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Survey reveals students prefer canvas ERIKA VICHCALES Lode Writer With technology constantly changing in today’s society, universities, including Michigan Tech, are going to adapt and make changes that some see as great, while others disagree.
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Overall, more than 80% of
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Last spring, Michigan Tech debuted a new program for teachers and classrooms to use. This program, Canvas, allowed for students and professors to
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have the information they need in one place. Once Michigan Tech decided not to use the Blackboard program any longer, faculty started looking at other options, which is where Canvas came in. These faculty members and approximately twelve to thirteen classes tested a variety of products, but in the end decided to use Canvas. “Most people thought it was a lot easier to use, it was more intuitive. It’s designed by very young people, actually two graduate students in computer science at Brigham Young University, who grew up with the web and knew how to work with the web. It doesn’t look like a 1995 program that got slammed on the web,” said Walter Milligan, chief information officer and professor. Further reasons students and faculty alike prefer Canvas are because it works better with programs such as Google Drive and Skype. Similarly, students appreciate that Canvas has the ability
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for all of the information for their classes, such as grades and assignments, to be found in one place (assuming all of their professors are using the program). Also, an advantage for the university is that
Michigan Tech is not running the service; the company producing Canvas is in charge, making it one less burden for the university. This past spring, after deciding to transition to
Canvas, students and faculty were all able to use the program on their own. After a semester of a larger body of students using the program, there was a survey sent out to Continued on page 3
Archives fire update SAWYER NEWMAN Lode Writer It has already been over a month since Michigan Tech and the Copper Country Archives experienced the fire. During this time, much progress has been made to restoring order and access to historical documents. Now, in the weeks following, investigators have found what they believe to be the cause of the flame-induced chaos. Led by Detective Sergeant Dale Hillier of the Michigan Continued on page 5
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