Updated Articles

  1. Adding Extra Time to A Running Exam

    If you choose to add time to a student's exam due to a disruption, you can use the Canvas "Moderating This Quiz" feature to give extra time for timed exams. IMPORTANT NOTES : You can only extend the time while the student is still taking the ...
  2. Customizing the Default Exam

    Once the exam shell has been added to your course site, follow the steps below to upload your exam. Note :  Please DO NOT change any of the Proctorio settings.   If you would like to change the settings, please contact us to set up an appoin...
  3. Setting Up a File Upload Exam

    You can create a question for students that requires a file upload.  This question type requires manual grading and accepts one file per question. Note : file upload quiz questions cannot be tested from the Preview screen Step 1. ...
  4. Online Exams - Overview

    Use Canvas Quizzes for all assessments Learning assessments, both graded and ungraded, in the form of high stakes exams, low stake quizzes, practice tests and course level surveys can be administered right in your Canvas course site using the Can...
  5. Teaching Non-Traditional Adult Learners Online: Strategies for Explicit & Learner-Centered Instruction

    Overall Purpose of Strategies:  Be responsive to the non-traditional adult learners in your online course Empower and motivate learners by leveraging their expertise & experiences  Be explicit about what learners will gain from your course &...
  6. Canvas Essentials

    Communication Use Canvas Announcements to get class-wide information in front of your students in a myriad of ways. Announcements will appear on your course site, and in the student dashboard, notify students via their personal emails an...
  7. 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 i...
  8. Copy Content from another Canvas Site

    We strongly encourage you to submit a Canvas course site request to have a  prior term's Canvas course site  materials copied for you by Instructional Technology. If you elect to copy over the course site materials on your own, please re...
  9. Linking HOLLIS resources to Canvas

    Leverage the Harvard Library resources for your students and respect copyright policy. Link to individual Harvard-licensed resources in Canvas modules, pages, assignments and discussions . It is the safest and best route because Harvard has alread...
  10. Unpublished and Published Statuses

    As an instructor, you have the ability to release content to your students at your pace. Unpublished Gray icons indicate unpublished content. Unpublished content exists in a “draft state” and is invisible to students. Published Green...