All content in Canvas must be published and placed in a published module to be viewed by students. If an item is not placed in a module, or if the item and/or module is unpublished, students will not be able to see it. You can find instructions on adding items to modules in our Add Items […]
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How do I find SpeedGrader?
Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions are all graded from within SpeedGrader. To access Speedgrader, click on Assignments in the left-hand navigation menu, click on the name of the Assignment that you would like to grade, then click on SpeedGrader to the right-hand side. You can also access Speedgrader from within the Gradebook. Hover over the Assignment’s […]
Shells can be issued to include more than a single section of a Canvas course. This can be useful when teaching multiple synchronous or asynchronous sections of a single course. Multi-section shells must be requested by the department before shells are issued for the next semester. They cannot be retroactively combined. Please reach out to […]
By default, Canvas shells for MSU Denver classes are programmed to open on the Saturday before classes begin. Starting from this date, students can view and interact with published content. As the instructor, you can view and change this date in the Settings menu of each course. Change the Start Date for a Canvas Course […]
The short answer is no, you can’t add students to a course Team through Canvas. Teams does not have access to your Canvas class and cannot currently populate a Teams course automatically. You can add each student individually to your course Team, or you can share a link to join the Team through a Canvas […]
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How do I set up my Canvas course?
If you’re new to online teaching, or just new to Canvas, it can seem a little daunting trying to set up a new course. CTLD has prepared an assortment of tutorials that will help you through this process. If your department or a colleague has already created the course and has given you permission to […]
Modules are a fundamental building block and the main organizational unit of a Canvas course. They enable an instructor to organize the course content by week or by topic, for example, and to build each new concept on what a student has previously learned. This organization makes the course easier for a student to navigate. […]
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Why is my quiz showing up as an assignment?
Canvas uses Assignments, available from the course navigation menu on the left, as an umbrella that includes all activities. Any quizzes (Classic or New), discussions, and assignments that you create for a course can be accessed from their respective links or from the assignments link in the course navigation menu on the left. This is […]
The subtotal columns in your Canvas gradebook are populated automatically by the different groups you have in your assignments folder. These subtotal columns cannot be hidden or deleted. You may turn off the subtotal columns in settings, though this will also disable the total column. By default, Canvas has one main group called “Assignments” that […]
New Quizzes do not use Question Banks, instead they use Item Banks. Additionally, currently do not offer the option of “question group” type questions. When you migrate a Classic Quiz with question groups to a New Quiz, the New Quiz is unable to pull from the Question Bank, so the questions do not migrate over. […]