Canvas Faculty Guide
Canvas, by Instructure, is UHD’s new Learning Management System. It will replace UHD Blackboard Learn(SaaS). We have gathered some resources below for instructors to get familiar with Canvas. If you ever have a question, please feel free to reach out to Canvas Support.
How to Access Canvas
| Global Navigation | Course Basics | Course Activities | Third Party Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
Accessibility
- How to view your Course Accessibility Report in Canvas
- How do I give my students extra time in Classic Quizzes?
- How do I give my students extra attempts in Classic Quizzes?
- How do I give my students extra time in New Quizzes?
- How do I give my students extra attempts in New Quizzes?
- How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I enable the high contrast user interface as an instructor?
- Canvas Course Accessibility Checklist
- Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
New Analytics
- How do I view analytics for an individual student in New Analytics?
- How do I view average course grade analytics in an interactive chart graph in New Analytics?
- How do I view average course grade analytics in a data table in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the course average chart graph with an assignment, section, or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the course average data table with an assignment, section, or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to all students based on specific course criteria in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to an individual student in New Analytics?
- How do I view weekly online activity analytics in an interactive chart graph in New Analytics?
- How do I view weekly online activity analytics in a data table in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the weekly online activity chart graph with a section or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the weekly online activity data table with a section or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to all students based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to an individual student based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?
- How do I view and download reports in New Analytics?
Announcements
- How do I use the Announcements Index Page?
- How do I add an announcement in a course?
- How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page?
- How do I attach a file to an announcement in a course?
- How do I edit an announcement in a course?
- How do I delete an announcement in a course?
- How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course?
- How do I copy an announcement to another course?
Assignments
- How do I use the Assignments Index Page?
- How do I create an assignment?
- How do I create an online assignment?
- How do I publish or unpublish an assignment as an instructor?
- What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
- How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment?
- How do I limit submission attempts for an assignment?
- How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?
- How do I give extra credit in a course?
- How do I move or reorder an assignment?
- How do I delete an assignment?
- How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?
- Can a student resubmit Canvas assignments?
Group Assignments
Assignment Management
- How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
- How do I duplicate an assignment?
- How do I copy an assignment to another course?
- How do I send an assignment to another instructor?
- How do I assign an assignment to everyone in a course?
- How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment?
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment?
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment?
Peer Reviewed Assignments
- 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?
- How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?
- How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?
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 and duplicate an event in the Calendar as an instructor?
- How do I add an event to my calendar as an instructor?
- How do I add an assignment from the Calendar?
- How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar?
Calender Feeds
- How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar as an instructor?
- 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?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook.com as an instructor?
Course Import Tool
- How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?
- How do I import a Canvas course export package?
- How do I select specific content as part of a course import?
- 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 manage 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?
Course/Sections
Discussions
- How do I use the Discussions Index Page?
- How do I create a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I publish or unpublish a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I edit a discussion in a course?
- How do I delay posting a discussion until a specified date in a course?
- How do I move or reorder a discussion 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?
- How do I delete a discussion in a course?
- How can I require students to reply to a course discussion before they see other replies?
- How do I edit or delete student discussion replies in a course?
- 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 embed an image in a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I close a discussion for comments in a course?
Managing Discussions
- How do I duplicate a discussion in a course?
- How do I copy a discussion to another course?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as an instructor?
- How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread as an instructor?
- How do I pin a discussion in a course?
Graded Discussions
- How do I assign a graded discussion to everyone in a course?
- How do I assign a graded discussion to an individual student?
- How do I assign a graded discussion to a course group?
Group Discussions
Student Managed Discussions
- How do I allow students to create a course discussion?
- How do I allow students to attach files to a course discussion?
Peer Reviewed Discussions
Files
- How do I use Files as an instructor?
- How do I view my user 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 preview a file as an instructor?
- How do I upload ZIP files as an instructor?
- How do I delete a file or folder as an instructor?
- How do I download a folder in ZIP format as an instructor?
- How do I restrict files and folders to students in Canvas?
- What types of files can be previewed in Canvas?
Files Access Rights
- How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file?
- How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file folder?
Global Navigation
Dashboard
- How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view grades 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 view global activity for all my courses in the Recent Activity Dashboard as an instructor?
Courses
- How do I customize my Courses list as an instructor?
- How do I view all my Canvas courses as an instructor?
Account
Groups
History
Grades/Gradebook
- How do I use the Gradebook?
- How do I arrange columns in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the Total column in the Gradebook?
- How do I sort and display student data in the Gradebook?
- How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook?
- How do I apply scores to ungraded assignments as an Instructor?
- How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I view a student's Grades page in a course from the Gradebook?
- How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook?
- How do I change the status of a submission in the Gradebook?
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment in the Gradebook?
Advanced
- How do I curve grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I set a default grade for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I apply a Missing Submission policy in the Gradebook?
- How do I apply a Late Submission policy in the Gradebook?
- How do I override a student's final grade in the Gradebook?
- How do I send a message to students from the Gradebook?
- How do I publish final grades for a moderated assignment?
