{"id":875,"date":"2021-04-07T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/etc\/?p=875"},"modified":"2021-11-03T10:15:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:15:53","slug":"04-07-21-wednesday-edtech-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/04-07-21-wednesday-edtech-update\/","title":{"rendered":"04\/07\/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-552\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-816x815.png 816w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon.png 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Canvas Update: Changes to Quizzes in Canvas<\/h2>\n<p>Classic Quizzes in Canvas (current default) is reaching its end of life &#8212; as of Spring 2022, <strong>New Quizzes<\/strong> will be the only quiz function available.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that New Quizzes has a lot of great functionality that we&#8217;ve been looking for, like setting accommodation settings for all quizzes at once (instead of quiz by quiz) and cool question types like Hotspot, Categorization, and Ordering.<\/p>\n<p>Start checking out New Quizzes early so that you&#8217;re ready to go when Classic Quizzes is retired. Check out our blog page (link below) or pop into one of our upcoming workshops (via Zoom).<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/canvas-exam-settings\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1f4b74;border-color:#193c5d;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#63819e;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> Quizzes Blog Page<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-876\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>New Quizzes Workshops Available!<\/h2>\n<p>Want to get an overview and some guidance on using New Quizzes with the Dynamic Duo? Pop into one of these upcoming workshops:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, April 21st, at 12:30 pm<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, April 22nd, at 2:30 pm<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, April 27th, at 9:30 am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All workshops will be in Zoom (<a href=\"https:\/\/messiah.zoom.us\/j\/6034232068?pwd=cnE2a3lnRG9sTlNiSEpjQk1nZVpPUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meeting link<\/a>, passcode: ZoomSammy)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-552\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-816x815.png 816w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon.png 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Canvas Update: Require Students to Resubmit Assignment<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever needed to have a student re-submit an assignment and relied on them paying attention to a submission comment or email, you know that it can be tough. By using the new &#8220;Reassign&#8221; function in Assignments, the assignment will reappear on the student&#8217;s to-do list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Fact!<\/strong> This was a Feature Request that we highlighted in our Wednesday Update from April 2019. Yay us!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Releases\/Canvas-Release-Notes-2021-03-20\/ta-p\/446668#toc-hId--1385762264\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1f4b74;border-color:#193c5d;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#63819e;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> How to Reassign an Assignment<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/rocket-147466_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-867\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/rocket-147466_1280-172x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/rocket-147466_1280-172x300.png 172w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/rocket-147466_1280-586x1024.png 586w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/rocket-147466_1280.png 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a>Dynamic Duo Discovery: Teach Like a Poet<\/h2>\n<p>A great read from The Chronicle of Higher Education that we&#8217;d like to share is &#8220;Distracted Minds: Why You Should Teach Like a Poet.&#8221; James Lang offers ways to re-engage students whose enthusiasm may be lagging at this point in the semester.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/distracted-minds-why-you-should-teach-like-a-poet\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1f4b74;border-color:#193c5d;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#63819e;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> Read the article<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/DD-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-115\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/DD-Logo-300x236.png\" alt=\"Cartoon logo of Rocky &amp; Cindi as Instructional Design Dynamic Duo\" width=\"200\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/DD-Logo-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/06\/DD-Logo.png 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This message is brought to you by the Instructional Design Dynamic Duo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Rocky Allinger &amp; Cindi Kerns<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:callinger@messiah.edu\">callinger@messiah.edu<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:ckerns@messiah.edu\">ckerns@messiah.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/instructional-design-office-hours\">Instructional Design Office Hours<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/\">ITS Helpdesk Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canvas Update: Changes to Quizzes in Canvas Classic Quizzes in Canvas (current default) is reaching its end of life &#8212; as of Spring 2022, New Quizzes will be the only <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/04-07-21-wednesday-edtech-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  04\/07\/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"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-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","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\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}