Tips & Tricks
Looking to enhance your course design and delivery? Discover a curated collection of tips and tricks from the Learning Technologies Team designed to help you make the most of Canvas and create more impactful learning experiences.
Canvas Tips
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Grade Center Messaging | Did you know that you can message students directly from the Canvas grade book? From the gradebook, you can message students who haven't completed an assignment, haven't ahd an assignment graded yet, or have a score within a certain threshold on an assignment. This is just another way to communicate with your learners. |
| Grade Center Filters | Learn how you can filter information within the Canvas gradebook to help you quickly find the information that you need. |
| Grade Center Filters | Want to add more personality to your course? You can add a custom course tile for you and your students to see right on the Canvas dashboard. |
| Adding Sequential Ordering to Your Canvas Modules | Are you tired of your students jumping immediately to your quizzes and assignments in Canvas without first looking at all the instructional material you put into your modules? Well, you’re in luck; you can add specific ordering requirements to your Canvas modules and this video will show you how! |
| Building Powerful Canvas Home Pages | Want to take your Canvas course to the next level? Consider adding a powerful Canvas homepage to help make navigation and access to your course easier for your students. Not sure how to build a homepage? Follow me and I’ll walk you through the steps! |
| Getting to Know Canvas Groups | Wanting to assign more group work in Canvas but not sure how? This video will get you started with Canvas groups, so you can begin assigning group work to your students on Canvas. |
| Enabling ECU First Day Digital Textbooks | Make sure your students have access to your digital course materials by enabling this feature within your Canvas course(s). This video will show you how to enable digital course materials through the ECU First Day Textbook program within your course(s). |
| Canvas' Rich Content Editor | Want to enhance your course to make it more appealing for students? Take some time to explore Canvas's rich content editor (RCE). This video will introduce you to some of the features of the RCE. |