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Below are some helpful links to videos and guides on the use of Canvas for teachers.
Videos
- Canvas Help Resources (All Users)
- Notification Preferences (All Users)
- Rich Content Editor (All Users)
- User Settings & Profile Picture (All Users)
- Announcements Overview (Instructors)
- Assignment Creation (Instructors)
- Assignments Overview (Instructors)
- Calendar Overview (Instructors)
- Canvas Overview (Instructors)
- Course Layout: Customization (Instructors)
- Course Settings Part 1 (Instructors)
- Course Settings Part 2 (Instructors)
- Discussion Creation (Instructors)
- Discussions Overview (Instructors)
- Files: Add Course Content (Instructors)
- Gradebook Overview (Instructors)
- Groups: Creation & Management (Instructors)
- Modules: Creation & Management (Instructors)
- Pages: Creation & Management (Instructors)
- People Overview (Instructors)
- Quiz Creation: Questions (Instructors)
- Quiz Creation: Settings (Instructors)
- Rubrics Overview (Instructors)
- SpeedGrader Overview (Instructors)
- Syllabus Overview (Instructors)
GuidesAnnouncements
- How do I make an announcement in a course?
- How do I add content to an announcement in a course?
- How do I edit an announcement in a course?
- How do I attach a file to an announcement in a course?
- How do I delete an announcement in a course?
Assignments
- What is the difference between a Canvas Assignment and a Canvas Activity?
- What assignment types can I create in a course?
- What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
- How do I create an assignment?
- How do I create an online assignment?
- How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment?
- How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?
- How do I duplicate an assignment?
- How do I delete an assignment?
- How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
- How do I use peer review assignments in a course?
- How do I create a peer review assignment?
- How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?
Calendar
- How do I use the Calendar as an instructor?
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course as an instructor?
- How do I add an event to a course calendar?
- How do I add a repeating event to a course calendar?
- How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar as an instructor?
How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook as an instructor?
Course Import Tool
- How do I copy a Canvas course into a new course shell?
- How do I copy content from another Canvas course?
- How do I adjust events and due dates in a course import?
- How do I view the status of current and prior course imports?
Course Navigation
- How do I use the Course Home Page as an instructor?
- How do I use the Course Navigation Menu as an instructor?
- How do I reorder and hide Course Navigation links?
- What layout options are available in the Course Home Page as an instructor?
- How do I change the Course Home Page?
- How do I use the Course Activity Stream as an instructor?
- How do I use the Syllabus as an instructor?
- How do I edit the Syllabus description in a course?
Courses and Sections
- How do I use the Course Setup Checklist?
- How do I use the Canvas course setup tutorial as an instructor?
- How do I permanently delete a course?
- How do I add a section to a course?
- How do I edit the details for a course section as an instructor?
- How do I change the name of a course section?
- How do I delete a course section?
- How do I view enrollments in a course section?
- How do I remove an enrollment from a course section?
- How do I cross-list a section in a course as an instructor?
- How do I de-cross-list a section in a course as an instructor?
- How do I publish a course?
- How do I conclude a course at the end of a term?
Discussions
- How do I create a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I edit a discussion in a course?
- How do I delete a discussion in a course?
- How do I create a group discussion in a course?
- How do I enable a podcast feed for a discussion in a course?
- How do I delay posting a discussion until a specified date in a course?
- How can I require students to reply to a course discussion before they see other replies?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as an instructor?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read as an instructor?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I edit or delete student discussion replies in a course?
- How do I reply to a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion as an instructor?
Files
- How do I view my user files as an instructor?
- How do I view course files as an instructor?
- How do I use Files as an instructor?
- How do I move and organize my files as an instructor?
- How do I rename a file as an instructor?
- How do I create a folder in Files as an instructor?
- How do I upload a file to a course?
- How do I bulk upload files to a course?
- How do I delete a file or folder as an instructor?
Global Navigation
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an instructor?
- How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view course cards in the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I use the Global Activity Stream as an instructor?
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view my Canvas courses as an instructor?
- How do I customize my Courses list as an instructor?
- How do I get help with Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I log out of Canvas as an instructor?
Grades
- How do I use the Gradebook?
- How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook?
- How do I use grading periods in a course?
- How do I view grading periods in a course?
- How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I set a default grade for an assignment?
- How do I view a student's Grades page in a course?
- How do I view my students' total grades as a point value instead of a percentage in the Gradebook?
- How do I download grades from the Gradebook?
- How do I upload changes to the Gradebook?
Modules
- How do I use the Modules Index Page?
- How do I add a module?
- How do I add prerequisites to a module?
- How do I add requirements to a module?
- How do I edit a module?
- How do I lock a module?
- How do I delete a module?
- How do I move or reorder a module?
- How do I add assignment types, pages, and files as module items?
Profile and User Settings
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I add a profile picture in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I change the settings in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor?
- How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as an instructor?
Quizzes
- What quiz types can I create in a course?
- What options can I set in a quiz?
- How do I create a Multiple Choice quiz question?
- How do I create a True/False quiz question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-the-Blank quiz question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Answers quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Dropdown quiz question?
- How do I create an Essay quiz question?
- How do I create a File Upload quiz question?
- How do I create a Text (no question) quiz question?
- How do I link course content to a quiz question?
- How can I create a quiz where students only see one question at a time?
- How do I make a quiz available before or after the due date?
- How do I assign a quiz to an individual student?
- How do I assign a quiz to a course section?
- How do I view student results in a quiz?
- How do I view practice quiz results in a course?
Rubrics
- How do I create a rubric in a course?
- How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
- How do I add a rubric to a graded discussion?
- How do I add a rubric to a quiz?
- How do I edit a rubric in a course?
- How do I manage rubrics in a course?
Settings
SpeedGrader
- How do I get to SpeedGrader from the Gradebook?
- How do I get to SpeedGrader from an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion?
- How do I use SpeedGrader?
- How do I use the student list to view student submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I sort the student list in SpeedGrader?
- How do I enter and edit grades in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I leave feedback comments for student submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use Chrome's speech recognition feature to leave a comment in SpeedGrader?
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment?
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment?
