Resolved March 18th, 2019: Canvas Engineers worked over the weekend to automatically submit any past assignments that received an error when sending to Turnitin. The issue is now resolved. If you continue to have issues with Canvas and Turnitin, please contact 24/7/365 Canvas Support.
Update March 7th, 2019: Canvas and Turnitin have been working to resolved the issue. Earlier this morning, there was a fix deployed that corrected the issue with Turnitin. New submissions should automatically receive an Originality Report, and existing submissions can be manually submitted using the “Resubmit to Turnitin” button. (Note, in some cases you may need to press the button twice before the submission goes through).
Canvas and Turnitin are working on a process to automatically resubmitted all failed submission to Turnitin, but we do not currently have a timeline on when that will be completed.
Original Message:
Turnitin enabled Assignment Dropbox’s in Canvas may not be passing submissions through to the Turnitin Originality Checker. Both Canvas and Turnitin are actively investigating the issue. We will provide an update as soon as we have additional information.
The UW-Whitewater Learning Technology Center (LTC) is here and ready to help you! Our team of experts have a wide range of skills to tackle all of your instructional course-related needs.
Canvas Transition
As the Spring semester carries on, we wanted to make sure you are aware of some key changes with Canvas. Approximately 80% of courses at UW-Whitewater are being offered in Canvas this semester. Thanks for all the hard work!
Course Navigation Changes. The “Discussion” and “People” tools can now be added to the navigation bar. In addition, the “Syllabus” and “Collaborations” tools may be removed.
Summer 2019 Reminder. Starting with Summer 2019, all courses must use Canvas. Desire2Learn will no longer be available for courses.
Course Combinations. Do you want to combine multiple sections of the same course into a single Canvas course? Follow the steps in the Cross-Listing/Merging Canvas Courses guide. If you need to combine courses that you are not the teacher for or if you have any questions please contact Canvas support.
Here are a couple most frequently asked questions from last semester.
Gradebook Differences. In Canvas, blank grade items to not show to students as 0’s when they are viewing their grades. They are however interpreted as 0’s by WINS. This means that if you are not entering 0’s in the Grades area, students may not have a clear understanding of what there grade is. We recommend using the Set Default Grade feature each time you are done entering grades for an assignment.
Additional time on quizzes. It is common for each class to have a few students that need additional time on Quizzes. This can be accomplished by using the Moderate This Quiz feature available in each published quiz.
Canvas has a robust technical support service that includes 24 / 7 / 365 toll-free hotline and live online chat interactions. Please use this for all Canvas Questions.
Whether you are already in Canvas or looking to make the move from D2L to Canvas this Summer, the LTC will be offering Spring Workshops that you may be interested in. Hands-On Introduction sessions will cover basic functions of the core tools. Deep Dives focusing on specific tools can help you in your current courses, and Construction Zones can help you transfer courses for the future. Given everyone’s tight schedules, we are also pleased to provide open lab time after the Construction Zones, where anyone can come in and work while support is present.
During the start of the Spring 2019 semester, there was an issue identified with Canvas that was causing delays with user enrollments and drops. For the past week, Canvas has been working on a resolution and they have been able to identify a number of issues that have since been resolved. The investigation is ongoing, and in the interim there have been processes put in place to help reduce the impact on enrollments in courses.
All new enrollments and drops should now be processing within 24 hours of being changed in WINS. If you are still seeing enrollment issues with your course after 48 hours, please contact Canvas 24/7/365 support and provide the student name and course name so they can investigate it further.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as the vendor works through this issue.
Celebrating Teaching and Learning Conference – May 2019
The LEARN Center and the LTC would like to present the 2019 Celebrating Teaching and Learning Conference. The Conference will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 in the University Center on the UW-Whitewater Campus.
What Will I Gain from this Conference? Strategies that transform educational experiences and enhance student success.
Who is this Conference For? For instructors, instructional support staff, administrators or anyone interested in teaching and learning are invited to register.
GoReact Video Capture
This spring semester, a few instructors from the College of Education and Professional Studies, working along with LTC staff, are piloting the “GoReact” video capture platform. The tool can be used to provide pinpointed feedback on speeches, presentations, and other types of performances. Additionally, students can review other types of media, and conduct peer reviews. GoReact is commonly used in courses and content areas such teacher preparation, ASL, communication, nursing, psychology, counseling, performing arts, and foreign language courses.
Cerego Adaptive Learning
This spring, the LTC is working with a small group of instructors in piloting an adaptive learning platform called “Cerego.” Throughout the pilot, LTC staff are examining whether Cerego can be used to help engage students in better learning the course material, and help instructors more accurately assess student progress throughout the course of a semester. With Cerego, instructors create content for students through the use of various options including multiple choice and true/false questions, flashcards, fill-in-the-blank passages, and interactive figures. The Cerego platform then determines from students’ performances exactly what an individual student needs to study based on their correct and incorrect responses.
