Canvas in New Mexico

04/07/2022

If you are at the Nmasbo budget conference please swing by our Instructure booth and say hi!

02/15/2022

Time is running out! Receive Canvas FREE through the PED if your district or charter school is not actively using Canvas now as your Learning Management System (LMS) for administrators, teachers, support staff, and students. If you would like to have Canvas ready for the 2022-23 school year please click here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Kwwp6ATzwTW-fNHXeXqQUDbUNN2tgY6i-T6Xb-LWAWQ/edit?usp=sharing
(This announcement is through a partnership between NMPED and Canvas. If you have a colleague in an LEA or charter school who might be interested in using Canvas as their LMS for next school year if they are not already, please send this information. Districts and charter schools using Canvas locally as their LMS can confidently continue using it next school year without interruption. Please email [email protected] with any questions.)

Make Canvas the hub of your learning community. Canvas helps educators, administrators, and support staff to provide a “one stop shop’ for all types of digital content while providing key insights into learning activities, assessments, and feedback. Beyond the web, any user can access Canvas app...

02/15/2022

Looking for help with Canvas? Strategic Consultants Tim Mason and Mark Sluzky are ready to support New Mexico with all things Canvas. Reach out to schedule a 30 minute session now! Bit.ly/nmcanvashelp

12/10/2021

For our final Microsoft post this week, let's take a look at the MS Teams LTI!

Microsoft Teams meetings LTI app helps admins incorporate Teams meetings into their educational institution's LMS course. Educators and students can view past and upcoming meetings, schedule individual or recurring meetings, and join team meetings related to the course, all from within their LMS. Here’s a video to show you how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN10zSo5mxg

For configuration steps, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/teams-meetings-with-canvas?view=o365-worldwide

The Microsoft Teams classes LTI app helps educators and students navigate between their LMS and Teams. Users can access their class teams associated with their course directly from within their LMS. Here’s a video to show you how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDTgOIDrlKc&t=5s

For configuration steps, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/teams-classes-with-canvas?view=o365-worldwide

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12/08/2021

You can create a Collaboration using a new or existing Word, Excel, and/or PowerPoint file. You can select individual users, groups, or both as part of the Collaboration. To learn more, check out this guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-Microsoft-Office-365-collaboration-as-an/ta-p/629

The new Microsoft LTI Integration is super cool! Check out this partner video below from Microsoft to see it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk3vR36qtGs

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12/06/2021

Since last week was about Google integration, this week is all about Microsoft Integration! First, let's start with the basics...

If your Canvas Admin has enabled Microsoft Office 365, you can view all files in your Microsoft Office 365 (OneDrive) folder in Canvas. The OneDrive folder is accessed from the Course Navigation Menu. Check out this guide if needed: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-my-Microsoft-Office-365-files-in-Canvas-as-an/ta-p/1143

Recently, however, the partnership between Microsoft and Canvas and has deepened with the new OneDrive LTI. It allows you to:
- Attach Office 365 files including Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel from the Rich Content Editor.
- Distribute Office 365 cloud assignments.
- View and organize your personal and course Microsoft OneDrive files.
- Access multiple Microsoft OneDrive accounts, including personal and school accounts.
- Integrate Office 365 files with your course modules.
- Use your Microsoft account for single sign-on with your LMS.
- and more!
For configuration steps, see Integrate Microsoft OneDrive LTI with Canvas: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/lti/onedrive-lti?view=o365-worldwide

Create and grade assignments, build and curate course content, and collaborate on files in real time with the new Microsoft OneDrive Learning Tools Interoperability App.

12/03/2021

Google integration also gives you the power of COLLABORATIONS inside of Canvas! Some of the most frequent uses of Collaborations include:
1. Collaborate on notes that everyone can access.
2. Collaborate on bullet-point lists or agendas for upcoming synchronous class or group time or meetings.
3. Create a text-based whiteboard that everyone in the classroom can see and refer to later.
4. Assign student groups a collaborative assignment as a graded assignment (instructor feature).

Here's a quick summary of Collaborations: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-are-Collaborations/ta-p/61
Here's how you can set up a Collaboration: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-a-Google-Docs-collaboration-as-an-instructor/ta-p/634
Here's a great video showing how to Bring Canvas Collaborations and Assignments Together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11kg_6zCAe4

Remember, if you have questions on this topic or any of our topics to reach out to your NM Principal Learning Consultant at [email protected]!

A Canvas Collaboration is usually thought of as a separate event when building Graded Assignments. We’ll show you how to create a Gradable Canvas Collaborati...

12/01/2021

One of the benefits of using the deep Google + Canvas integration is the ability to leverage Google Assignments. This is wonderful for districts/charters currently using Google Suite/Workspace and/or who previously used Google Classroom! To learn more, check out this guide: https://support.google.com/edu/assignments/answer/9381694?hl=en

and this video:
https://youtu.be/cjKwRnG9I3o

Assignments, an application for your learning management system, gives educators a faster, simpler way to distribute, analyze, and grade student work – all w...

11/29/2021

One of our favorite things about Canvas is the deep Google integration that it provides. First, we recommend connecting your Google Drive with Canvas. The way that you do this varies depending on the feature settings available in your specific Canvas instance.

If you have a Google Drive link in your course navigation menu (see image), you can authenticate and view files as described here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-my-Google-Drive-files-in-Canvas-as-an-instructor/ta-p/1145

If you don't have a Google Drive link in your course nav, you can set up as a web service inside of your Canvas instance (see image). Follow these directions to do so: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-connect-to-Google-Drive-as-a-web-service-in-Canvas-as/ta-p/736

Check back for future posts to see what all this allows you to do!

11/22/2021

Based on feedback from everyone in the Instructure Community and as of 11/20, Canvas now displays the word count of a text entry assignment submission for instructors (only).

To see it in action, check out this video: https://vimeo.com/646287157

(Remember, you have the power to “Submit a Feature Idea” any time by clicking on the Help Menu in your Canvas instance!)

11/17/2021

Ensure equity and improve your instruction inside of Canvas by always addressing the “Fundamental Five.” To learn more and reflect on your course design and practice, visit: https://www.instructure.com/canvas/resources/all/access-and-equity-to-the-power-of-canvas

(There’s a recording at the bottom to watch the full discussion and then also access the slide deck.)

11/15/2021

Did you know that you can hide student names and remove potential bias inside of Canvas? To learn more, check out this on how to do on an assignment basis: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-hide-student-names-in-SpeedGrader/ta-p/768

Here's how to enable anonymous grading at the course level: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-an-assignment-that-includes-anonymous-grading/ta-p/769

If you want to grade assignments without viewing student submission details, you can hide student names in SpeedGrader for anonymous grading. This option can be enabled on a per-user basis. When a grader accesses a SpeedGrader link, the first student displayed in the student list is always randomly....