In a Canvas course, you can quickly check the number of missing assignments for single students relatively quickly. You can also message groups of students missing specific assignments from the analytics page (or the gradebook). What you can’t do is get a list of all students in a course and their missing assignments in a… Read More »
While schools are closed, we’ve moved much of our long term staff development material into Canvas. We have one long-running course with all staff split into site-based sections that has worked as a model for others. We needed a way to essentially duplicate the template course enrollments into new training courses. Ignorance is bliss (sometimes)… Read More »
tl;dr: The DocuTube addon will be removed from the Marketplace at the end of June, 2020. If you’re a programmer and you want to take over ownership of the project, let me know. Three years ago, I wrote a proof of concept Google Docs app that found YouTube links and displayed videos embedded in a… Read More »
This is a technical post. Read on for code and commentary. In moving to online, we’ve tried to streamline all of our communication through Canvas. The goal is to cut down on disconnected email threads and encourage students to use submission comments to keep questions and feedback in context. The Problem Many students had already… Read More »
I started a small project to clean up my personal photo hosting. I’m currently using an app written in PHP, but it’s way over my head and does way more than I want or need. So, I’m taking this opportunity to roll my own backend API for photo storage and serving. I’m building it in… Read More »
I just finished packing up our first house, to be put on the market tomrorow morning after living here for eight years. As I moved from room to room making small repairs this morning, I thought back on the time, sweat, and energy we’ve poured into it. We bought the house after ignoring it for… Read More »
I was given a good challenge by our secondary curriculum coordinator a couple weeks back. He wanted to know how we get in front of standards-based grading being reduced to collections of isolated skills. In other words, we’re doing well tracking our essential standards over time, but those are more or less in isolation (not… Read More »
The LMS isn’t perfect, but it’s what we have. We’ve gone through a sea change over the last four years. It started with opening Google Apps for all staff and students and then rolled into using Canvas as an LMS. I have mixed feelings about how heavily we’re pouring into people using it, but I… Read More »
If you’re brand new to unit testing, start with the first post in this series to get caught up. Part 1: QUnit Setup Part 2: Simple Tests Part 3: Adding and Updating Functions Part 4: Error Handling Part 5: Testing Objects and Arrays It’s time to dive into deeper equality situations with objects and arrays.… Read More »
We’ve started using Spotify more around the house with the kids. We only have the free account, which means we hear ads every three or four songs. I don’t mind the ads, honestly…they need to make money and I use it without cost to my wallet. That may change someday, but not right now. The… Read More »
