Digital Learning Resources
Canvas
COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING ON CANVAS BASICS
The following guides will provide you with a convenient, quick reference overview of Canvas. For a deeper understanding and full mastery of Canvas, we recommend enrolling in our self-paced, fully online Canvas Basics workshop.
Canvas Menus, Modules, and Syllabus
The structure of your Canvas course is critical. The following will provide you with an overview of how to customize organizational elements of your course and how to use the Canvas syllabus tool.
- Course Navigation Menu
- Using the Redirect Tool
- Modules Overview (Video)
- Syllabus
- Syllabus (Video)
- Cleaning Up the Canvas Menu (Monday Minute)
CANVAS GRADING & ASSIGNMENTS
Instructors spend alot of time grading and the following represent some of the most important items related to the Canvas gradebook.
- Gradebook Overview
- Gradebook Overview (Video)
- Assignments Overview (Video)
- SpeedGrader
- SpeedGrader (Video)
- Extra Credit
- Peer Review
- Adding Extra Quiz Time
- New Quizzes: Restrict Student Result View
- Bulk Upload Availability & Due Dates
- Update a Quiz While Students are Taking it
- View a Specific Student's Grade Page
- Canvas Quiz Log (Monday Minute)
- Randomize Students in SpeedGrader (Monday Minute)
- Grading by Question in SpeedGrader (Monday Minute)
- Mute Grades in Canvas (Monday Minute)
- Using the Gradebook Search (Monday Minute)
CANVAS COURSE ADMINISTRATION
The following provides key areas of course administration including adding individuals to your course, importing/copying, and automation tools such as the link validator and accessibility checker that will save you alot of time.
- How to Add People to Your Course
- Copy (Import) a Course
- Selective Import and Copy
- Canvas Quiz Copy during Import
- Link Validator
- Crosslisting - Merging Courses
- Crosslisting - Merging Courses (Video)
- Create a "Sandbox" Course
- Using the Canvas Course Scheduler (Monday Minute)
- Canvas Accessibility Checker (Monday Minute)
- Clean Up the Clutter on your Canvas Dashboard (Monday Minute)
CANVAS COURSE COMMUNICATION & FEEDBACK
Communicating with your students is critically important and Canvas offers a number of features to optimize connectivity with your students and ensure that they receive your feedback.
- Post Announcements
- Message Students Who - Gradebook
- Message Students Who - Analytics
- Canvas Notifications & Your Students (Monday Minute)
- Help Students Find SpeedGrader Feedback (Monday Minute)
CANVAS COMMONS
Canvas Commons provides shared content and templates to use within your Canvas Course.
INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH STUDENTS
Sometimes you want to make sure that students understand how to find vital information in your course. Following are guides for which we receive frequent questions.