Most instructors will eventually have a large number of courses on their Canvas Dashboard, including "official" courses generated by the college, as well as "sandbox" (development) courses they created manually.
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Instructors can preview their Canvas course as a student at any time. This is an essential part of developing and testing a course before it is actively used by students.
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Instructors can easily send a Message about an assignment to students directly from within the Gradebook.
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Canvas automatically generates a running total of each student's current grade. However, this only includes assignments that have a grade entered. If no grade is entered, the assignment is not counted in the Total grade calculation, which can lead to students misunderstanding their current grade.
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SpeedGrader can be an efficient and powerful tool for viewing, annotating, commenting and grading student work. But a few tweaks can fine tune it for faster instructor performance!
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If you have added links to web sites in your Canvas course, it's a good idea to ensure they are still active and accurate, particularly before a new semester.
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Instructors can add an image to the course card displayed on the Dashboard. This image adds interest, and will help students and instructors visually distinguish one course from others.
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One of the most fundamental elements of a course is the syllabus. This is a good starting point for faculty just learning Canvas, and an essential asset for students.
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Canvas includes the ability to review past revisions to a Page, and revert to an older version, if needed.
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An instructor will always need to copy content from one course to another for a variety of reasons. Copying content from one semester to the next is essential, and the ability to make changes quickly and copy updates to multiple courses is helpful whether developing or teaching a course using Canvas.
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