▲ 12 r/canvas
Canvas pet peeves?
Honest curiousity: what are you biggest pet peeves about Canvas. I actually like it pretty well, but if I could change anything, it would be make rubrics easier to import and make peer review work in the mobile app the same as it does in the browser.
What do y'all find the most frustrating abojt Canvas?
u/No_Instruction6971 — 8 days ago
▲ 1 r/sideprojects
Reddit ads ant good?
*ant should have been any. Sorry for the typo
Hi there,
I hope this hasn't been asked recently. Just curious what y'all think about Reddit ads for driving traffic to a project. Anyone tried this? Do you think it was worth the cost?
Thanks for any responses.
u/No_Instruction6971 — 10 days ago
▲ 2 r/Adjuncts
I made an open-source tool to compare student writing drafts and revisions
My classes involve a lot of writing and I try to use drafts and revisions as much as possible. I got tired of trying to see how students actually used my feedback. Word's "Compare" is fine for one or two, but it takes too much time to use it for a full class of students. I wanted a simple way to see the changes made by one student and then easily move on to the next.
I couldn't find anything quite like what I wanted, so I built a free tool. Drop in a draft and a revision (`.docx`, `.pdf`, `.txt`) and it highlights every word added, removed, or changed. You can review the changes inline or side-by-side. If your institution uses Canvas, drop in two "Download All Submissions" ZIPs and it matches each student's draft to their revision automatically, so you can click through the whole class.
This tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to my server or to any AI. You do not need to create an account to use the tool, and I don't collect any data on the people who use it. The code is free and open-source so you can check that yourself (or run it offline). I didn't want anyone's student writing leaving their machine.
Check it out here: https://sheetbend.app/tools/revision-diff?ref=reddit
I hope most of you are off for the summer, but if you are teaching (like I am), maybe this will help save you a little time. Feedback welcome!
u/No_Instruction6971 — 13 days ago
▲ 0 r/Professors
How do you define AI Literacy?
I think most people on this thread will answer "I don't," and I understand that perspective. But for those who think that we ought to be helping students prepare for the AI world that they are graduating into, how do you define AI Literacy?
What skills, competencies, and understandings do we need to be teaching our students to be able to function in the world that AI Companies and others are creating for them?
u/No_Instruction6971 — 18 days ago
Do ya'll offer extra credit?
I try to maintain a Positive Mental Attitude, but I'm fed up with students asking about extra credit towards the end of the quarter. If a student hasn't taken advantage of the multitude of learning activities I've planned already, why do they think I will I go out of my way to create more?
</end grouchy ranting>
Wondering what the rest of ya'll do in terms of extra credit. I actually do have some baked in to some courses, but they are all set up at the beginning of the term, not added on late to try to help out people who haven't been doing the work.
Thanks for insights!
u/No_Instruction6971 — 1 month ago
▲ 6 r/Professors
Here's a new one for me: In a writing class doing a "how to give effective peer review" activity, I was circulating among the students and chatting about their peer review feedback. A student says, can you give me some feedback on this... and reaches into their backpack. Pulls out an assignment for a different class with a different professor. I've had students make similar requests outside of the classroom, but never during an actual class lesson!
u/No_Instruction6971 — 2 months ago