Find Help Faster with the Canvas Chatbot
February 14, 2024
When you need assistance with a question about Canvas, one of the ways you can quickly find help is through the NU Canvas Support Chatbot.
Time-Saving Tips
Time-Saving Tips: Working with the Canvas Calendar
December 18, 2023
Whether you’re teaching in the summer or taking a well-earned break from all things Canvas, we want to make sure you’re ready to make...
Reinvigorate Class with New Activities
November 28, 2022
Whether you’re teaching a course for the first or tenth time, there are always sessions and topics that could use a fresh approach.
Time-Saving Tip: Ways to Message Students in Canvas
November 03, 2022
One of the primary goals of Canvas is to keep students and instructors in touch with each over throughout a term. While that communication...
Time-Saving Tip: How to Nickname Your Course & Other Dashboard Tips
March 07, 2022
If you’ve ever found it difficult to locate the course you need on your dashboard, consider our suggestions to help you keep your most important courses readily accessible.
Time-Saving Tip: Searching and Sorting Your Canvas Gradebook
February 04, 2022
As your gradebook grows over the course of the quarter, you may find yourself looking for ways to more effectively manage and work within your Canvas gradebook. Read on for ideas on how to search, sort, and set up your Canvas course gradebook.
Time-Saving Tip: How to Take Advantage of your Content Already in Canvas
December 07, 2021
As you get ready to build out your Canvas course for winter quarter, you may have content from a previous course that you’d like to import to your new course. Canvas makes this process easy.
Time-Saving Tip: Managing Your Canvas Course at the End of the Quarter
November 12, 2021
Information about when you might wish to adjust your course access settings at the end of the quarter.
Best Practices for Exams Administered in Canvas
May 28, 2021
With final exams just around the corner and many faculty administering assessments in Canvas, we want to make sure your exam administration is secure and successful. The following tips will help you and your students have an organized and productive exam experience.
Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor Tips for Instructors and Students
January 26, 2021
The Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor tools can help create a secure testing environment for quizzes and exams given in Canvas. Available to all instructors, these tools have been used in a number of Northwestern courses during remote learning.
Remove Old Zoom Meetings from Imported Course Content
January 06, 2021
I’ve imported content into a new course site. How do I get rid of old Zoom meetings?
Save Time Submitting Final Grades with GradeSync
November 03, 2020
Where before instructors had to choose each student’s letter grade one by one in CAESAR, GradeSync allows you to submit all of your grades from each Canvas course site directly to CAESAR with the single push of a button.