Course Settings
Using Course Settings
Customizing your Dashboard
Viewing the Course as a Test Student
Publishing Your Course
Merging Canvas Courses
Announcements
Adding Announcements
Displaying Announcements on the Home Page
Delay Posting an Announcement
Assignments
Creating Assignments
Assignments Index
Due Dates vs. Availability Dates
Assignment Grading Schemes
Peer Reviews
Publishing and Unpublishing Assignments
Weighting Assignment Groups
Attendance
Attendance Roll Call “Assignment”
Attendance Reports
Do Not Delete the Attendance Assignment
Using an “Excused” Badge in Canvas Attendance
Analytics
Analytics for Comparing Course Grades
Collaborations
Creating Google Docs Collaborations
Copying Canvas Content
Copying a Canvas Course to a New Canvas Course
Copying a Quiz
Copying a Video in Another Canvas Course
Design Tools
Introduction to Design Tools
Importing a Design Tools Template
Discussions
Creating a Discussion
Discussions Index
Publishing and Unpublishing Discussions
Exporting Content
Exporting Canvas Courses
Exporting Your Gradebook
Files
Using Files
Uploading Files to a Course
Viewing User Files
Viewing Course Files
Moving and Organizing Files
Grades
Setting Up Weighted Grades
Document Grader in Canvas
Understanding the Gradebook
Inbox
Using the Inbox
Emailing Students
Navigation
Course Home Page
Course Navigation Menu
Course Navigation Links
Changing the Course Home Page
Using the Syllabus
Editing the Syllabus
Pages
Pages Index
Publishing or Unpublishing Pages
Creating New Pages
Editing Pages
Deleting Pages
Uploading a PDF to a Page
Linking to Other Canvas Pages
Setting a Front Page
Embedding Video in a Page
Panopto in Canvas
Panopto in Canvas (Faculty)
Using a Panopto Quiz as a Graded Canvas Assignment
SpeedGrader
Opening SpeedGrader
Using SpeedGrader
Viewing Submission Details
Hiding or Posting Assignment Grades
Adding Annotated Comments
Entering and Editing Grades
Grading Text Entry Submissions
Grading File Upload Submissions
Zoom in Canvas
Zoom in Canvas
A Video Tutorial Library on selected topics is available.
Communication Options and Preferences
Complete Overview of Canvas Components
Conversations – Inbox and Messages
Course Layout: Home Page Customization and Navigation
Canvas Orgs is separate from Canvas. To create an organization or for assistance with managing an existing organization, contact CTLT.
Canvas Staff Resources Site (login required)
Canvas CTLT Organization Site (login required)
Canvas Community is a searchable help site containing Guides, answers to FAQs, and additional resources for 24/7 access when you have questions.
Canvas Commons is a space for resource sharing with numerous Q&As, videos, help files, and course building ideas and resources.
These videos and help files orient students to Canvas.
Don’t see what you’re looking for? See the Canvas Instructor Guide for more help files.
Interested in Canvas training? Check out TTL’s Events Calendar for upcoming sessions.
Need an individual consultation? Book an appointment with a member of TTL’s staff.