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Reminder: Your Course Grade in Canvas

Reminder: Your Course Grade in Canvas published on

Friday, October 6 is the last date to drop classes and to change from A-F to P/F, so I wanted to remind everyone how grades work for the course.

Remember that grades are based on labor.

  • If you do the required work, you are guaranteed a B in the course.
  • If you do more than the basic requirements, you can earn a grade higher than a B.
  • If you do not do the required work, you will earn a grade lower than a B.

You can find complete details on the information how grades are tracked in Canvas, how completes and incompletes are indicated, and how to tell how you’re doing in the post How Canvas Grades Works from the first week of classes.

 

 

 

Photo credit: W F LaBar Report Card by Arthur T. LaBar on Flickr, used under Public Domain (CC0).


 
Last updated on Tuesday, October 3, 2017

#TuesdayTutorial: Avoid Centered Text

#TuesdayTutorial: Avoid Centered Text published on

Zig Zag Reading Pattern Caused by Centered TextLast week, I shared design tips that you can use to improve your Analysis table. This week, I am going to share several posts that address proofreading and formatting changes that will make your project even better.

Reading Patterns and Centered Text

Today’s #TuesdayTutorial focuses on the alignment of the text in your document. Remember the #FridayFact in September that explained the F-shaped reading pattern? That idea comes into play with the tip to avoid centered text alignment in your documents.

When you center text, the left margin zig zags back and forth down the page, which makes it hard to read in the F-shaped pattern that people prefer.

Instead of skimming down the left margin to look for the highlights and headings, the eye has to search back and forth for the information on the page, as shown in the image on the right.

Learn More

Watch the following Lynda.com tutorial video, Favor flush-left, ragged-right body text (4m14s), for additional explanations and tips on this important guideline for the way that text is aligned on a page. Remember that Lynda.com videos are free to Virginia Tech students with your VT.EDU login. Start at the VT.EDU login page to access these resources.

Screenshot of the Lynda.com video Favor flush-left, ragged-right body text

Note: This video has closed captioning, so it does not need a transcript.

 


 
Last updated on Tuesday, October 3, 2017

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