Weekly Email Updates
Did you know that you can get a weekly email update about what’s going on in the LTC? Every Monday morning, you’ll get an email that contains a summary of the latest items from our blog. To signup for these updates, just fill out the form below!
Turning Point 8
With Turning Point 8 and Canvas, the course roster sync has been greatly improved – and now happens on a nightly basis! You will need to Publish your course before you can sync the course roster.
Instructors will need to add a link into their course for the
registration. There is a guide that walks through this process
available at: https://spaces.uww.edu/x/VwOv
Poll Everywhere allows you to collect “real-time” feedback from your students on prompts that you create. You can display results to the polls live in class. Options include open and close-ended polls, and advanced features including competitions (like trivia) and word clouds.
If you think you might be interested in using Poll Everywhere but aren’t sure where to get started, consider attending one of the LTC’s information sessions this spring.
Did you know that Respondus StudyMate is integrated with Canvas and available for use in your courses? StudyMate Campus makes it easy for teachers and students to create flash cards, self-assessments, and learning games.
11 Games and Learning Activities
Easily create (and share) an unlimited number of StudyMate projects
Free mobile apps for students (iOS, Android)
Instructors can view statistics on what their students have studied
The Learning Technology Center (LTC) offers video recording and media production services for instructional use. We now have a new web based scheduling form!
We would like to welcome Kirsten Mortimer as the new Technology Documentation and Training Specialist for the LTC. Her first day was Monday (1/28). Kirsten’s responsibilities will include: designing and developing training strategies utilizing documentation, consultations, workshops, and online training materials in both text and video to support tool use as well as creating documentation for new technology tools adopted by the campus, working with positions inside and outside of ICIT to understand audience needs.
LTDC Virtual Showcase 2019
The University of Wisconsin System is in the midst of restructuring. Longtime organizations are being re-shaped in this transition year. The University of Wisconsin System Learning Technology Development Council supports the University of Wisconsin System 2020FWD Vision. This Virtual Showcase is one way to promote the concept while we embrace and implement change in the learning technology world. We hope to ease the transition for our instructors and learners.
Are you still with us? If so – great, you made it to the end! Be sure
to stop by the LTC throughout the semester to visit. As a reminder, we
are located in McGraw Hall, Suite 120 and are available between 8:00 AM
and 4:30 PM weekdays. We can also be reached at ltc@uww.edu
or 262.472.1004. We’ll always be willing to help, and have plenty of
treats on hand for your sweet tooth. Have a great semester!
Are you interested in using a new tool to facilitate student engagement in your Spring 2019 course? “Poll Everywhere” is a live polling tool that allows students to submit answers, in real-time, to closed or open-ended prompts that instructors create. Students can respond using the Poll Everywhere website, the mobile app, or even through text messages.
Introducing Poll Everywhere YouTube Video
If you are interested in learning more about using Poll Everywhere in your course, consider registering for the workshop on Friday, February 8th, at 8:30 am. You will need to enter your UWW Net-ID and password to register.
The LTC will be offering Canvas Hands-On Introduction, Canvas Construction Zone, Canvas Open Labs and Canvas Deep Dive sessions during February 2019. Additional Spring 2019 workshops will be scheduled soon.
Canvas Hands-On Introduction – 2 Parts (1 Hour) We will cover the basic function of the core tools in the Canvas platform. There will be time to ask questions along the way. If this is your first time touching Canvas, this workshop is the one for you!
Part 1: 24/7/365 Support, Global Navigation, Create Module, Create Page Upload File (PowerPoint, PDF, Word, etc), Assignment Groups (set up gradebooks categories)
Part 2: Create Quiz, Create paper submission area, Doing grading and feedback in Speed Grader, Syllabus, Calendar
Canvas Construction Zone (1 Hour) Are you ready to start digging into your course setup? Do you need help straightening up after moving a course from Desire2Learn (D2L) into Canvas? Do you have questions on how to set things up? This is the session for you! This session will be 1 hour of lab time with support staff on hand to help you construct your course in Canvas. Don’t forget your hard hat!
Please transfer a course from D2L to Canvas before coming to the workshop. A step by step guide is available at: https://spaces.uww.edu/x/HoCc
Canvas Open Lab (1 Hour) We will be available to answer your Canvas questions during the sessions below! Whether you are working on your current course, or if you are getting ready to teach in Canvas for the first time – stop on by!
Canvas Deep Dives (1 Hour) We will focus on a single tool, and dive deep into various options and use cases for how that tool works.
Content: This is delivered on the concept of backwards design driving the look and feel of course setup. It is about taking what you already do and molding a better experience for you and your students.
