Canvas ‘Tips and Tricks’ from ILT’s Learn Do Share 2017

Canvas ‘Tips and Tricks’ from ILT’s Learn Do Share 2017

By: Anton de Bruyn

At ILT’s Learn Do Share 2017, Sally Eberhard shared a number of her most popular Canvas ‘Tips and Tricks’ with attendees.

As part of her session, Sally also invited attendees to share their own tips and tricks. All these valuable ideas, tips, tricks, and reminders have been helpfully consolidated into a Google Form which can be edited so that anyone can add to it.

Reflections on the Business School Canvas Rollout

Reflections on the Business School Canvas Rollout

By: Nabeel Albashiry

Earlier this year, the University of Auckland moved to Canvas, our new Learning Management System (LMS). Compared to the previous, in-house solution (Cecil), we’ve found Canvas offers improved teaching and learning tools and features. These include better learning analytics and more organic integration with web services like Google Docs, Google Drive, Khan Academy, YouTube, Turnitin, and Flickr.

Improving Student Learning on Canvas

Improving Student Learning on Canvas

By: Nabeel Albashiry and Doug Carrie

Recent feedback from Business School students has been that they overwhelmingly support the move from Cecil to Canvas, and really like Canvas’ user-friendly features. The most common request was for more consistency in how Canvas courses are presented across the Business School. In ILT’s final monthly seminar for 2016, we discussed how to address this request.