ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS IN CANVAS

HOW CAN I ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS IN CANVAS

• Moderate a Quiz
• Make adjustments on time limit and attempts for select number of students
• Differentiated Assignments
• Make adjustments to due date and availability dates for select number of students
• Assign an assignment to select number of students
• Module choices
• Create options for students based on needs

How to moderate a Quiz

• Allow selected students extra time on timed quiz
• Allow selected students extra attempts on a quiz
• Allow selected students to view quiz results one more time
• Allow selected students to complete a quiz attempt outside of set availability period for a quiz

How to differentiate an Assignment

• Allow selected students extra time to turn in
• Assign a different Assignment

WHAT ARE DIFFERENTIATED ASSIGNMENTS?

Differentiated assignments allow you to accommodate students with different assignments or due dates. This is available in the assignment settings for online graded assignments, discussions, and quizzes. For example:

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Scenario 1: Susie is planning to have surgery on the day the paper is due and wants submit the paper outside of the availability period you have set for the assignment. Differentiated assignments will allow you to give Susie a different due date and availability period for the paper than other students in the class.

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Scenario 2: You want students to work on different projects so you use differentiated assignments to assign each project to only the selected students. The students will only see the assignments and grades assign to them.

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Student assigned Project 1

Student assigned Project 2

Susie needs to submit the paper outside of the set availability period

HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE ASSIGNMENTS�FOR DUE DATES AND AVAILABILITY PERIOD

1. In the assignment settings below the Assign to box click +Add
2. This will display another assign to box where you can add a student’s name and assign a different due date and availability period. When you add a student’s name to the second Assign to box the first box changes to Everyone Else. Basically what this means is that Everyone else gets the first due date and availability period and the selected student(s) gets the second due date and availability period. Students will only see the dates they are assigned.

WHAT NOT TO DO WITH ASSIGNMENTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS

1. If most students have completed an assignment that is assigned to everyone and you want to make due date and availability period adjustments for one student, DO NOT REMOVE EVERYONE! If you do, only the student(s) you assign the assignment to will see the assignment and associated grades with the assignment!
2. Use the Add option instead to make adjustments for one student. (see previous slide)

HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE ASSIGNMENTS �WHEN ASSIGNING STUDENTS DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS

Note: Only use this option when creating new assignments! See slides 14 and 15 on why this is important!

1. In the Assign To box click the X next to everyone and enter the student’s name you wish to assign the assignment. Set your due date and availability period as desired.
2. When you save the assignment you will be warned that the assignment is not assigned to everyone. Click Continue. Create another assignment and assign the selected students to that assignment using the same process.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON DIFFERENTIATED ASSIGNMENTS

Student View

• Students will only see the assignments they are assigned along with the associated due dates and availability period.
• Students will only see grades for the assignments they are assigned to in grades.

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Instructor View

• In the assignment list instructors will see text “multiple dates” when the assignment is differentiated by due date
• On the assignment page the multiple dates will be listed along with the number of students who are assigned to each due date and availability period.
• In the gradebook instructors can only enter grades for students who are assigned to the assignment.

ASSIGNMENT LIST – INSTRUCTOR VIEW

1. The assignment with multiple due dates will not display the dates in the assignment list.
2. All assignments created will display in the assignment list

ASSIGNMENT LIST – STUDENT VIEW

1. The assignment with multiple due dates will only display the due date and availability period assigned to the student.
2. Only the assignment assigned to the student will display in the assignment list.

ASSIGNMENT PAGE WITH MULTIPLE DUE DATES – INSTRUCTOR VIEW

The due date, number of students assigned, and availability period information will display below the assignment description. Student names will not display.

ASSIGNMENT PAGE ASSIGNED TO SELECTED STUDENTS– INSTRUCTOR VIEW

1. Below the assignment description the information about due date, number of students assigned, and availability period will display. Please students names will NOT display here either.
2. To view who is assigned click Edit and scroll down to the Assign To section in the assignment settings.

GRADES – INSTRUCTOR VIEW

1. Assignments with multiple due dates will be exactly the same as any other assignment in the gradebook.
2. In the columns of assignments that are assigned to only selected students instructors can only enter grades for selected students. The other cells will be grayed out cells and grades cannot be entered for other students who are not assigned to the assignment.
3. The total score will only include the assignments that the student is assigned.

ASSIGNMENT PAGE ASSIGNED TO SELECTED STUDENTS– INSTRUCTOR VIEW

• Below the assignment description the information about due date, number of students assigned, and availability period will display. Please students names will NOT display here either.
• To view who is assigned click Edit and scroll down to the Assign To section in the assignment settings.

GRADES – INSTRUCTOR VIEW

• Assignments with multiple due dates will be exactly the same as any other assignment in the gradebook.
• In the columns of assignments that are assigned to only selected students instructors can only enter grades for selected students. The other cells will be grayed out cells and grades cannot be entered for other students who are not assigned to the assignment.
• The total score will only include the assignments that the student is assigned.

GRADES – STUDENT VIEW

1. Students will only see the due date and availability period assigned to them.
2. Students will only see scores for assignments that are assigned to them.

