What’s New in Buddycheck: Custom Scales and Score Management

For those unfamiliar, Buddycheck is an online peer assessment tool integrated into Canvas that helps instructors manage groupwork. Students can review their teammates’ contributions, providing a weighting factor to adjust individual grades based on participation and effort. This enhances the…

Blog Post: Accessibility – Just do one thing [1. Headings]

We’re committed to making digital content accessible to as many people as possible at Liverpool John Moores University. This article is one in a series of accessibility tips to help you improve the digital environment for everyone. We would like you to adopt these tips as part of your practice.   There are some simple steps you can take…

Blog Post: Communicating across multiple courses using your Canvas inbox (Staff)

Sometimes, information needs to be shared across a number of your Canvas courses. You may want to highlight shared resources or notify your students of up-coming events that might be useful for these courses. The inbox can be used to…

Blog Post: Using Microsoft Teams as a shared communication space for your students

Within a Canvas course you can use discussion boards to create a space where students can communicate around a theme, topic or question. Discussion boards allow students enrolled on that course to engage by posting and viewing comments and replies. …
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