here to support our faculty and staff in any way that I am able. Our students need a Christ-centered education, and you as faculty are on the front lines of that battle. While you continue to serve students through educating them in a particular area of study, discipling them as followers of Christ, and assisting in their development of a Biblical worldview, allow us at the CTL to serve you. Please reach out to us…