Stile can now integrate with Canvas, which allows teachers to assign Lessons through the learning management system and track marks in the Canvas Gradebook.
Schools that subscribe to both Stile and Canvas can set up the integration in just a few minutes. Click here for a complete walkthrough of the integration process. To learn how to link Stile Lessons to Canvas assignments, check out the tutorial here.
This article covers the following questions:
- Why can't my students access their assigned work?
- Why does a Stile Lesson only get released to individual students, instead of a whole Class?
- Why didn't existing marks copy over from Stile to Canvas when I linked an assignment?
- My student says they've clicked through to Stile from Canvas before. Why didn't it copy their existing marks when I linked an assignment?
- Why do I have to update the points possible in a Canvas assignment manually when I edit the marks available in a Stile Lesson?
- If I update the points possible in the Canvas assignment, what happens to marks that have already been copied from Stile to the Canvas Gradebook?
- My student already had a Stile account, but the email address was different from their Canvas email address, and they weren't logged into Stile, and now they have two Stile accounts. What do I do?
- I've differentiated my Stile Lessons and have two different copies of a Stile Lesson. Can I set these up as a single link/assignment in Canvas?
- Why am I getting an Invalid Redirect URI error in Canvas?
Why can't my students access their assigned work?
The Stile Lesson must be linked using the External tool method in this tutorial. Your students must click through from that tool in the Canvas assignment. Hyperlinking to Stile from Canvas will not create the connection for your students.
Why does a Stile Lesson only get released to individual students instead of a whole Class?
Class structure in Stile does not need to match Canvas. Lessons release to individual students to avoid any potential issues with availability. A student who is enrolled in Canvas but not in Stile will be added to a new Class when they click through to their first Stile Lesson. Students already enrolled in Stile will stay in their current Classes.
Why didn't existing marks copy over from Stile to Canvas when I linked an assignment?
At present, marks that existed in Stile before linking the assignment will only copy over:
- if the Stile Lesson is an assessment, AND
- the latest mark is released to the student, AND
- the student had previously opened a Stile Lesson via clicking through from a Canvas assignment (this creates a link between the student's Canvas account and their Stile account).
Existing marks will not copy from Stile to Canvas until someone (it can be the teacher) goes to the Lesson via Canvas for the first time. It may take up to a few minutes for marks to finish copying.
My student says they've clicked through to Stile from Canvas before. Why didn't it copy their existing marks when I linked an assignment?
There are some limitations (described above) on when existing marks will transfer. Students must click through to Stile from Canvas via the External tool method. Hyperlinking to Stile from Canvas will not create the connection.
Why do I have to update the points possible in a Canvas assignment manually when I edit the marks available in a Stile Lesson?
Canvas cannot automatically update the points possible. This must be done manually. When you edit the marks in Stile, you will see a message and a link to edit the Canvas assignment. Feel free to ignore this if you already edited the Canvas assignment. Be sure to check the "points possible" field in Canvas for the correct information, and then save the edited assignment.
If I update the points possible in the Canvas assignment, what happens to marks that have already been copied from Stile to the Canvas Gradebook?
The original marks will be retained if you update the Canvas points after copying Marks from Stile. This also means that percentages in the Canvas Gradebook will update.
Example
A student completes an exam and you give them 12 marks out of a possible 15, for 80%. Those marks are copied to Canvas. You then change the possible points to 18 in Canvas. The student's grade will now be 12/18 in Canvas, for 66.7%.
Remember: marks are copied to Canvas whenever you release answers in Stile. You can request resubmission on a student's work, collect and re-mark it, and release feedback again. This will copy the new mark and update the percentage.
My student already had a Stile account, but the email address was different from their Canvas email address, and they weren't logged into Stile, and now they have two Stile accounts. What do I do?
Please contact Stile support to merge the two accounts (support@stileeducation.com).
I've differentiated my Stile Lessons and have two different copies of a Stile Lesson. Can I set these up as a single link/assignment in Canvas?
Unfortunately, no - there's no way to assign more than one Stile Lesson to one Canvas assignment. Canvas allows you to release assignments to certain students or groups of students, much like Stile. Create a Canvas assignment for each copy of your Stile Lesson. Release each assignment to the correct group of students for differentiation.
Why am I getting an Invalid Redirect URI error in Canvas?
A small update was made to the Canvas + Stile integration which may result in Invalid Redirect URI errors in Canvas assignments. Your Canvas admin can contact the Stile Support team for step-by-step instructions to fix the error.
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