Digital Learning Resources
Canvas
The following resources are some of the most important "need to know" features in Canvas.
CANVAS GUIDES
The Canvas instructor guides page provides a comprehensive overview of all Canvas tutorials.
Canvas Menus and Modules
The structure of your Canvas course is critical. The following will show you how to customize aspects of your course.
- Course Navigation Menu
- Using the Redirect Tool
- Course Module Tools Overview
- (Monday Minute) Cleaning Up the Canvas Menu
CANVAS GRADING & ASSIGNMENTS
Instructors spend alot of time grading and the following represent some of the most important items related to the Canvas gradebook.
- Canvas Gradebook Overview
- Canvas SpeedGrader
- Canvas Extra Credit
- Canvas 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
- (Monday Minute) 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
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
- Crosslist a Course
- (Monday Minute) Using the Canvas Course Scheduler
- (Monday Minute) Canvas Accessibility Checker
- (Monday Minute) Clean Up the Clutter on your Canvas Dashboard
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
- Upload Syllabus to Syllabus Page
- Showing Syllabus Early
- (Monday Minute) Canvas Notifications & Your Students
- (Monday Minute) Help Students Find SpeedGrader Feedback
CANVAS COMMONS
Canvas Commons provides shared content and templates to use within your Canvas Course.
COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING ON CANVAS BASICS
This course provides training that will introduce you to the key functions and tools of Canvas so you can quickly become familiar with our LMS and successfully manage 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.