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  1. Canvas Files Preperation

    Preparing for working on your Canvas site (recommended).  This process greatly simplifies your file management on Canvas, especially if you have many documents. To upload individual files to Canvas, skip to step 4. On your Computer Step 1....
  2. Calculate Final Grades

    Organize assignments and set assignment weights for final grade calculations. This option assigns a weight to each assignment group, not the assignments themselves.  Important - you must enter in "0 points" for any missing student submission in ...
  3. Course Emailer

    The Course Emailer can be used to send email to an entire class or a class section using your default email client (like Outlook) instead of the built-in messaging system in Canvas.  The Course Emailer also displays the individual email addresses ...
  4. Feedback Fruits at DCE

    We've curated tools from the Feedback Fruits suite to help create engaging and meaningful learning experiences with less work for you, from the setup to the grading.  Once an activity is setup, you can be high or low touch as you want. Feedback F...
  5. Feedback Fruits: Configuration

    Easily integrate Feedback Fruits into your a Canvas assignment.  Once integrated you can also take advantage of Feedback Fruit's grade pass back to the Canvas grade book. Step 1. Create a Canvas Assignment.  Step 2. Name the assignment...
  6. Feedback Fruits Guides

    Peer Review Group Member Evaluations Comprehension Interactive Video Editing a Feedback Fruits Assignment Configurable Grading - Add On Preview Assignment as Student Download Student Analytics Create Templates from ...
  7. Using Polls for Student Engagement

    Types of polls that can be used for synchronous and asynchronous students. Suggestions for question types to gather different types of student feedback, such as feedback and assessment,
  8. Canvas Layouts

    For a new course site layout, choose one of the three below for your course site. Fill out a Canvas course site request and the layout you select will be applied to your course site. Remember: the three layouts just provide a basic foundation t...
  9. Canvas Inbox

    Easily, privately and securely correspond with your students with Canvas Inbox. * Note: You and your students should make sure  Canvas notification preferences  are set properly to receive a copy of the email to your personal email addresses.  ...
  10. View a Course as a Test Student Using Student View

    Student View lets you experience your course the way that your students do.  You will see only what you, as the instructor, allow your students to see. Notes: Each Canvas course has a separate Test Student account. Whenever you move to a ne...