If you haven’t already spotted the changes in this weekend’s update, you’ll be happy to know that the much-requested Student View is finally here!To enable the Student View from within your course, click on Settings and you’ll see it at the top of the function buttons to the right. http://screencast.com/t/l9rUqO2DuB. Once you click on it, you will become a “Test Student” within your course and can access course content as a student would. To switch back to Instructor view, simply click on “Leave Student View” at the top. Go ahead, play with it, we know you’ve waited a long time!
Oh how we missed the threaded discussion format in Blackboard, well it’s here at last: http://screencast.com/t/q2JNhNaHl . In fact, check out what the most recent iteration of the discussion forum looks like if you haven’t used it lately…now you can 1) See your smiling face (avatars are in the new gradebook view too!), 2. Attached files line up right under the discussion in plain view, 3. Gives a visual cue for an assignment along with the points possible, 4. Quick jumps to Editing Assignment-Speed Grader-Add a Rubric; 5. “Add Reply to” lines up either under the topic or under someone else’s reply if you selected to make it a threaded discussion, 6. The Cog Wheel is a shortcut to edit or delete, 7. Jump to next Unread for faster review, 8. Tidy it up with Expand or Collapse. http://screencast.com/t/IHwgt7zLCiAa.
Are you or your students doing something spiffy in Canvas? Submit a proposal and show it off at Faculty Academy 2012, held this year in Monroe Hall on May 16 & 17. Instructure will be here too for a Faculty Forum about Canvas – so it’s a good opportunity for you to ask questions and provide feedback on your Canvas experience!
Are you teaching a Combined Summer course? We ***feel pretty confident this time**fingers crossed** that the Cross-listing function will work for instructors. Let us know and we’ll test it with you so we can move away from the manually created courses and enrollments.
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