Instructions for providing accommodations in Canvas, including extra time on quizzes and assignments.
In Canvas, students and instructors can change the course "nickname" displayed on their dashboard without altering the official course name set by the Registrar. This feature provides a personal naming option while ensuring critical systems like course evaluations and transcripts remain unaffected.
Schedule of when upcoming and prior Canvas courses are available to access.
This article addresses an issue caused by a recent Canvas update that may prevent users from replying to discussion posts. It provides a step-by-step guide to check and update discussion settings to restore full functionality in forums.
Extending Canvas course access for student incompletes
This article provides a step-by-step guide to resolving a whitespace issue in embedded MediaSpace videos within Canvas by removing the width and height attributes from the iframe in the HTML editor. Following these steps will ensure the video displays correctly without excess whitespace at the bottom.
Canvas is a versatile Learning Management System (LMS), designed to streamline course management, enhance communication, and support student engagement through a variety of integrated tools. This article provides an overview of Canvas's key features for new faculty, including content creation, grading, communication, and best practices for optimizing the educational experience.
A new Rich Content Editor (RCE) will replace the existing content editor in Canvas on December 22, 2020.
This article aggregates Mines-specific documentation for common Canvas questions and issues. It adds to the KB a searchable collection of links from the Online Resources at Mines course in Canvas.
This article shares specific steps to setting up and utilizing Gradescope bubble sheet assessments to help faculty and teaching assistants get started, in their Canvas courses.
How to get up and running quickly using Gradescope
This article provides an overview of what Gradescope is and why instructors should use Gradescope. It includes Instructor getting started info as well as additional resource options for getting help.
Steps for teachers to enter grade information into Canvas and send the grades to Banner.
Mines provides all Canvas courses with Hypothesis, a social annotation tool that lets instructors and students collaboratively discuss and comment directly on course readings. Faculty can integrate Hypothesis into assignments or modules, use SpeedGrader for evaluating comments, and support dynamic discussions with links, images, and videos.
Using Canvas to help verify academically related activity for financial aid reporting