Specifications Grading: A Powerful Way to Reflect What Students Learn
Linda Nilson argues that our current grading system is fundamentally broken—it fails to reflect what students actually learn, burdens faculty with time-consuming and subjective decisions, and fuels stress and grade disputes. In Specifications Grading (2014), she...
Maximize the Accessibility of Your Canvas Course Site: A Step-by-Step Guide
Making your Canvas course site accessible may seem like a formidable task, but it doesn’t have to be. In this post, we lay out the steps you can take as you’re building your course site to maximize the accessibility of your digital materials. By following these steps,...
Share Panopto Videos Through Canvas Modules: A How-To Guide
You may already know that Canvas Modules are a handy, economical way to organize the content of your Canvas course – but did you know that you can share Panopto videos through Modules without worrying about the videos’ permissions? In this post, we’ll lay out how to...
Create Accessible Equations and Formulas with LaTeX, Canvas, and Overleaf
The typesetting system LaTeX (pronounced “lah-tech”) is widely used in academia, especially (though not exclusively) in STEM fields, to represent content in an organized and visually appealing fashion. One of LaTeX’s great strengths is its ability to format...Subscribe by Email
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