Time-Savers in Setup
“Look, I’m not reinventing the wheel—I just need some starter slides and test banks to riff off of.” Included in Achieve, these are their best place to start."
What are the Instructor Resources?
“I uploaded my syllabus and—voilà! Achieve handed me a course plan. Is this sorcery available for everyone?” This pilot feature is currently available in select Psych, Chem and Econ disciplines."
What is the Course Setup Assistant, available in select titles in Psych, Chem and econ (select titles).
“I have a student who missed the midterm because their car exploded. Before giving them an extension, I wanted to check how they've been doing in the course overall.” This Achieve feature lets them review performance and take action - all from the Gradebook."
What is the Side Panel to Manage Exceptions?
“I don’t have time to build everything from scratch—I just want solid materials for the topics I actually teach.” This Achieve feature lets them pick their topics and instantly build a course with prebuilt research-backed content.
What is the prebuilt course with topic selector?
A faculty member says, “I created my Achieve course directly from within Canvas without even opening Achieve. Is this magic?” You reply that it’s this new pilot feature
What is Create a Course from LMS is still in limited testing, automatically available for a subset of 1.0 and 1.3 users. Fill out Achieve Pilot Interest Form to enable for a customer.
“My students are... let's say, resourceful during online tests. How do I keep their eyes on their own screens?” This Achieve feature helps secure assessments and protect academic integrity."
What is Respondus LockDown Browser?
"If I could just upload my syllabus and have my course build itself, that would save me hours.” This pilot Achieve feature in select psych, econ and chem does exactly that by using AI to generate a personalized course structure."
What is the Course Setup Assistant (pilot)?
“I opened my course and saw that five students haven’t launched anything all week—thank goodness this alert flagged it so I could reach out early.” They’re talking about this Achieve beta feature."
What is the Inactive Student Alert beta?
“My course has 60 students, and I’m not psychic. I need to know who hasn’t touched anything in a week.” This Achieve tool quietly tracks engagement for you."
What is the Inactive Student Alert (beta)?