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myCourses - Course Analytics
January 10, 2019, by Louise Jones
myCourses Analytics
Course analytics in myCourses is being updated with new features and is being offered first as “Analytics Beta” that can be optionally enabled by faculty.
This new Analytics Beta tool will eventually replace Course Analytics that is currently found on your course home page. The new analytics will provide the same data but make it easier to view and filter data using an interactive graph or table. The email tool is also embedded in the analytics tool that allows faculty...
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myCourses - Managing your Dashboard
December 11, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
With the newest release of Canvas comes the highly requested feature of Dashboard Management. At log in, you will see your favorited courses on your dashboard. Previously, you were unable to organize these at will. To arrange your cards, simply drag and drop them in the order you wish to see them. This will make it easier to find your most favorited courses. Alternatively, you can also use the Move feature by clicking on the three dots in the upper right corner of the cards.
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myCourses Adding images to the Rich Content Editor
December 11, 2018, by UNH IT Staff
myCourses by Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated. Academic Technology Teaching and Learning Support blogs highlights from myCourses’ production release notes, a link to these notes, and other relevant content in the days surrounding a production release.
Recent Canvas updates involve some updates to current features and some bug fixes. This blog post focuses on the updates for uploading images from the Rich Content Editor.
Rich Content...
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Canvas and myCourses Presents New and Improved Analytics Beta
December 4, 2018, by Megan Murphy (COLA ‘22)
Something fresh and innovative is coming to myCourses! The latest update - Analytics 2 Beta - is described by Canvas as “a tool that provides improved analytics for tracking student data using an interactive chart or table.” The new feature not only contains the functionality that the original Analytics software possesses, but also provides enhanced analytics tools to assist instructors in assessing student progress and grades. Faculty will now have access to specific student profile...
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Open Education Ambassadors Reunion Marks Progress at UNH
November 26, 2018, by Kelsey Flannery (COLA, 2019)
November 20th marked the inaugural Open Education Resources (OER) Ambassador reunion in which Ambassadors from across UNH gathered to discuss the current and potential future state of their OER projects and the future of Open Education. Provost Wayne Jones provided closing remarks in which he congratulated Ambassadors on their efforts and discussed broader efforts underway at UNH to improve student retention including a role that OER might play in the student experience.
Open Education is a...
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Kaltura Enhancements - New Features, Improved Usability
October 26, 2018, by Kelsey Flannery (COLA, 2019)
Kaltura, UNH’s media platform, rolled out new features that faculty members can use to create a more effective, ‘tech-savvy’ classroom. The biggest updates were made to the Lecture Capture feature. Lecture Capture refers to the ability to record both video in a big lecture hall that can be uploaded for students to view, or the ability to record a video on your laptop from your office or your home. Kaltura makes it easy to upload videos for the students to use at a later date, outside of...
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Updates to myCourses for Saturday, September 15, 2018
September 20, 2018, by Louise Jones
myCourses by Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated. Academic Technology Teaching and Learning Support blogs highlights from myCourses’ production release notes, a link to these notes, and other relevant content in the days surrounding a production release.
Updated Features:
Gradebook Section filter: In the Gradebook when the Section filter is applied the filter results will also be applied to the Speedgrader. To unfilter the Section,...
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Updates to myCourses for Saturday, August 25, 2018
September 20, 2018, by Louise Jones
myCourses by Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated. Academic Technology Teaching and Learning Support blogs highlights from myCourses’ production release notes, a link to these notes, and other relevant content in the days surrounding a production release.
The Canvas updates for August 25th involved some updates to current features and some bug fixes. This blog post focuses on the updates that apply to faculty and students.
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myCourses - New Gradebook
July 30, 2018, by Louise Jones
myCourses new Gradebook
As of this fall, there will be a new gradebook in town. Don’t be alarmed the functionality will be the same. The new gradebook mimics the functionality of the current gradebook but with better navigation and new menu options that make it easier to locate gradebook functionality. You will continue to add assessments and grade using the Speedgrader as you have before.
What is New in the Gradebook?
When you first look at the gradebook you’ll notice that the Menu...
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Updates to myCourses for Saturday, July 14,2018
July 17, 2018, by Louise Jones
myCourses by Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated. Academic Technology Teaching and Learning Support blogs highlights from myCourses’ production release notes, a link to these notes, and other relevant content in the days surrounding a production release.
The July 14th update to Canvas includes some modifications to existing functionality as well as new functionality. At this time after reviewing the new features, the team has decided to...
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