The new Canvas release for December has just been rolled out across the University, this will bring a few helpful changes to Canvas that will enhance your day to day experience. Two of the biggest changes are the ability to…
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What’s New in Canvas? (December 2018)
Tagged with: Canvas, Card View, Dashboard, Media Recorder, Video, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
Canvas Know-How: Using the Accessibility Checker
When developing your teaching materials in Canvas, it is important to consider online standards of accessibility to ensure that your content is inclusive of as many individual students as possible. This is important to ensure that equal access and opportunity…
Canvas Know-how 5: Customising your home page
In your Canvas modules it is possible to choose which view you would like to set as the home page. There are a number of different options to choose from, depending on how you would like to present your content…
Tagged with: Canvas, home page, homepage, module design, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Posted in Canvas
Posted in Canvas
Canvas news: 18/19 modules now available to teaching staff
We are pleased to announce that new module sites for the 2018-19 academic year are now available within Canvas for all staff registered as a module convenor, assessment convenor or tutor for modules that exist on the University’s database. These…
Canvas Know-how 4: Creating a Glossary in Canvas
Whilst Canvas provides a variety of new opportunities that weren’t available in Study Direct, there are a couple of resource types that don’t have a direct Canvas equivalent. One of these is the Glossary tool, which has been used in…
Canvas highlights 8: Embedded Reading Lists
[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology] As part of the ongoing work to integrate core University resources with Canvas, we’re really delighted that the…
Tagged with: Aspire, Canvas, Library, Reading Lists, Talis, Talis Aspire, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
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Posted in Canvas, Images and Copyright
Canvas Know-how 3: Managing the Module Menu
[note: this post has been updated to reflect a terminology change on the Sussex Canvas VLE, to align it to Sussex terminology] One of the most significant differences between the structures of Study Direct and Canvas is an increased range…
Canvas highlights 7: Discussions
Discussion boards are a common feature of VLEs, supporting the collaborative exploration of ideas and understanding that plays a central role on the development of knowledge. Canvas Discussions offer a rich set of options and a clean, highly usable interface.…
Tagged with: Canvas, Collaboration, discussion, interaction, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), VLE
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Posted in Canvas
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