How to submit a WordPress blog post in Canvas

In my Computer Authoring course, I ask students to share Clear and Unclear blog posts each week, reflecting on what they learn and do not understand in the module. I use Canvas’ group feature to have them share the URL for their blog post with blog buddies.  I ask them to give their blog buddies feedback on each new post.  Students do this by creating announcements in their Canvas group area.  They can even get fancy and add their blogs as external feeds so that new posts automatically appear as group announcements when new reflections are posted.

I also ask students to share the URL for their blog post with me through a Canvas assignment web link.  This allows me to know when new posts are ready for assessment.  I then use Canvas’ SpeedGrader tool to quickly move from assignment to assignment, which saves me precious time when grading. This pays off for students because the less time I spend hunting for their blog posts, the more time I can spend giving feedback and getting their graded work to them in a timely manner.

I created this short video to explain how students should submit their blog posts and what I see when it is submitted correctly.