Summer 2014 Edition
By Debbie Blair
Educational Technologist
Myth 1: I cannot add extra time to an ongoing quiz.
Yes, you can! Instructors can enable this feature.
SHOW ME
Directions:
Go to the Quiz, click on “Moderate this Quiz” and find the student name.
Click on the clock icon to the right of the name. An “Extend Quiz Time” icon
window will appear. Two options are given: you can end the quiz from
“now” (current time – be careful about this option) or from “the current
end time.” Plug in the correct number of minutes by clicking on “Extend
Time.”
Myth 2: I cannot take Attendance (Roll Call)
SHOW ME
Yes, you can! You’ll have to change the defaults.
Directions:
Currently by default, Canvas will automatically make an attendance assignment each time attendance is taken and it will display it in the Gradebook.
However, if you go in and edit the Roll Call Attendance assignment, you can
change the Grading Type to be Not Graded and the point value to 0.
Changing this will not remove the assignment from your Assignments list
or from the Gradebook and it will not affect student grades.
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