Difference between revisions of "Communicating in Canvas"

How do I make an Announcement?

How do I add content to my Announcement?

• You can add text, images, files, and link to course content in your announcements.

How do I attach a file to an Announcement?

• You can attach files to your announcements for users to download.

How do I delay posting an Announcement until a specific date?

• If you want to create announcements to post at a certain date and time, follow these steps.

See also Instructure's video: "Announcements Overview"

Use Discussions to:

• Follow-up on a conversation or questions that began in a face-to-face classroom.
• Test student understanding about a discussion/conversation made in class.
• Allow students to debate over ideas presented in class amongst themselves, while still in a supervised setting.
• Use student input on the discussion boards to enhance and improve the effectiveness of class sessions.

What is the difference between Announcements and Discussions?

• Announcements are designed to allow instructors to deliver information out to an entire class. Discussions are designed to allow interactive communication between two or more people within a course.

How do I create varied due date Graded Discussions?

• You can create a Graded Discussion that has multiple due dates. Canvas will let you create one due date for each section in your course.

How do I set up a Group Discussion Assignment?

• Groups are a subset of a course with a course-like environment including their own Calendar, Discussion board, and Collaboration tools. Only students added to a group have permission to see and use the respective tools within the group.

How do I allow students to attach files to a Discussion?

• You can allow students to attach files to a Discussion by changing the course settings. Settings are available in the Discussions Page or the Course Settings Page.

How do I insert an image file in a Discussion reply?

• You can insert an image file directly into Discussion replies using the image icon.

See also Instructure's video: "Discussion Creation"

What is the Conversations Inbox?

• The Conversations Inbox is split into two windows and displays messages chronologically.

How do I send a message to an entire class?

• You can use Conversations to send a message to your entire class.

How do I privately respond to an individual in a larger Conversation?

• Even when you are part of a group conversation, you can privately respond to another individual.

How do I add new people to an existing Conversation?

• You can add people to an existing thread in Conversations.

How do I attach a file to a message?

• You can upload supplemental files as part of your Conversations messages.

How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook?

• If you want to leave simple feedback for your students, you can leave a text comment directly in the Gradebook. Gradebook comments will be placed within the Discussion portion of Speedgrader™.

How do I add a comment to an assignment using the SpeedGrader™ app on my iPad?

• You can leave text, audio, or video comments on student assignments in SpeedGrader™.

How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a Rubric?

• When modifying a rubric, you can enable free-form comments for each criterion in the rubric.

How do I attach a media comment to my message?

• You can record or upload video and audio files as part of your Conversations messages.

Use Conferences to:

• Conduct a live lecture or session to the students that can't be onsite.
• Connect with your students for online office hours or special study sessions.
• Use the meeting room for one-on-one sessions with students in a virtual environment.
• Invite special guests to your classroom by adding them as a student or observer to your course.

How do I use the Conference interface?

• This lesson shows you how to use Conferences.

How do I create a Conference?

• You can create a conference in a course to hold virtual office hours and speakers. Conferences can accommodate up to 50 people.
• Although you cannot send out invitations to the conference until it begins, you can create a course events on the Calendar to indicate an upcoming conference.

How do I record a Conference?

• When you are creating a new conference, you can choose to record your conference to view at a later date.
• Note: Recordings are automatically deleted 14 days after the conference ends.

How do I edit a Conference?

• You can edit the settings of a Conference in your course.
• Note: When a conference has been recorded and the conference is concluded, you cannot edit the conference recording.

See also Instructure's video: "Conferences Overview"

What is the Course Activity Stream?

What kinds of notifications will show up in my Course Activity Stream?

• The Course Activity Stream shows you all of the recent activity from a single course.