How to: use Conferences in Canvas
Conferences is the tool that allows teachers to conduct real-time virtual lectures with all students in a course. Users can broadcast real-time audio and video, demonstrate applications, share...
View ArticleHow to: Import content into your Canvas course
The Canvas course import tool allows you to import content into your course from a variety of sources. This includes importing content (in part or in whole) directly from another RMIT Canvas course, or...
View ArticleHow to: Create a Discussion in Canvas
Discussions are online forums that allow members of the course to communicate with each other asynchronously. They can be set up as a whole class or a group forum, and they can be graded or ungraded....
View ArticleHow to: Create and Manage Modules in Canvas
Modules is the function in Canvas that allows teachers to structure the content for their course. Modules can be used to organise the content of a course by weeks, topics, lessons, project or any...
View ArticleHow to: use Gradebook in Canvas
Gradebook, accessed via Grades in the course menu, is the Instructors view for all students grades. Instructors can view the whole cohort’s grades, or filter by section. Students view of grades, will...
View ArticleHow to: use Pages in Canvas
Pages are containers of content that are part of a course. Pages can include text, video, images, and links to files and other course or group content. All pages in Canvas are Wiki pages by default...
View ArticleHow to: add weighting to assessment items in Canvas
In Canvas you can use assignment groups to set up percentage weighting for the assessment items in your course, which then tells Canvas how to calculate students’ progress in the course, and...
View ArticleEmbed video in Canvas using Youtube Arc or Google Drive
This screen video explains how to embed video into Canvas, using Youtube, Arc and Google Drive. Its a good idea to embed video in Canvas, rather than upload the videos directly into Canvas. You’ll have...
View ArticleHow to: Apply adaptive release on modules
This blog assumes that you already know what modules are, and how you can set them up in Canvas. If you are not sure, we recommend you to read our blog on How to: Create and Manage Modules in Canvas...
View ArticleHow to: DIY course intro video: using your smartphone
The 14 Elements around the Canvas implementation requires that courses contain an introductory video for students (element #4). This can be a simple thing to create for yourself. Here we show you the...
View ArticleHow to: Get started with Canvas for sessional staff
Recently we travelled to Singapore and Hong Kong to deliver training we’d developed for sessional and support staff teaching RMIT programs. The training comprised a three hour, face-to-face, hands-on...
View ArticleVideo assistance to complete the 14 Elements for Canvas
Project Rewire have recently released a series of short videos that explain how to complete the 14 Elements required for your Canvas course to pass QA and go live for the coming semester. If you missed...
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