{"id":1043,"date":"2021-09-03T10:17:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T14:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2021-11-10T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:43:03","slug":"9-1-21-wednesday-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/9-1-21-wednesday-update\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/1\/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Canvas<\/a>Canvas Update: Save Speedgrader Comments<\/h2>\n

Grading in speedgrader just got more efficient! You can now save, edit, and manage comments to re-use for student submissions. Check out the Comment Library<\/strong> in Speedgrader.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> This is separate from the rubric criterion comments function — you can save comments in rubric criteria but not edit or delete them, unfortunately.<\/p>\n Learn about Comment Library<\/span><\/a>\n

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\"Canvas<\/a>Canvas Pro Tip: Avoid Periods in Filenames<\/h2>\n

File naming protocols are important within Canvas as they are in many other systems (ex. Microsoft Office365). Canvas reads anything after a period (.) as a filetype (e.g. .docx, .pdf, .jpg). When you put a period in the middle of a filename (e.g. “Ch. 1 PowerPoint”), Canvas cannot open the file.<\/p>\n

The solution is to avoid periods (.) in filenames altogether. If you need special characters, stick to hyphens (-), underscores (_), or ampersands (&). Feel free to reach out if you need any help!<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Respondus is No Longer Available<\/h2>\n

Respondus has been removed from our Canvas account\u00a0and will no longer appear as an option in the left-hand navigation. We recommend checking out our\u00a0FA20 Online Exam Resources<\/a>\u00a0page of the ITS Blog and our\u00a0Online Quizzes\/Exams<\/a>\u00a0page of the Instructional Design blog for evidence based practices for ensuring academic integrity in online settings .<\/p>\n

Pop into instructional design office hours (see\u00a0hours and locations<\/a>) or request an appointment by emailing\u00a0helpdesk@messiah.edu<\/a>\u00a0to to discuss options specific to your course.<\/p>\n

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\"Canvas<\/a>Canvas Feature Request: Multiple Due Dates (Checkpoints) for Discussions<\/h2>\n

Often when using online discussion forums, there is a due date for initial posts and a second one for replies. However, Canvas only allows for one due date for the discussion. This feature request would like to fix that. Please give the idea 5 stars today!<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong>\u00a0You’ll need to first hit “Log in” in the upper right corner and use your Messiah credentials.<\/p>\n Rate the Request<\/span><\/a>\n

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\"logo<\/a>This message is brought to you by the Instructional Design Dynamic Duo<\/span><\/p>\n

Rocky Allinger & Cindi Kerns<\/span><\/strong>
\ncallinger@messiah.edu<\/a> | ckerns@messiah.edu<\/a>
\nInstructional Design Office Hours<\/a> | ITS Helpdesk Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canvas Update: Save Speedgrader Comments Grading in speedgrader just got more efficient! You can now save, edit, and manage comments to re-use for student submissions. Check out the Comment Library Continue reading 9\/1\/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions\/1199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}