Canvas isn’t always the easiest to navigate, and there may be times where you would like to address certain bugs in Canvas’s interface. The Help Desk can find workarounds where possible, and we are always happy to help answer Canvas questions you may have! While
As always, the Help Desk is here for you, and Canvas related questions are always welcome!
Slido is a tool that makes it easy to create interactive polls for Zoom meetings or other events. From multiple choice to word clouds (like the one the Help Desk created below), participants can see results change instantly. Polls can be embedded in PowerPoint slides via a personalized QR code or a link can be shared with participants. To learn more about creating interactive polls and to start your free account, visit www.slido.com or watch this video for more details on using Slido.
UIUC AnyWare gives students and instructors access to a variety of software that can be accessed remotely. Even better, VPN is not required to use UIUC AnyWare.
UIUC AnyWare may be helpful to those who:
You can learn about available software by visiting the Technology Services UIUC AnyWare webpage.
Did you know you can tailor your course navigation so students can only see and access certain navigation links?
Canvas has great documentation on how to hide, enable, and reorder different course navigation links like announcements, modules, pages, people, grades, and more. Instructions for managing course navigation links can be found on Canvas’s community site here.
Please reach out to the Help Desk if you have any questions!
Have you ever spent hours scouring the web for the perfect stock photo for a presentation? Good news! If you are a faculty or staff member, you now have access to Storyblocks, a repository of over 1 million high-quality images, videos, and audio files. To use this new service, go to the StoryBlocks website and then click “log-in”. Once you are on the login page, enter your Illinois email and press “enter.” The website will recognize you as a single-sign-on user and will prompt you to finish logging in through two-factor authentication. From there you can search easily for the content you need to finish your presentation!
This week’s Tech Tip is for students. Ever see an icon in your grades, and you’re not sure what it means? Our Canvas Gradebook Icons MediaSpace video will discuss icons that indicate when an assignment is graded or ungraded or when there are extra details about your grade.
You can also click through the slides used for this video.
If you want more information about Canvas grading icons, please visit Canvas’ complete grading icon guide.
Making groups within your course in Canvas is a great way to facilitate group projects, collaboration, and participation. Please watch our video tutorial to learn how to make and edit groups in Canvas, what the student view of groups looks like, and more!
You can view our Group Work in Canvas walk-through video here.
Some important things to note about groups in Canvas:
Please reach out to the Help Desk if you have any questions!
You can now reserve a meeting space at 614 E. Daniel St.! Simply email iSchool-rooms@illinois.edu with the date, time, and requested room number. Not sure which room to request? Visit iSchool Building Facilities page for a list of conference rooms, including room occupancy limits.
Our Canvas Tech Tip for this week is about how to share class recordings on Canvas! You can view our sharing class recordings video walk-through here.
Please reach out with any questions you may have!