Instructional Design & Technology

Canvas users – Hosting an online meeting with Big Blue Button (‘Conferences’)

Posted March 4, 2020August 9, 2024 in Canvas, Online, Sakai

BigBlueButton (BBB) is a synchronous web conferencing tool that is built in to Canvas. You can easily launch a web conference and invite your class from within your course site. Launching a BigBlueButton web conference from Canvas Using BigBlueButton BigBlueButton runs within your browser and upon launching the conference, your screen should look like the… continue reading

Canvas: using Speedgrader to grade assignments and provide feedback

Posted March 4, 2020July 5, 2024 in Uncategorized

If your students are submitting assignments online using Canvas, you can grade them and provide feedback right within Canvas using a tool called Speedgrader–no need to download files! To access Speedgrader Using Speedgrader The image below is an example of what you see when you pull up Speedgrader to grade student submissions. Reference the image… continue reading