By Debbie Blair
Open Campus Specialist
Myth: I have to log into Canvas to see the calendar.
Busted! Don’t miss important dates or deadlines! Now you can sync/feed your
Canvas calendar to Outlook, Google/Yahoo Calendar. Click on the calendar for
instructions
Note: Right now you cannot sync a single Canvas calendar. However it is
a feature request so click on “Me too” it if you would like to see it offered.
Myth: I don’t know when a student submits a comment with their
assignments.
Busted! Now you can! Assignment comments from students will now show in
your Inbox by using the Filter feature.
Myth: I need quiz stats and Canvas doesn’t have that capability.
Busted! Canvas now has quiz item and student analysis stats. Previously
Canvas featured only item analysis. Now instructors can view all score
percentages, high – average – low scores and standard deviation along with
question breakdown, discrimination index and distribution scaling.
Notice a new link on the left navigation bar in Canvas? The SF Policies &
Resources link was added so that every student has an instant link to the many
support services that Santa Fe offers. Thanks to James Nichols for the idea and
Diana Matthews for putting it together with input from Dana Lindsey.