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Group assignment with individual submission

by Sophie An | Nov 20, 2017 | Assignments and quizzes, Canvas tips

In group assignments, regardless of whether grades are assigned to students individually or one mark for all students in the group, only one assignment submission will count for the entire group. To have students submit their assignments individually, do not enable group assignment when setting up the assignment.

Using moderated grading in assignments

by Sophie An | Nov 9, 2017 | Assignments and quizzes, Canvas tips, Canvas updates, Marking and grading

Moderated grading in Canvas allows multiple teaching staff to enter provisional grades and comments for an assignment. We recommend that you read the Canvas Community guides about moderated grading carefully before enabling the feature for an assignment.

Printing Speedgrader annotated submissions

by Sophie An | Nov 7, 2017 | Canvas tips, Canvas updates, Marking and grading

In Speedgrader, annotated submissions can be downloaded as PDF files. These can be printed with the annotations using Adobe Acrobat Pro. Simply open the downloaded files in Adobe Acrobat Pro, and create a comment summary.

Inclusive design for online accessibility

by Sophie An | Nov 6, 2017 | Canvas tips, Canvas updates, Course design and development

Every design decision you make in your Canvas course plays a huge role in creating an inclusive and accessible course for all students. Centre for Learning and Research in Higher Education (CLeaR) has made available an Inclusive Design for Online Accessibility poster. It gives an overview of the basics of designing for accessibility.

What do the icons in the gradebook indicate?

by Sophie An | Oct 27, 2017 | Canvas tips, Canvas updates, Marking and grading, News and events

Depending on how you grade assignments, you will see different icons or colours in the gradebook. These are designed as indicators to assist teachers in grading assignments.

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