Quizzes: This will touch on different question types, building in targeted feedback in auto-graded quizzes, and most likely spend the bulk of the time in the Question Bank area to help instructors get a feel for how Canvas Question Bank is different than D2L Question Library.
Rubrics: This will start by touching briefly on rubric creation, but will focus on techniques to maximize the amount of value you can get by building rubrics directly in Canvas.
Discussions: We will look at setup (including threaded vs unthreaded), visibility, the lack of a “Forum” in Canvas (compared to how D2L had it), group setup, and grading.
Grades: Weighting grades, Late policies, Muting Assignments, SpeedGrader, setting a default grade, and setting up extra credit.
We are currently investigating an issue where users who dropped courses in WINS are not being removed from the corresponding courses in Canvas. We are working with Canvas on a resolution and will provide additional information as it is received.
Welcome back to the snowy start of the Spring 2019 semester! We have a few updates / reminders to share for Turning Technology users.
Turning Point 8. We will be using Turning Point 8.5.6 for the Spring 2019 semester. Turning Point has been updated on all classroom machines. If you need to download it on a laptop or personal device, you can get the latest version by going to: https://instructor.turningtechnologies.com/#/downloads
Canvas Integration. As a reminder, Turning Point 8 must be used with Canvas – and will not work with Desire2Learn.
Registration Link. Instructors will need to add a link into their course for the registration. There is a guide that walks through this process available at: https://spaces.uww.edu/x/VwOv
User Guides / Video Tutorials. Turning Point has resources available that we have posted for you at: https://spaces.uww.edu/x/SIK
Vendor Support. Turning Technologies offers Phone, Chat and Email support for students and instructors Monday – Friday from 7am to 8pm (Central Time).
Course Roster Sync. With Turning Point 8 and Canvas, the course roster sync has been greatly improved – and now happens on a nightly basis! You will need to Publish your course before you can sync the course roster. The video below will walk through this in more detail and show some examples.
Are you interested in using a new tool to facilitate student engagement in your Spring 2019 course? “Poll Everywhere” is a live polling tool that allows students to submit answers, in real-time, to closed or open-ended prompts that instructors create. Students can respond using the Poll Everywhere website, the mobile app, or even through text messages.
The LTC will be offering Canvas Open Labs, Canvas Hands-On Introduction, Canvas Construction Zone and Canvas Deep Dive sessions during the Winterim 2019 semester.
Canvas Open Lab (2 hours) We will be available to answer your Canvas questions during the sessions below! Whether you are working on your final grades to send to WINS, or if you are getting ready to teach in Canvas for the first time during Winterim or Spring semesters – stop on by!
Canvas Hands-On Introduction (2 Hours) We will cover the basic function of the core tools in the Canvas platform. There will be time to ask questions along the way. If this is your first time touching Canvas, this workshop is the one for you!
Canvas Construction Zone (2 Hours) Are you ready to start digging into your course setup? Do you need help straightening up after moving a course from D2L into Canvas? Do you have questions on how to set things up? This is the session for you! This session will be 2 hours of lab time with support staff on hand to help you construct your course in Canvas. Don’t forget your hard hat!
Canvas Deep Dives (1 Hour) We will focus on a single tool, and dive deep into various options and use cases for how that tool works.
Grades: Weighting grades, Late policies, Muting Assignments, SpeedGrader, setting a default grade, and setting up extra credit.
Rubrics: This will start by touching briefly on rubric creation, but will focus on techniques to maximize the amount of value you can get by building rubrics directly in Canvas.
As the Fall Semester is coming to an end, we have a few exciting Canvas updates to share!
Grade Transfer to WINS. eGrading is now available for Canvas which will allow you to automatically send your final grades to WINS. For step by step instructions, see https://spaces.uww.edu/x/ugPN
Canvas course navigation bar will be receiving an update. Starting December 26th instructors will be able to add Discussions (this allows students to see discussion alerts) and People (this allows students to self-enroll in groups) as course navigation items, as well as remove Syllabus and Collaborations if they are not used.
Winterim and Spring Courses are now available inside of Canvas. As a reminder, there is no more course request process with Canvas. All courses will be automatically created inside of Canvas. If you teach the same course every semester, you may see two courses that look alike. On the dashboard, you will also see the course term listed. This will help you locate the correct course.
Winterim Workshops. Want to learn more about Canvas? Join us at one of our online or face-to-face workshops this winter! Signup at: http://go.uww.edu/ltc-workshop-signup
Course Combinations. Do you want to combine multiple sections of the same course into a single Canvas course? Follow the steps in the Cross-Listing/Merging Canvas Courses guide. If you need to combine courses that you are not the teacher for or if you have any questions please contact Canvas support.
UW-System wants your feedback. In order to better understand your experience with the Digital Learning Environment this fall, please provide UW-System with your feedback. Please follow this link and complete the Survey by December 21st 2018: https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WPF3Np4HLTRT4V
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