Canvas Help Resources
Some Canvas Instructor Guides to Help Along the Way:
- Table of Contents: Links to an external site.the complete Canvas Help TOC designed just for Instructors
- Modules: Links to an external site.more on Modules and how to get the best of them
- Files: Links to an external site. everything you have ever wanted to know about Canvas files
- Announcements: Links to an external site.Canvas explains this easy to use communication channel
- Discussions: a Links to an external site.list of top How Tos when adding Discussions to a course
- Assignments: Links to an external site. walk through the various options for setting up assignments
- Course Import: Links to an external site. a variety of ways to add content into your course
Course Evaluation Checklist v2.0 Links to an external site.Canvas conducted research and collaborated with outside experts to create this Course Evaluation Checklist containing the top 10 foundational design components to online learning--think best practice quick start. The Checklist, written by the members of Canvas' Learning Services department, is based on Universal Design for Learning principles.
Canvas Groups
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View this Overview of Groups Links to an external site. video from Canvas
- How do I set up a Canvas Group Links to an external site.?
- How do I automatically add students Links to an external site. or manually add students to a group? Links to an external site.
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Engaging Students in Canvas Groups:
Links to an external site.Ideas and examples of using Canvas Groups to engage your students.
Canvas Peer Review
- How do I use peer review assignments in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a peer review assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor? Links to an external site.
Canvas Quizzes
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- Canvas Guides for Quizzes Links to an external site.
- What quiz types can I create in a course? Links to an external site.
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I make additional changes? Links to an external site.
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Moderate Quiz page? Links to an external site.
- Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available? Links to an external site.
- 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?