In order to increase student awareness and engagement with your resource list, you can:
You can also track how much students are engaging with your reading list through Analytics.
You can customize your list to make it easier for students to get the most out of your assigned readings. Click on the item title in order to add tags, notes, and due dates to a single item.
If you would like to add tags, due dates, or notes to multiple items at once, check the boxes for them, then the action buttons appear at the top of the list.
Once your Readings & Resources list has been created, you can link to readings from other parts of Canvas.
You can include links to individual items from your Readings & Resources list.
You and your students can create and share annotations on PDF items in your list.
Once you've added the PDF to your reading list, you will see the option to Read & Comment below it.
The PDF will open in a new tab. Choose the Class Discussion tab to share annotations with your students. Select some text, then choose to add a comment.
If you want to track individual student engagement with readings, assign students to read and comment on a PDF from your Readings & Resources list. This is called a Read & Respond assignment. For general information on how much the class is interacting with your readings, use Analytics.
When you enter directions for the entire assignment, they are viewable at the top of the PDF (1). You can also enter directions for a specific section as an annotation (2). Students add their own comments (3) and can save them as a draft and return to edit before submission if desired.
Readings & Resources offers some analytics on how much students are engaging with items on your reading list. If you want analytics on specific students' reading, you will need to gather that by creating an assignment.
Click on the bar-graph icon to view the class-level engagement with the list.
You can also view the usage of an individual item under Item Usage. If items have not been used, they will not appear.