The native calendar tool in Canvas will automatically update with due dates you have created for quizzes, assignments, and discussions. This is a helpful tool for tracking and viewing due dates all in one place. You may, however, prefer to use the Outlook calendar, which automatically updates with all your Teams meetings and event invites […]
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Your Canvas profile lets you choose a profile picture and share a brief biography with your students. Setting up your Canvas profile will help your students get to know you as a person, which increases instructor presence, humanizes your course, and makes your course more engaging. In this tutorial, we’ll add a profile picture, fill […]
While the MSU Denver Canvas Blueprint automatically determines which sections are visible to students by default, you can choose which navigation options students see in the course navigation menu. This allows you to control how students view and navigate the course, removing unnecessary cognitive load associated with students trying to locate the appropriate sections. Please […]
The Attendance Tool is an integrated application that allows you to take attendance from within Canvas. This is helpful for both in-class and synchronous formats of classes. If you wish to use this application, you will need to enable it within each course. Note: When you take attendance using Attendance (Roll Call), Canvas automatically adds Attendance […]
The MSU Denver Canvas Blueprint is a template that is included in every Canvas Course Shell. One feature of the blueprint is the Canvas Syllabus tool/template. The Syllabus template is designed for you to replace the bracketed information with your specific course information. Using this template helps you outline your course details and communicate important […]
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Embed a YouTube Video on a Canvas Page
Videos can be a great way to get complex ideas or concepts across to your students. Using pages in Canvas provides a wonderful opportunity to include some much-needed context around your video in the form of an introductory paragraph (gain the students’ attention, guide them in what to think about or what to get out […]
Images within course content create a dynamic and engaging visual for students, and are a crucial component of visual learning. When using images to help students understand the content, you need to include alt text to meet accessibility standards. Alt text is text that describes an image so students who rely on screen readers are […]
The Rich Content Editor is used throughout Canvas. Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, and the Syllabus all feature large text boxes with a toolbar at the top for entering text and media. This is the Rich Content Editor, and the instructions in this tutorial will work wherever the Rich Content Editor is available. The Editor […]
By default, you will be using your Canvas courses from the “instructor view,” which shows some options not available to students, including hidden pages, grading/feedback options, and content editing options. When building a course, you may find it useful or necessary to try using your course as a student would, to help alleviate issues with […]
The Dashboard functions as a central hub of Canvas, allowing you to view and make changes to all of your courses. This section allows you to publish/unpublish courses and provides quick links to each of your courses’ announcements, assignments, discussions, and files. For instructors teaching multiple courses, this section will likely be the easiest way […]