Teachology Spring 2014 Edition | Page 17

teachology Cool Tools in Canvas This goes along with Myth 3 – Online Submissions: You can grade assignments online as if grading on paper by using the annotations such as point comments, highlight, draw, and strikeout. However, the annotation option is not available for Text Entry. Choose Allow File Uploads (you should restrict to doc, docx, pdf, ppt, pptx) > Update Assignment SHOW ME For students to view comments, they must click on the Preview icon. One of my favorites: Send a message to students who: have/haven’t submitted an assignment or who have scored less than/or more than – all in one fell swoop: Go to the Gradebook by choosing Grades (on the left) > Mouse over the specific assignment >click on the arrow in a circle that appears in the bottom right of the cell > and choose Message Students Who… There are also other features, too! SHOW ME