The Skills section is our collection of short videos that range from 1-5 minutes long. Use the search option or browse one of the popular ed tech platforms below for quick bite-sized content designed to teach you specific skills and/or features.
Assignments & Grading
To the right are short instructional videos associated with your selected skill. No Certificates can be earned upon completing these videos.
Canvas - Adding a Grading Scheme
To help in the grading/evaluation process in your Canvas course, you will need to add a Grading Scheme (Scale). This video shows you how to create one and then associate it with your course.
Canvas - Announcements and Discussions
In this video we'll explore how teachers can post announcments to keep their students currrent with what is going on. Also, discussions during class are a great tool for going deeper into what the students should know.
Canvas - Grading Student Assignments
This video shows you how a teacher can get into the Canvas gradebook for their course and grade assignments directly, with a rubric, and with Speed Grader. I also show what it looks like from the student view.
Canvas - Adjusting Gradebook Settings
Teachers can control what happens when students submit assignments late and also when posted grades can be displayed or hidden.
Canvas - Adding Question Banks
In this video we'll go over how to create a question bank that makes it easier to offer the same quiz questions to students in different courses.
Canvas - Creating & Managing Badges
In this video we'll cover the badge creation process and how to manage them.
Canvas - Adding Grading Period Details
This video shows how to set dates for grading periods (for admin).
