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Gradebook: Sorting and Changing the Student Names Display
Updated onArticleThe Student Name column displays the students in your course. You can view options to sort names and display names by either first or last name.
What kind of user are you? Instructor Canvas
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Simple Syllabus Transition FAQs
Updated onArticleBeginning Spring 2023, Simple Syllabus will replace Concourse as the web-based syllabus software used by the five Alamo Colleges. The following FAQs will help instructors and department administrators transition their syllabi from Concourse to this new syllabus management system.
What kind of user are you? Instructor Simple Syllabus
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Accessing a Syllabus as an Instructor
Updated onArticleSimple Syllabus does not require a separate login to access and edit your syllabi; instructors can reach the platform securely through ACES login or the LTI link in their Canvas course.
What kind of user are you? Instructor Simple Syllabus
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Student: Respondus Monitor
Updated onArticleRespondus Monitor is the webcam feature for LockDown Browser that records students during online assessments. When this feature is enabled for a quiz, students are required to use a webcam and microphone with LockDown Browser. After the quiz is complete, your instructor can review details of the assessment, including the recorded videos.
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Syncing your Canvas Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes into the "Schedule" Component
Updated onArticleIf you use Canvas Assignments, Discussions, Classic Quizzes, or New Quizzes, the Class Scheduler tool can automatically generate a list of each of your course's major assignments within the first Schedule component of your syllabus.
This list is presented in an accessible table format with each published assignment's title, point value, assignment type, and due date listed. A hyperlink to the Canvas assignment is also included in the assignment's name and can only be accessed by students registered in the course.
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What is Respondus LockDown Browser?
Updated onArticleLockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment in Canvas. When students use LockDown Browser to access a quiz, they are unable to print, copy, visit other websites, access other applications, or close a quiz until it is submitted for grading. Quizzes created for use with LockDown Browser cannot be accessed with standard browsers.
What kind of user are you? Instructor Respondus LockDown Browser
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