What you believe about your students directs your actions towards them. What do you believe? Is it true? As teachers, we need to be careful that we are following best practices in our classes, online and off-line, and this includes…
Month: February 2017
Understanding Bloom’s Taxonomy in E-Learning – New Resources
If you talk with me for long about education, you will realize that I’m a big fan of Bloom’s taxonomy. Specifically the revised taxonomy which takes into consideration our new digital world. By moving students into higher orders of thinking,…
Using Live Polls or Surveys in Canvas using Polleverywhere
While the survey tool in Canvas works well for feedback to the teacher, it is lacking in some other features including the ability to give live results back to the students. Recently I tested out every online polling tool I could find…
Using Conferences / The Big Blue Button in Canvas
The current default for conferences in Canvas is a software tool named “BigBlueButton.” Here is a how-to video tutorial on how to start and manage a conference in Canvas using the BigBlueButton: To learn more about the BigBlueButton, visit the…
Create Weighted Grading Categories in Canvas for Assignments
A short video on how to create weighted grading categories in Canvas. Click here for the official Canvas guide on this subject.