Find new Canvas Post articles on Digital Learning
Posted July 31, 2017
Starting tomorrow, August 1, 2017, the Canvas Post’s original content (articles) will publish directly to the Northwestern Digital Learning website. The Canvas Post will...Blog
NU Stories with Jacob Leveton: Embracing the Digital Humanities
Posted July 7, 2017
Jacob Leveton, a PhD candidate with a focus on Art & Ecology from the late eighteenth century to the present, was the first graduate...
Simple Methods to Introduce Gamification
Posted June 27, 2017
Most people aren’t even aware of the ways gamification has snuck into their lives, but anyone who wears a step tracker or uses a...
Join the 2017-2018 Educational Technology Teaching Fellows program
Posted June 26, 2017
The Educational Technology Teaching Fellows (ETTF) program at Northwestern University is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 academic year. Dedicated to exploring blended learning...
SpeedGrader Update
Posted June 26, 2017
The SpeedGrader in Canvas has been updated as of June 19. The document viewer and annotation tools in Canvas SpeedGrader have a changed appearance...
Message Students from People in Canvas
Posted June 20, 2017
Starting Summer 2017, it will be easier to message a specific student in Canvas thanks to the new Student Context Cards feature. According to...
Checklist for the Beginning of the Quarter
Posted June 19, 2017
As you prepare your summer quarter Canvas courses, here’s a simple checklist to review. (This is a repost from a previous quarter.) Do students have...
Need help thinking about your summer courses?
Posted June 14, 2017
Summer is here! Instructors who are teaching this quarter should know that Faculty Support Services (FSS) is here all summer to help you with...
Active Courses by Quarter: Spring 2017
Posted June 12, 2017
Each quarter, we post the number of active courses in Canvas. In Spring 2017, there were 2,498 published courses at Northwestern. Faculty Support Services...
NU Stories with Rifka Cook: Adding Active Learning Strategies to Intermediate Spanish
Posted June 8, 2017
Experimenting with active learning strategies helped Professor Rifka Cook revise her Spanish 121 Special Topics: Gastronomia e Identidad Hispana course this spring quarter. Cook...