Canvas Updates and Enhancements - June 27

Canvas provides us with a detailed screencast for every update, however, we have highlighted information below that we believe faculty may find most beneficial. Here's what you can expect this weekend!

*NEW* Excused Assignments

To excuse an assignment for a student, enter the value of EX in the corresponding Gradebook cell. The Gradebook will reflect that the assignment is excused for the student. Excused assignments are not included in the calculation for a student’s total grade.

Students can also be excused from a Group Assignment; the other members of the group will still be able to view and submit the assignment.

iOS Updates

A Calendar for assignments has been introduced, while both Messages and Quizzes have been updated and improved.

If you have any specific question we would be happy to speak with you directly, please call 413-565-6880 or email us at online@baypath.edu 

Permalinks: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-3995 (Web), https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-3996 (iOS)

Canvas Updates - June 6

Canvas provides us with a detailed screencast for every update, however, we have highlighted the information below that we believe faculty may find most beneficial.

Differentiated Assignments by Individual:

When creating or editing an assignment, instructors can specify whether the assignment should be for everyone in the course or for individual students. Only the student(s) specified in the assignment details can view the assignment. Varied due date functionality remains available for each assignment.

• This feature will be live on July 18.
• When enabled, this feature is available for all assignments: Assignments, Quizzes, and Graded Discussions. 

Student Submission Exports:

On their User Profile page, students can download all of their assignment submissions from Canvas. Submission downloads are for both current and past courses and only include files that were submitted to fulfill an assignment; they do not include any submissions modified by instructors, such as annotated submissions.

• The download also includes submissions for group assignments, even if the submission was made by another student in the group. 
• When the export has finished generating, submissions are downloaded as a ZIP file. 

Permalink: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-3803