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      • Poll Everywhere for Students
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      • ProctorU for Faculty/TAs/Staff
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Feature Highlight…

On-Demand Canvas Training

25 Oct 2022
Can’t make it to a virtual office hours meeting? Need extra assistance with Canvas? Check out our new “On-Demand Training” for Canvas at Penn! These videos are created by Instructure…
Do You Know?…

Fall 2022 Canvas Office Hours are Back!

31 Aug 2022
Canvas Office Hours are 30-minute appointment sessions for faculty, grad students, teaching assistants, and students to get individualized Canvas assistance. Schedule an Office Hours Appointment for assistance with: Canvas tools and featuresInstructional learning…
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Open Canvas Success Story: Educational Talent Search

15 Jun 202213 Jun 2022
Open Canvas Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Educational Talent Search (ETS) is a grant-funded TRIO program that assists 550+ underprivileged students who attend Philadelphia public schools with high school completion and their…
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Open Canvas Success Story: OpenSp2

27 May 202226 May 2022
Open Canvas Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Becoming a Social Work Organizational Leader is a program hosted in Open Canvas by the School of Social Policy and Practice (SP2) via their non-degree department…
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Closing the Toolbox: Course Analytics

20 May 202220 May 2022
New Analytics is a useful tool in Canvas that allows instructors to gauge how their students are learning and interacting with activities within their Canvas sites. Enabling New Analytics New…
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Closing The Toolbox: Course Outcomes and Learning Mastery Gradebook

13 May 202213 May 2022
Outcomes in Canvas enables the instructor to track students’ progress as measured by pedagogical goals or desired outcomes set according to the Course Objectives. Instructors can use Outcomes to: Align…
Best Practices…

Closing the Toolbox: Outcomes and Analytics

6 May 20225 May 2022
Now that we’ve explored the different tools available in your Canvas Toolbox, it is time to wrap up and close the toolbox until next semester. After final exams and all…
Do You Know?…

Canvas Toolbox: Refreshing Respondus

29 Apr 202228 Apr 2022
Respondus is a lockdown browser designed to prevent cheating during proctored online exams. This tool is currently available for courses in: Arts & SciencesEngineeringNursingWharton Once enabled for a course, students…
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Canvas Toolbox: Talented TurnItIn

22 Apr 202229 Sep 2022
The Canvas Plagiarism Framework (CPF) has been the preferred integration for Turnitin in Canvas since 2018. This integration provides a better user experience for both students and instructors and it…
Do You Know?…

Canvas Toolbox: Impeccable iThenticate

15 Apr 202214 Apr 2022
iThenticate is a tool for faculty, researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students engaged in high-level research who are interested in checking their own materials for plagiarism. Only materials produced by…

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    Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm Presenter: Kate Rojas Location: Online Library: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Canvas Office Hours are 30-minute appointment sessions for faculty, grad students, teaching assistants, and students to get individualized Canvas assistance. Schedule an Office Hours Appointment for assistance with: Canvas tools and features Instructional learning technologies (e.g., Panopto, […]
  • Canvas Office Hours
    Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm Presenter: Kate Rojas Location: Online Library: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Canvas Office Hours are 30-minute appointment sessions for faculty, grad students, teaching assistants, and students to get individualized Canvas assistance. Schedule an Office Hours Appointment for assistance with: Canvas tools and features Instructional learning technologies (e.g., Panopto, […]
  • Canvas Office Hours
    Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Time: 2:00pm - 2:30pm Presenter: Kate Rojas Location: Online Library: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Canvas Office Hours are 30-minute appointment sessions for faculty, grad students, teaching assistants, and students to get individualized Canvas assistance. Schedule an Office Hours Appointment for assistance with: Canvas tools and features Instructional learning technologies (e.g., Panopto, […]
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