In our online history courses, you will use Canvas to
- check for important course announcements from your instructor
- submit assignments
- receive feedback on your work (on the gradebook)
- complete the required Syllabus Quiz
- post and respond to messages on the online discussion board (The discussions are your opportunity to confer and collaborate with one another to discuss and prepare for the course assignments. Sometimes, posting on a specific topic is required.)
- coordinate your group work, if your course has a group assignment
- take your online exams (at a testing center or through a proctor)
- check your grades in the online gradebook
Course Informational Announcements
From time to time, your instructor will post reminder notes as announcements in your Canvas course. You should periodically check for any new information.
Submit Assignments
You will use Canvas to submit assignments and extra credit to your instructor. Please see more information at Submitting Assignments.
Post and Respond on the Online Discussion Board
In your course, you must post and respond in the Canvas discussion forums. Please see your course Explanation of Assignments and Grading for more information on the total possible points for your required use of the discussions.
- Each post should be a substantial intellectual contribution (instructor discretion) to the course. The following are some examples of posts that are not meaningful:
- Hi
- Glad to meet you
- Agree
- Interesting point
- Good
- Ugh
- Your posting can be a comment on your assignment, a remark about the week's reading, a response to another student's posting, a note about the material being studied in the course but you cannot post any assignment (either paragraph or paper).
- You cannot post anything as an attached document to a discussion.
- Please remember that the discussion board is for discussion; it is not for submitting assignments.
- Postings to the "open forum" do not receive credit.
- Generally, your instructor will grade, but not respond to, your posts.
Online Exams
You will use Canvas to take your exams online in a testing center. Please review the directions for exam procedures in Canvas. You may not access the Internet, email or any electronic resources while taking your exams.
Online Gradebook
After you login to your course on Canvas, click on the button for your gradebook along the left side of the screen. You will then see your course grades. To exit from the gradebook, either "logout" (top of the page) or simply close.