Navigate 3.1.3 Tools within the LMS Quest

Navigate 3.1.3 Tools within the LMS Quest

Communication Tools in Canvas	Assessment Tools in Canvas	Grade book Tools in Canvas
Email- class, individual, group	Discussions	Grades can be posted
Announcements for class	Quizzes- can assign points and grade it	View grading history
Discussions for class	Conferences	Upload grades
Conferences – these can be recorded	Assignments- can be assigned point value and can add comments	Download Grades
Collaboration- Etherpad or google doc	Grade book with weights	Treat ungraded as a 0
Calendar- can be designed for personal or class- with alerts	Mange a question bank in quizzes	Note column
Notifications are available to post to course page or send out to students in course	ePortfolios are available to display work	Reports can be generated and customized
	Learning Outcomes- set up to manage mastery	Set group weights in gradebook
	Rubrics can be set up

Tools that are the most valuable to have in an LMS:
Discussion boards, uploads of files and folders, quizzes/grading

Tools that the the least valuable to have in an LMS:
email- everyone has an account, do not have to have one built into LMS, calendar- everyone uses google or smartphone calendars