Every day , university support staff and faculty talk about the technology they use, especially CarmenCanvas. Exchanges cover quirks of the system, changes, unknown functionalities and often wish lists of how the university community would like to see the system adapt or develop. Until now, faculty...
Instructors: Do you ever need to access CarmenCanvas on the go? Instructure, the company behind the Canvas LMS, just released a new mobile app to keep you connected when you are away from your desk. Introducing the Canvas Teacher App—your one-stop shop for managing online courses on your iOS and...
If you’ve used SpeedGrader in CarmenCanvas to mark up student submissions, you are likely familiar with the Crocodoc software that made annotation possible. Later this year, Crocodoc will no longer be supported, but Instructure is already a step ahead!
On May 14, “old Carmen” will no longer be available to you. Likely there is nothing you need to do about this beyond taking a moment to enjoy the automatic uncluttering of your academic life.
However, some students might want to revisit recent courses that are still open in Carmen (D2L) to snag some scholarly souvenirs.
In particular, you might want to save files, assignments and feedback if…
Still grading and providing feedback on paper? You might not realize that tools in CarmenCanvas like Rubrics and SpeedGrader provide a simple alternative to hand-written comments on student work. If you assign papers, in-person presentations or essay questions on tests, you can still use these...
Calling all faculty and staff with instructor roles in Carmen (D2L)! Do you manage an academic course? Forum? Training course? Information portal? All of the above?!?
Please be aware that Carmen (D2L) will no longer be available as of May 14, 2017 . This includes non-academic courses or...
Learn about Canvas from the pros. Hang out with your colleagues from across the university. Spend three days in Keystone, Colorado, July 25-27. Mission: InstructureCon 0017 will be jam-packed with opportunities to dig...
There’s a lot to love about Canvas, the new LMS powering Carmen, including more options for creating assignments and a powerful mobile app for easy access to courses. Many of these features were not available in Desire2Learn (D2L), the platform behind the "old Carmen."
To remind students and instructional staff about the basic features available in the Canvas LMS, we're sharing virtual tours of the Canvas interface and Carmen landing page. These walkthrough videos are...
You registered for spring classes, you bought your books, you have your tech gear charged and ready for the new semester...but have you visited carmen.osu.edu recently? This semester, most (if not all) of your courses in Carmen will be using the Canvas LMS. If you are new to Canvas, you should...