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Canvas Academic & Community Instances
Wondering what the difference is between the Academic instance of Canvas and the Community instance? This How-To will walk you through using either instance of Canvas at the University of Oregon.
Canvas Dashboard: Adding and Removing Favorite Courses
The Canvas Dashboard can display your favorite courses. If you can't view your courses on your Canvas Dashboard, you may need to favorite the course in your Courses list. If you are seeing old courses on your Dashboard, you’ll need to unfavorite them.
Using Respondus
Respondus is a third party tool used to convert a Word document into a quiz or test bank in Canvas. This software works on PCs only and is available to all UO faculty and GEs.
Submitting a Panopto Video Assignment
Panopto is used for assignments requiring a video or audio podcast submission. Assignments includes both Canvas Assignments and Canvas Discussions. This document describes how to submit an assignment using Canvas and Panopto. For tips on recording with Panopto, please see the page Recording a…
Panopto Basics for Students
In most courses Panopto videos are used to provide required or supplemental course content. There are some courses that require a video or podcast be submitted for an assignment. The information below supports students’ use of Panopto, including troubleshooting video access issues, recording videos…
Creating Voiceover PowerPoint Videos using Panopto
Creating a voiceover PowerPoint video using Panopto works well. As with any recording, try a recording with a couple slides to make sure the audio and video are working as you expect.
SES Response Rate and Reminder Emails
UO Instructors with the highest SES response rates often report communicating about the value of the survey responses and offering credit, for example, either offering credit to the entire class if the group reached a high response rate, or creating a canvas quiz asking students if they…
Accessing Student Experience Survey Feedback
UO's Student Experience Surveys are designed to give instructors feedback about specific teaching practices and how they impact student learning. This guide provides instructions for instructors to access student feedback. New Instructor SES Dashboard: Instructors now have access to…
SES Comment Redaction
The Continuous Improvement and Evaluation of Teaching (CIET) senate committee and the Office of Provost have developed a protocol for addressing discriminatory, obscene, or demeaning comments appearing in UO’s end-of-course Student Experience Survey (E-SES) reports. The purpose of the E-SES…
Grading Schemes in Canvas
A grading scheme refers to how you determine grades in your course. If a student scores within a certain range, they will receive a corresponding letter grade. For example, the standard grading scheme at the University of Oregon holds the cutoff for an A- at 90%. The most common use of a grade…