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August 05, 2026 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Canvas Quicktip, Digital Learning, Quicktip

Add Custom Questions to your SPoI Survey The standard SPoI questions capture the big picture, but what about asking questions that get at the specific choices you made this semester. That's where the custom question feature comes in. Whether you tried a new assignment format, a different delivery method, a communication approach, or a tool you’d never used before, one or more custom questions on the SPoI lets you ask your students exactly what you want to know about. For more information and step-by-step help adding a custom question, visit SPoI Resources at fgcu.instructure.com/courses/363360

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August 05, 2026 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Canvas Quicktip, Digital Learning, Quicktip

Canvas Quicktip: Save Time & Effort with Canvas Commons Canvas Commons is a built‑in learning object repository that allows faculty to find, import, and share high‑quality teaching materials, without starting from scratch. Whether you’re prepping a new course or refreshing an existing one, Commons offers ready‑made modules, templates, assessments, rubrics, and more. Think of it as a time‑saving library created by educators, for educators. Browse Canvas Commons for pre‑built modules, assignments, pages, rubrics, question banks, multimedia & interactive elements and even full course templates. Import what you need and customize from there. Learn more about Canvas Commons: Canvas Guide—How Do I Use Commons?

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August 04, 2026 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Canvas Quicktip, Digital Learning, Quicktip

FGCU Canvas courses are created using Banner (SIS) information, and this generates courses with similar names that may be hard to distinguish. You can personalize how a course appears on your dashboard by using nicknames that make long or similar course titles easier to work with. Want to add nicknames to your Canvas courses? Go to the Canvas Instructor Guide and scroll down to the section “Create Nickname”.

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August 04, 2026 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Canvas Quicktip, Digital Learning, Quicktip

Update next-term due dates quickly with Canvas’s Bulk Edit tool! If you copy course content from term to term, adjusting all the due dates can be the most time‑consuming step. Canvas’s Bulk Edit feature lets you update due and availability dates for multiple assignments at once - including differentiated dates for specific sections, students, or groups. It’s a fast way to get your course ready for the new term. ​​Learn How to Use the Bulk Update dates tool → ​Canvas Guide, How do I bulk update due dates Missed a tip? Bookmark Digital Learning's Canvas QuickTip Archive and access expert guidance whenever you need a refresh to use Canvas more efficiently and effectively. CLICK to browse the Archive.

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August 03, 2026 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Canvas Quicktip, Digital Learning

Unused or outdated files can lower the Ally accessibility score for a course because Ally evaluates every document in the courses Files folder – even those not linked in the course. Keeping Canvas course files to a minimum supports accessibility by narrowing down files that instructors need to be remediate. You can keep active courses clean and accessible by storing older content in a Personal Master Course. Request a Personal Master Course for each of your courses.