How do I determine the date of last attendance/participation?
Instructors are required to report the date of last attendance for students who earn a non-passing grade. The actual requirement is to report the last date of meaningful participation. Dear Aggie explains how to use built-in Canvas tools to help you do this.
Why do I need a Canvas development shell?
You may not have a development shell yet, but you may discover that you actually want one. A Canvas development shell (often referred to as a “sandbox”) is a Canvas course shell that is never available to students. There are (at least) four reasons that you may want to have a development shell. Read on!
How can I streamline my grading feedback?
Do you find yourself giving common feedback and wishing that there was a “rubber stamp” feature in SpeedGrader? Look no further! The comment library is a great way to generate and then draw from a library of grading/feedback comments in Canvas.
Quality assessment involves more than merely assigning points to student work in Canvas. Get practical tips on staying sane while still giving students the kind of meaningful instructor feedback that boosts their learning outcomes.
What are your pandemic silver linings?
What things (practices, lessons learned, approaches) will you be keeping from our “COVID” semesters? What have we learned since March 2020 that will improve our teaching and learning into the future? Read on for some of Dear Aggie’s silver linings
If you have a teaching question for Dear Aggie, please e-mail her at dearaggie@nmsu.edu
Contact Information:
Phone: 575.646.2204
Fax: 575.646.1330
Email: teaching@nmsu.edu
Directions
Mailing Address:
NMSU Teaching Academy MSC 3TA
2915 McFie Circle
Milton Hall Room 50
Las Cruces NM 88003–8001
Hours (V-virtual, MH-Milton Hall 50):
M. 8am - 12pm & 1 - 5pm (V)
Tu. 8am - 12pm & 1 - 5pm (MH)
W. 8am - 12pm & 1 - 5pm (MH)
Th. 8am - 12pm & 1 - 5pm (V)
F. 8am - 12pm (MH) & 1 - 5pm (V)
