Good Morning ESU Canvas Community!
The latest Canvas update – scheduled for June 3rd - includes several new features related to the Rich Content Editor, Grades, Course Announcements, and more.
PRODUCT RELEASE
· June 3rd Detailed Release Notes
DOCUMENT PREVIEW IS CHANGING!
The
third party company known as “Box” is deprecating their Crocodoc
product at the end of the year. You know Crocodoc as the content
previewer in Speedgrader. All the major LMS companies that rely on
Crocodoc have been building alternative products in response. Sometime
between June 14th and June 24th Instructure (Canvas) will release the replacement to Crocodoc. You can read more about the new Document Previewer.
SUMMER UPDATES
Several enhancements have been implemented for the start of summer courses:
· We added Microsoft Office365, OneDrive, OneNote, and Google Drive/Apps
capabilities to all courses. These tools provide easier access to
cloud-based documents and journaling. Students can also collaborate on
cloud documents using these resources.
· Vericite (plagiarism
detection) has been added as a test product until mid-August. You will
find it listed as a checkbox when you create an assignment. If you are
teaching this summer, we strongly encourage you to try Vericite rather
than Turnitin. We are considering moving to Vericite as a replacement to
Turnitin and would welcome your feedback.
· Adobe Connect
will be discontinued on July 1 in favor of Zoom. ESU participated in a
voluntary Zoom pilot sponsored by KanREN (Kansas Research and
Educational Network) about 2 years ago to gauge faculty interest in an
improved statewide webconferencing product. With very little
solicitation, Zoom usage skyrocketed. The adoption rate has been
tremendous with over 320 faculty, staff, student, and GA Host accounts
created in that 2-year period. Zoom is used by KSU, KU, FHSU, JCCC, BCC,
HCC, Tabor, and scores of Kansas municipalities and academic
organizations, to name a few. Hence, IT made the decision to adopt Zoom
as our webconferencing platform.
CANVAS TIPS/TRICKS:
Do
you want to make document annotation in the Speedgrader a little
easier? The ESU Math Department makes extensive use of Wacom graphing
tablets that allow faculty to use a stylus to markup student
submissions. This is particularly useful for quantitative assignments
where the faculty want to see a problem resolved in a series of steps.
These tablets include a screen and writing pen that allows for a more
natural notation process – versus a mouse that can be less dexterous. If
interested, let one of the Instructional Designers know and we can
arrange for a demonstration.
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