A QUICK REVIEW

• Be aware of assignment settings
• When using the Assign To option in assignment settings, Remember the following:
• Use +Add to add additional due dates and availability period for selected students
• When editing an assignment with submissions DO NOT remove everyone in the assign to section of assignment settings!
• When creating a new assignment you can remove everyone in the assign to Box to assign the assignment to select students
• Beware of differences in display of assignment page and grades when assigning assignments to select students.

How to create a Module with choices

• use prerequisites
• use requirements

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WHAT ARE THE NEW MODULE REQUIREMENTS?

• The new And/Or option will allow instructors to require students to complete all assignments in a module or select one assignment grouped in a module.
• On the next slide is a quick review of what is currently available in modules

A MODULE OPTIONS REVIEW

1. Modules allow you to organize content by weeks, chapters, units etc. To create a new module click +Module.
2. To add content to module +icon. All types of content can be added to modules.
3. Modules be edited to add requirements and prerequisites. This forces students to complete module requirements before viewing prerequisite module content. Instructors can choose to require students to complete all requirements or just one item in a module. To edit a module click the gear icon in the module header.
4. Modules have a publish option as well as all content in the module. When a module is published all content in the module is published. Instructors can unpublished any desired content if necessary. Assignments with student submissions cannot be unpublished.

MODULE OPTIONS

When you edit the module the Edit Module Settings dialog box will appear.

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1. Lock Until - Check the box next to Lock until to set a date when the module becomes available to students.
2. Prerequisites - To add a prerequisite click Add prerequisite and select the desired module. Please note you cannot add a prerequisite to the first module.
3. Requirements – Allow you to require student to progress in a certain order before viewing prerequisite modules.
1. To add a requirement click Add requirement. You can apply various requirements on module content. Please note the options will vary by content type.
2. There are two options for requirements. If the option, Students must complete all of these requirements, is selected, students must complete all the requirements. Additionally, if the option, Students must move through requirements in this module in sequential order, is checked, students will be required to view and participate in content in sequential order within the module. If the option, students must complete one of these requirements, is selected, students only have to complete one of the requirements. Please not instructors must excuse the uncompleted assignments in the gradebook manually.
4. Be sure to click Update Module when done.

WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REQUIREMENTS

• View the item – Available for all content items. This option requires students to view the page before they can progress to next content item in the module.
• Mark as Done - To mark a module item as done, students are responsible for marking the module item done before they can progress to the next content item in the module. This options works for pages and assignments but not files.
• Contribute to the page – Only available for pages and discussions. To contribute or edit content on a page, students must be allowed to edit pages in the course. To contribute to a discussion, students need to post a reply to the discussion topic. Students must contribute the page before they can progress to the next content item in the module.
• Submit the Assignment – Only available for assignments. Students must submit the assignment before they can progress to the next content item in the module.
• Score at Least # points - An additional field will appear where you can enter the minimum score that students must earn before they can progress to the next content item in the module.

HOW MODULES LOOK STUDENT VIEW

1. The and/or option will appear in the module header for each module. This lets students know what they must complete in the module.
2. Each module and each module item will have a complete/incomplete status. Students can point the mouse over the icon to review the requirement status. Modules that are locked will display a lock icon.
3. In the module header students can see what modules are prerequisites.

STUDENT VIEW - VIEWING CONTENT OUTSIDE OF REQUIRED SEQUENCE

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If a student navigates to a content item that has a module requirement they have not met yet, a message will display letting the student know of the requirements and how to complete the requirement.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON ASSIGNMENT WITH MODULE REQUIREMENTS

1. If availability dates are set on assignments, this may cause issues with module requirements. You may need to make adjustments to assignment settings.
2. If students have not contributed to a discussion with a Must Contribute module requirement and the discussion’s Until date has passed, they cannot complete the module requirement. Consider removing the Until date when using this module requirement.
3. If students have not submitted an assignment with the Must Submit module requirement and the assignment’s Until date has passed, they cannot complete the module requirement. Consider removing the Until date when using this module requirement.
4. If a quiz only has one attempt and has the Must score at least # points module requirement, students who do not meet the score requirement cannot complete the module requirement. In the quiz settings check the box next to multiple attempts so students can continue to take the quiz until they meet the score requirement.

Assignment page in instructor view

Module page in instructor view

Note: With 2 & 3 you can also use differentiated assignments to set new dates for the students who missed the submission requirement. See slide 6

OPTIONS FOR GRADING ASSIGNMENTS WITH MODULE OR REQUIREMENTS

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1. On the assignment index page create an assignment group and add all of the assignments with the module requirements.
2. Edit the assignment group and set a rule to drop the lowest # scores. In the modules students will pick the assignment they wish to complete. In the gradebook only the score from the assignments the student completed will be kept and all others will be dropped in the student’s grades.

Option 1: Drop lowest # of scores

OPTIONS FOR GRADING ASSIGNMENTS WITH MODULE OR REQUIREMENTS

1. In the gradebook columns of the assignment(s) the student did not complete type EX in the cell for the student
2. The assignment will be excused and will not be calculated in the total score for the student.
3. In the module the uncompleted assignment requirements will also be marked as complete. This option can be done with all assignment requirements that the student does not complete.

Option 2: Use Excuse Assignment