Canvas

New Rich Content Editor in Canvas

December 23, 2020 at 2:45 pm

Enabled December 23, 2020, the New Rich Content Editor in Canvas replaces the existing Rich Content Editor and includes toolbar updates, new media options, and an auto-saving feature.

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Posted in Canvas News

LockDown Browser Instructor Guide

December 16, 2020 at 12:24 pm

Find UBC instructions and tips for using LockDown Browser, a web browser that controls what students can do during an assessment in Canvas. When students use LockDown Browser for an assessment, they will not be able to print or copy questions, visit other websites, access other applications, or close the assessment until it is submitted. Assessments created for use with LockDown Browser cannot be taken with standard browsers. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas, LockDown Browser

LockDown Browser Student Guide

December 16, 2020 at 12:24 pm

Find UBC instructions and tips for using LockDown Browser, a web browser that controls what you can do during an assessment in Canvas. When your instructor has you use LockDown Browser for an assessment, you will not be able to print or copy questions, visit other websites, access other applications, or close the assessment until it is submitted. Assessments created for use with LockDown Browser cannot be taken with standard browsers. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas, LockDown Browser

Kaltura Instructor Guide

November 24, 2020 at 10:51 am

Find UBC instructions and tips for using Kaltura, a media platform where you and your students can create and share media content in Canvas. Kaltura lets you record, upload, publish, search, and embed media directly in one or multiple Canvas courses. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas, Kaltura

New Quizzes in Canvas now fixed

November 18, 2020 at 10:30 am

Canvas has resolved issues that were impacting grades with New Quizzes, and New Quizzes can be used again without problems.

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Posted in Canvas News

Canvas Student Guide

October 2, 2020 at 7:23 pm

Find student instructions and tips for using Canvas, which provides a secure online classroom for each of your courses at UBC. Your instructors may use Canvas to communicate, share course materials, and assign course work to you and your classmates. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas

Canvas Instructor Guide

October 2, 2020 at 6:59 pm

Find UBC instructions and tips for Canvas, UBC’s primary learning platform for delivering online course content. In Canvas, you can share materials (e.g., text or multimedia), enable student collaboration, manage assignments and assessments, and assign grades. Canvas can also be used with many other UBC learning technologies. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas

Zoom cloud recording and Canvas integration available

August 23, 2020 at 9:00 am

UBC Zoom data has moved to Canadian data hosting, allowing us to enable cloud recording for Zoom sessions and to integrate Zoom and Canvas.

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Posted in Canvas News, Zoom News

Group Work

August 21, 2020 at 11:45 pm

Find tools to support students when working in groups online at UBC. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, UBC Wiki, Zoom

Assignments & Quizzes

August 21, 2020 at 11:02 pm

Find tools to facilitate assignments and formative quizzes at UBC. Read more »

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Posted in Canvas, GitHub, JupyterHub, Kaltura, PeerWise, Respondus Quiz, Turnitin, Webwork

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