About

vanzandt
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Title:
Manager, Teaching and Learning Technology Services
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199
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Bio:
Currently working at UC Davis where we completed a move from Sakai to Canvas, and previously had been at UC Merced where I was on the project team involved with moving from Sakai to Canvas. Employed at the University of California for over 25 years, working at both UC Davis and UC Merced. Started at UC Davis as a student employee in the IT Training group, and have held staff positions managing academic technology services, IT student services, IT Help Desk, and desktop support services.

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I hadn't found anything in the community that aggregated the information, so I thought I'd share some details from an interaction I had with Canvas Support while researching which content applies to w...
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Thank you for communicating in advance about these changes, and providing the detail about what will be supported after January 16th.Though this is a lengthy list, "Starting 16 January 2021, only the ...
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Hi Deactivated user‌,I can't support  @venitk 's comment more strongly, "I would really really love it if you spent it addressing the functional aspects of why students struggle with Canvas rather tha...
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I greatly appreciate the effort put into getting this video together as a resource for us to share, but I have to agree with @kda106. It's an odd experience when features are being explained in the vi...
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Hi @jsailor , I am told that when this is deployed, that the New Quizzes outcome will only report back for the institution level outcomes/reports, and not for sub-account level outcomes.  If this is t...
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Most Recent Posts

I have the same question and same concern as @danaleeling who stated: "You'll be able to edit points and descriptions after creating a criteria from an outcome, with outcome alignment coming soon. Al...
May 13, 2024 2:51:14 PM
Hi @zachp , These are exciting new features.  When you say "enhanced analytics solution that will be offered as an add-on to Canvas customers", I assume that means that this will not be included in th...
May 1, 2024 12:01:44 PM
@SamGarza1  When you originally mentioned creating videos in December 2023, you noted "Our team is also working on overview and comparison videos".  Maybe what we're all really waiting for is the comp...
Apr 5, 2024 8:53:58 AM
This is an incredibly helpful insight. I fully support this request. I would hope that they can address this so that Discussions Redesign is brought to parity before the enforcement date.
Apr 3, 2024 3:42:52 PM
Thank you for writing this up Tasha.  I would second this request and love to see it happen. This would reduce a lot of confusion for students and reduce concern/questions for instructors. 
Mar 15, 2024 8:47:21 AM

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