Clemson Online: Where Tech and Teaching Meet

Building Your Canvas Course with Modules

The Modules area in Canvas is the best place to store all course content and assessments to make it easy to organize and lead students to the resources they need. Whether you are teaching fully online or using Canvas to supplement your face-to-face class, Modules provide a predictable structure for students to locate items and […]

Follow Up Friday: Utilizing New Quizzes in Canvas

Gray Jackson, Sr. Learning Tech Specialist for Clemson Online, led a Quit Hit session on Thursday, September 4th. This training served as an introduction and overview to the New Quizzes functionality available in Canvas. Jackson began by showing how to enable New Quizzes for your Canvas course and get started creating one. He then provided […]

Introduction to New Quizzes

What are New Quizzes? New Quizzes is a new quiz engine that integrates directly with Canvas as an alternative to the classic quizzes functionality that is already available. This new engine offers many ways for instructors to create engaging quizzes for your courses, from features you are already familiar with to new and improved ones […]

Using Canvas Announcements to Increase Online Presence

Canvas’s Announcement tool is an excellent way for instructors to increase their presence in an online course. Unlike material incorporated into modules, announcements are timely notifications that can be used in a variety of ways. As the semester begins, think about how you might incorporate regular announcements to connect with students. Announcements can let learners […]

Simple Syllabus for Fall Courses

Simple Syllabus is a centralized syllabus repository system that utilizes templates for syllabus construction. The templates ensure that instructors include required syllabus information, such as mandatory Clemson University syllabus policies, while providing an easy means for adding and editing their syllabus content. Simple Syllabus is integrated with Canvas, so learners will be able to see […]

A Quick Guide to the Faculty Resource Center in Canvas

Whether you’re developing a new course or refreshing an old one, the Faculty Resource Center (FRC) in Canvas is here to help. Created by Clemson Online, the FRC is a self-enrollable Canvas course designed to support Clemson University faculty in building effective, accessible, and engaging learning experiences, especially in online and blended environments. What You’ll Find Inside […]