- How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook?
- How do I enter grades for an individual assignment as a specific grading type in the Gradebook?
Speedgrader
Grade Posting Policy
- How do I use posting policies in a course?
- How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook?
- How do I select a grade posting policy for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I post grades for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I hide grades that were previously posted in the Gradebook?
Sorting/Organization
- How do I filter columns and rows in the Gradebook?
- How do I sort an individual assignment column in the Gradebook?
- How do I view the Unpublished Assignments column in the Gradebook?
- How do I view the Split Student Names column in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?
- How do I change the color for a grading status in the Gradebook?
Assignment Groups (Gradebook Columns)
- How do I add an assignment group in a course?
- How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
- How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
- How do I create rules for an assignment group?
Learning Mastery
- How do I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook to view outcome results in a course from the Gradebook?
- How do I view outcomes or student results individually in the Learning Mastery Gradebook from the Gradebook?
Other
- How do I use grading periods in a course?
- How do I export grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I import grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I view total scores in the Gradebook as if all ungraded assignments were given zero grades?
- How do I view grades for inactive or concluded student enrollments in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the Notes column in the Gradebook?
- How do I view the history of all grading changes in the Gradebook?
Groups
- How do I view all groups in a course as an instructor?
- How do I manually assign students to groups?
- How do I assign a student leader to a group?
- How do I move a student into a different group?
- How do I automatically assign students to groups?
Group Sets
- How do I add a group set in a course?
- How do I edit a group set in a course?
- How do I delete a group set in a course?
- How do I import groups in a group set?
- How do I automatically create groups in a group set?
- How do I manually create groups in a group set?
- How do I create self sign-up groups in a group set?
Advanced
- How do I allow students to create their own student groups?
- How do I message students who have not signed up for a self sign-up group?
- How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up groups?
- How do I view content and student activity within a group as an instructor?
Inbox
Conversations
- How do I use the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I find my unread messages in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I filter conversations as an instructor?
- How do I star a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I delete a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I delete a message from a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I archive a conversation as an instructor?
Messages
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to a user in a student group in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox as an instructor?
Attachments
- How do I attach a file to a message as an instructor?
- How do I attach a media comment to a message as an instructor?
Response
- How do I reply to a message in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I privately respond to one individual in a group message as an instructor?
- How do I reply to submission comments in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I forward a message from a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation as an instructor?
Modules
- How do I use the Modules Index Page?
- How do I add a module?
- How do I move or reorder a module?
- How do I publish or unpublish a module as an instructor?
Module Management
- How do I duplicate a module?
- How do I copy a module to another course?
- How do I send a module to another instructor?
- How do I remove module items?
- How do I move or reorder a module item?
Module Settings
- 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?
Adding Content
- How do I add course content as module items?
- How do I add a quiz as a module item?
- How do I add a text header as a module item?
- How do I add an external tool as a module item?
- How do I add an external URL as a module item?
Pages
- How do I use the Pages Index Page?
- How do I publish or unpublish a page as an instructor?
- How do I create a new page in a course?
- How do I change the name of a page in a course?
- How do I edit a page in a course?
- How do I duplicate a page in a course?
- How do I copy a page to another course?
- How do I send a page to another instructor?
- How do I delete pages in a course?
- How do I set a Front Page in a course?
- How do I view the history of a page in a course?
Adding Content
- How do I upload a PDF to a page in a course?
- How do I link to other Canvas pages in a course?
- How do I add a page to the student To-Do list as an instructor?
- How do I embed a video in a page in a course?
- How do I create a file link in a page in a course?
People
- How do I use the People page in a course as an instructor?
- How do I view a user's profile in a course as an instructor?
- How do I record the last day a user attended a course?
- How do I view a summary of all my student interactions in a course?
- How do I view my course interactions with an individual student?
- How do I view the course access report for an individual user?
Profile and User Settings
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I change the settings in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I add a profile picture in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I select personal pronouns in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I change the language preference in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I view a QR code to log in to the Canvas mobile apps as an instructor?
- What feature settings can I enable in my user account as an instructor?
Notifications
- How do I manage my Canvas notification settings as an instructor?
- How do I manage notifications for a single course as an instructor?
Contact
- How do I change my default email address in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as an instructor?
- How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as an instructor?
Shared Content
- How do I manage content shared to me from other users?
- How do I manage confetti animations in Canvas as an instructor?
Classic Quizzes
- How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
- How do I publish or unpublish a quiz as an instructor?
- What quiz types can I create in a course?
- What options can I set in a quiz?
- How do I delete a quiz?
Question Types
- How do I create a quiz with individual questions?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group to randomize quiz questions?
- How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank?
- 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 a Matching quiz question?
- How do I create a Numerical Answer quiz question?
- How do I create a Formula quiz question with a single variable?
- How do I create a Simple Formula quiz question?
- How do I create an Essay quiz question?
- How do I create a File Upload quiz question?
Question Banks
- How do I create a question bank in a course?
- How do I bookmark a question bank in a course?
- How do I delete a question bank in a course?
- How do I move multiple questions from one question bank to another?
