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Our Canvas site will allow you to do four main things:
1. Check the status of your Essays and Proficiency Demos.
2. Check the status of your In- and Out-of-Class Tasks.
3. Check daily Class Agendas with Homework Information.
4. Provide a convenient place to upload Essays to Turnitin.
Canvas is not keeping track of class attendance, but it's
important to note that we're improvising and using the
convenient features of that category to keep track of the
status of your Tasks (not your attendance). Canvas was
primarily designed to report grades in terms of points, so
if we're not using points we're going to have to be a bit
creative in the way we use Canvas (like an artist).
We're improvising with the attendance category--which is
not recording attendance--because it offers an easy way
to record, access, and view your running total of all Tasks.
The wording may be off, but now you know how to
interpret it.
Here's what you’ll find on our Canvas site:
Under “Modules” (then under Essay #):
- A spot to upload essays to Turnitin, which validates orginality.
Under "Modules" (then under "Agendas/Homework"):
- A spot to access daily class agendas and homework information.
Under "Grades":
- A check by an Essay or Proficiency Demo means passing.
- An "x" by an Essay means not yet passing or missing.
- An "x" by a Proficiency Demo means not passing or missing.
Under "Grades" (then under "Roll Call Attendance"):
- "Present" means the Task tied to that date is complete.
- "Absent" means the Task tied to that date is missing/incomplete.
- "Late" means the Task was submitted one class late for half credit.
