Online learning can be isolating for students. Seeing who's "in the room" with them when they are in their courses in Canvas would be a great way to help students feel more connected and build community. In Canvas there is a Chat feature that can be enabled that at the top shows who's online in the course at the moment. I would like the option, via Design Tools, to place a Who's Online box on the home page of a course so students can see who is learning with them at the moment, then from that box click into a chat or view the person's profile.
Mswindle
Online learning can be isolating for students. Seeing who's "in the room" with them when they are in their courses in Canvas would be a great way to help students feel more connected and build community. In Canvas there is a Chat feature that can be enabled that at the top shows who's online in the course at the moment. I would like the option, via Design Tools, to place a Who's Online box on the home page of a course so students can see who is learning with them at the moment, then from that box click into a chat or view the person's profile.