- How do I reorder questions or question groups in a quiz?
Managing Quizzes
- How do I import a question bank from one Canvas course to another?
- 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?
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I make additional changes?
- Once I publish a quiz, how can I give my students extra attempts?
- Once I publish a timed quiz, how can I give my students extra time?
Sharing
- How do I copy a quiz to another course?
- How do I send a quiz to another instructor?
- How do I export quiz content from a course?
Grading
- What options can I use to regrade a quiz in a course?
- How do I regrade a Multiple Choice quiz question?
- How do I regrade a True/False quiz question?
- How do I regrade a Multiple Answers quiz question?
- How do I create a survey in my course?
- How do I view survey results in a course?
- How do I manually submit outstanding student quiz submissions?
- How do I view student results in a quiz?
- How do I view a quiz log for a student?
- How do I view practice quiz results in a course?
New Quizzes
- How do I create a quiz using New Quizzes?
- How do I duplicate a New Quizzes quiz?
- How do I migrate a Canvas quiz to New Quizzes?
- How do I import a quiz from a QTI package in New Quizzes?
- How do I use the Rich Content Editor in New Quizzes?
- How do I delete a New Quizzes quiz?
Question Types
- How do I create a Categorization question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create an Essay question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a File Upload question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Fill in the Blank question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Formula question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Hot Spot question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Matching question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Multiple Answer question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Multiple Choice question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a Numeric question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create an Ordering question in New Quizzes?
- How do I create a True or False question in New Quizzes?
- How do I insert stimulus content in New Quizzes?
- How do I duplicate an individual question in New Quizzes?
Managing Quizzes
- How do I add feedback to a question in New Quizzes?
- How do I reorder questions in New Quizzes?
- How do I edit a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I edit the assignment details of a New Quizzes quiz?
- How do I manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I restrict students from viewing quiz results in New Quizzes?
- How do I preview a quiz in New Quizzes?
Grading
- How do I grade a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I regrade a quiz question in New Quizzes?
- How do I view student quiz results in New Quizzes?
Item Banks
- How do I manage item banks in New Quizzes?
- How do I create an item bank in New Quizzes?
- How do I add content to an item bank in New Quizzes?
- How do I import questions from a QTI package into an item bank in New Quizzes?
- How do I add an item from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I edit an item bank item in New Quizzes?
- How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I move or copy a question from one item bank to another in New Quizzes?
- How do I share an item bank in New Quizzes?
Outcomes
- How do I print a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I align an outcome to a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I align an outcome to a quiz question in New Quizzes?
- How do I view reports for a quiz in New Quizzes?
Moderation
- How do I use the Moderation page in New Quizzes?
- How do I moderate a student's quiz attempt in New Quizzes?
- How do I add accommodations for a student in New Quizzes?
Sharing
- How do I copy a quiz to another course in New Quizzes?
- How do I send a quiz to another instructor in New Quizzes?
Rich Content Editor (RCE)
- How do I access the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I add and modify text in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the menubar in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I resize the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the HTML view in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the Math Editor in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
Hyperlinks
- How do I create hyperlinks to external URLs in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create hyperlinks to course or group content in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create hyperlinks to course, group, and user files in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I edit and remove hyperlinks in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
Adding Content
- How do I upload and embed an image in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I manage alt text and display options for images embedded in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I insert a table using the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I embed media from an external source in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I upload a document in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I embed documents from Canvas in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
Rubrics
- How do I manage rubrics in a course?
- How do I add a rubric in a course?
- How do I align an outcome with 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?
Settings
- How do I add an image to a course card in the Dashboard?
- How do I set a time zone for a course?
- How do I change the language preference for a course?
- How do I enable SpeedGrader to launch filtered by student group?
- How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page?
- How do I hide totals in my students' grade summaries?
- How do I hide grade distribution scoring details from students?
- How do I validate links in a course?
- How do I view course statistics?
- How do I view a course as a test student using Student View?
Grading Schemes
- How do I use grading schemes in a course?
- How do I view grading schemes in a course?
- How do I enable a grading scheme for a course?
- How do I add a grading scheme in a course?
SpeedGrader
- 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 view the details of a submission for a student in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade group assignments in SpeedGrader?
- How do I add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader?
- How do I enter and edit grades in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade quiz questions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade one quiz question at a time in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a graded discussion in SpeedGrader?
- How do I leave feedback comments for student submissions in SpeedGrader?
Settings
- How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader?
- How do I change the status of a submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I sort the student list in SpeedGrader?
Rubrics
- How do I use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a rubric in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use a non-scoring rubric to assess submissions in SpeedGrader?
Grading Question Types
- How do I grade a text entry submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a website URL submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a media recording submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a file upload submission in SpeedGrader?
Other
- How do I hide or post assignment grades in SpeedGrader?
- How do I audit an assessment in SpeedGrader?
- How do I download submission comments as a PDF in SpeedGrader?
- How do I reassign an assignment in SpeedGrader?
- How do I adjust the point value for an entire quiz using fudge points in SpeedGrader?
Syllabus
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