All posts by Stephanie Olson

I am an Instructional Technology Specialist supporting LHS, CMMS, and MMS. I have a BA in English, MA in English, and a MA in Secondary Education; I taught middle school and high school ELA for 11 years before transitioning to a role in educational technology. I love collaborating and working with teachers on how best to integrate technology into their curriculum to create a dynamic learning experience for students. I also love showcasing how technology can engage students and bridge gaps by making content more accessible for all learners. I am very excited to be a part of such a dynamic team and innovative district.

Canvas New Quizzes, Export with Images

New Quizzes are continually being updated by Canvas and one of the known quirks that is currently happening is that when copying New Quizzes to another course, the images or media files are not being included. Canvas has recommended that users use the export and import feature to maintain the integrity of the images and ...

Canvas, New Quizzes Updates

New Quizzes in Canvas go through waves of updates and the newest ones have hit this September. Some of them are very exciting and we want to make sure to highlight them here. Setting option - Build on last attempt When you are enabling the option for multiple attempts, you can now choose "Enable build ...

Canvas Student Tip – Submitting Handwritten Work Online

As teachers, we love the online submission assignment type since it will automatically assign missing and late statuses. But, we often assign work to our students that includes written work. For example, showing work in math, annotating a map in social studies, creating a storyboard in English, or labeling an image in science. We might ...

Canvas Enhanced Gradebook Filters

Beginning August 19, Canvas is enforcing the Enhanced Gradebook Filters. This was previously a Feature Option that a teacher could choose to enable in their course. There are several benefits to using the enhanced filters, but they will have a slightly different workflow than the classic gradebook filters. There are several highlights in this article ...

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Actively Learn Transition to Free Version

As ISD transitions from the Prime version of Actively Learn to the Free version, we'd like to offer support and tips on how to be prepared and to make sure that you have access to the content you need from the district library or shared content. We have created a general guide, which is included ...

Canvas Integrations & Apps

As our comfort using Canvas increases, we might be ready to explore some of the integrations available either at the district level or school level. You may want to bookmark this post for future reference as it will give you the ABCs of Canvas apps that are available (district or school) and how best to ...

Canvas Submit on Behalf of Student

Starting March 18, 2023, teachers will be able to submit file upload assignments on behalf of a student. By accessing the assignment from the grade book and opening the sidebar Grade Detail Tray teachers will then see the option to submit the assignment. Once the Grade Detail Tray is open, teachers will then see the ...

Canvas Navigation Check

While courses populate with navigation pre-set to the basics, as we start copying courses from previous terms to our newest terms, we are keeping the navigation settings that we have active at that time. As new programs are added to our account in the form of apps they will often automatically appear in the course ...

Canvas Inbox – Include Observers

It's back! Canvas recently updated the functionality of the Inbox to easily include observers. You may notice a more streamlined messaging format where you can select your course and select students. After adding the student, you can then click the "Include Observers" button and the observers for the student will automatically be added. It is ...

Canvas Submission Comments

You are likely commenting on student work and they might be writing comments back to you. You can find these comments in several places, but here are some of the ways to ensure that you are being notified of submission comments and how to quickly find them. Setting Notifications First, you might ensure that you ...