A listing of all news and updates pertaining to ISU’s instructional tools.
Improve Your Students’ Canvas Experience: The New ISU Course Template is Now Available
The New ISU Course Template is now available for your Canvas courses! Whether starting from scratch or building on previous content, the template is designed to help you build easy-to-navigate
Weaving Art into STEM: CELT Workshop Highlights Visual Literacy
By Kelly McGowan, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Meteorology students may not expect to spend a class session in an art museum — or that the rolling
Procedures set for using recording classrooms
The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching’s (CELT) media production team has a new website that provides faculty information about recording classrooms, available services, and how to request
Bubble sheet fans have new option this fall (Inside Iowa State)
With Scantron Bubble Sheets sunsetting after the summer session, the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) has created several resources and is hosting learning opportunities for instructors to experience Gradescope, a Canvas-integrated assessment feedback platform that includes automated bubble sheet scoring.
Top Hat will transition to enterprise solution (Inside Iowa State)
Instructors who use Top Hat, or those looking to try the learning app in Canvas, will have greater incentives beginning with the summer session. The university has a new enterprise agreement with the app’s creator, eliminating the need for student subscriptions.
Feature Options in Canvas
Canvas frequently publishes updates as part of its release cycle. New Canvas updates are posted on the CELT website. If approved, Feature Options may be enabled at the account or course level in our Canvas instance. More information about the Canvas Updates Approval Process is also on the CELT website.
Gradescope test pilot open to all instructors this fall (Inside Iowa State)
Instructors looking for an assessment tool to pair with Canvas’ assignments and quizzes have a new option. A Gradescope pilot for all instructors is underway for the fall semester, and faculty feedback will help determine its future at ISU.
New Canvas Integrations: MS Teams Classes, Pressbooks, and more
There are now several new Learning Technology Integrations (LTIs) installed and available to Iowa State University instructors to consider: Microsoft Teams classes Pressbooks Visible Body Oxford University Press Stukent Mimic
Fall 2022 Message for Instructors (SVPP Memo, Aug. 10, 2022)
In preparation for the upcoming academic year, I would like to share a few resources that will support your work preparing for the start of classes.
Deploy Summary – Canvas Notes (June 22, 2022)
The June 22, 2022 Canvas deploy notes included updates to the interface and features. The interface update included: Assignments: Assignment Availability Window Display Update: This update allows students to view
Deploy & Release – Gradebook: Message Observers – Canvas (June 8 & 18, 2022)
The June 8, 2022 Canvas deploy includes interface and feature updates associated with the Rich Content Editor and Syllabus areas. Interface Rich Content Editor: Vector Button in Equation Editor: This
Upcoming Canvas Features Release
The Learning Technologies Administration Team will be updating Canvas on May 18, 2022, with the following updates: General Canvas Features Apply Score to Ungraded: Instructors can apply scores to ungraded submissions
Canvas New Quizzes Release and Deploy Notes – May 21
This update will contain the Canvas release and deploy that are specific to New Quizzes in Canvas for May 21. To review the release and deploy notes for the overall
Top Hat Training – Two Day Event
Join us for a variety of demonstrations, keynote speakers, and hands-on workshops to become certified (Levels 1 and 2) in Top Hat. Sessions will include the Foundations of Active Learning,
2022 Canvas Updates: New Quizzes Focused
This update will contain all Canvas release and deploy that are specific to New Quizzes in Canvas. To review the release and deploy notes for the other features of Canvas,
2022 Canvas Updates: Overview (Excluding New Quizzes)
This update will contain all Canvas release and deploy notes for 2022 thus far. These notes will not contain any updates pertaining to New Quizzes. All New Quizzes updates specific
Online Exam Integrity: LockDown Browser Instructor Training
Join us virtually from 1-1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1 for vendor-led training concentrated on LockDown Browser. The agenda for the 30-minute training includes the following: How to use LockDown
Newly added apps (LTIs) now available in Canvas
Over the Winter break, five new LTIs were installed and are available to the campus community. Those five LTIs are: ALEKS MyBusinessCourse MyEducator GreatRiverLearning H5P ALEKS (for business), MyBusinessCourse, MyEducator,
Release and Deploy Updates – November 2021 (Canvas)
This update will contain all Canvas release and deploy notes for November 2021. Completed Changes The November 10, 2021 Canvas update included interface updates and changes to the outcomes page.
Speedgrader submission labels and Gradebook assignment search – Canvas Release (October 16, 2021)
The October 16, 2021 Canvas update contains information pertaining to Speedgrader labels and Gradebook assignment search. Specifically, the following are included in this Canvas update: Sticky Navigation Menus: When a long page is scrolled,
Canvas New Quizzes
Instructure has been working on the release of a new feature for the Canvas LMS platform: Canvas New Quizzes. The company has released an aggressive timeline for the implementation of
Release: Maintenance windows and deprecated features – Canvas (July 17, 2021)
The July 17, 2021 Canvas Release discusses the addition of maintenance windows and the removal of deprecated features.
Deploy: Terminology, assignments, faculty journal messages, offline exports, and accessibility – Canvas (July 21, 2021)
The July 21, 2021 Canvas Deploy includes changes to terminology, assignments, faculty journal messages, offline exports, and accessibility features.