Author Archives: Rocky Allinger

Your Instructional Design Dynamic Duo offers complimentary course reviews every semester. Have you been itching to try something new? Is there an area of your course that you would like Continue reading Complimentary Course Review→

New Quizzes Workshops Available! New Quizzes will be the only option in Canvas after January 1st, 2022 — Classic Quizzes will no longer be available after that time. Want to Continue reading 08/11/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

Canvas Update: New Assignment Type – Student Annotation A new assignment type is available in Canvas: Student Annotation! For this assignment, students can annotate a file uploaded by you, the Continue reading 05/26/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

New Quizzes Workshops Available! Want to get an overview and some guidance on using New Quizzes with the Dynamic Duo? Pop into one of these upcoming workshops: Wednesday, April 21st, Continue reading 04/21/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

Canvas Update: Changes to Quizzes in Canvas Classic Quizzes in Canvas (current default) is reaching its end of life — as of Spring 2022, New Quizzes will be the only Continue reading 04/07/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

Canvas Pro Tip: Use Scheduler for Advising Appointments Canvas Scheduler is a great way to set up advising appointments that students can sign up for. Zoom Pro Tip: Use “Waiting Continue reading 03/24/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

Check out our updates this week: Canvas New User Tutorial (now available), Canvas Pro Tip: Remove Color Overlay on Course Cards, & Canvas Feature Request: Make Course List Sortable. Continue reading 02/24/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

This week, we have beginning-of-semester resources to share, a big update for VoiceThread assignments, updates to Canvas’s content editor and student view function, and a Canvas Pro Tip for requesting that your TA be added to your Canvas course. Continue reading 01/13/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→

This week has two Canvas biggies: info on the new rich content editor in Canvas (goes live January 4th) and a link to the request form for adding TAs or peer reviewers to your Canvas course. Continue reading 12/23/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!→