Navigating Canvas Guides

The information below offer brief overviews of different ways to use Canvas as a learning management system. We've selected what we see as the most relevant and useful features to discuss and provide training for; however, if you want further information about other aspects of Canvas, you can contact Julie Perino or view the full Instructor Guide on the Canvas LMS website. 

The resources below are organized in alphabetical order. You can access the resources by clicking through the Table of Contents.

Accessing Canvas Trainings through Bridge

Ever wish that you could just take a self-paced class where you learned about Canvas features in depth? You can! Follow these instructions to access online trainings in Canvas. 

Access Reports & Analytics

1. How to view Analytics for an Individual Student in New Analytics

2. How to view Course Analytics

3. How to view the Course Access Report for an Individual User

Announcements

How to show recent announcements in the Course Home Page

Assignments

1. Creating a Peer Review Assignment

   1. 1. Peer Review in Canvas (Professor View)

      2. Grading the Peer Review

2. Creating Assignments - Overview

3. Grading Group Assignments

4. How to add a rubric to an assignment

5. How to scan a document with an Android phone

6. How to scan a document with an iPhone

7. How to submit a Canvas Studio media as a File Upload assignment (Student)

8. How to use Assignments - Overview

9. Using TurnItIn for Canvas Assignments

Canvas Tutorials & Information

1. Canvas Video Tutorial (** Please download the video to watch.)

2. Course Visibility Options

Chat Tool

What is the chat tool?

Closed Captioning 

1. Recording Lectures in Canvas & Closed Captioning

2. Editing Captions Using a srt File

Content Pages

How to create Content Pages

Discussion Boards

Creating a group discussion in a course

Files & Folders

1. How do I use Files as an instructor?

2. How do I view my user files as an instructor?

3. How do I view course files as an instructor?

4. How do I move and organize my files as an instructor?

5. How do I rename a file as an instructor?

6. How do I create a folder in Files as an instructor?

7. How do I upload a file to a course?

8. How do I bulk upload files to a course?

9. How do I delete a file or folder as an instructor?

10. How do I download a single file as an instructor?

11. How do I restrict files and folders to students in Canvas?

12. How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file?

13. How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file folder?

14. What types of media files can I upload in Canvas as an instructor?

15. How do I view my Google Drive files in Canvas as an instructor?

Grading 

1. Grade Distribution Graphs - How to Turn them On/Off and How students can access them

2. How to add an assignment group in a course (For Weighting Grades)

3. How to add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader

4. How to enable a grading scheme for a course

5. How to hide totals in student grade summaries

6. How to import grades into the Gradebook

7. How to select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook (Manually vs. Automatically)

8. How to use the Gradebook - Overview

9. How to use the Gradebook - Overview #2

10. How to use the Gradebook - Overview #3

11. How to weight the final course grade based on assignment groups

Group Work/Collaborations

1. How to create a Google Docs collaboration as an instructor

2. How to create a Peer Review Assignment

3. How to grade a Peer Review Assignment

4. How to use Peer Review Assignments in a course

5. What are Groups?

Help 

Canvas Tier 1 support is available 24/7/365 for students, faculty, and staff to contact the Canvas technical support team with questions, concerns, and issues. 

Users can click the "Help" icon at the bottom of the global navigation bar within Canvas to call, chat with, or email technical support. The dedicated Support Hotline for all Transy University users is 877-361-0934 . Seamless support structure will be set up in the future so when anyone calls the IT Helpdesk, they will have the option to Press 1 to be routed to Canvas Tier 1 Support. 

Also, if Canvas support can't assist they will escalate the issue to Transy IT Helpdesk (i.e. login issues).  

Migration from Moodle & Importing Content from Another Canvas Course

1. How to Import Course Content - Overview

2. Importing Content from Another Canvas Course

3. Migration – Moodle to Canvas Instructions

Mobile App

1. How to access Canvas on your phone

2. How to Add a Video in Canvas Studio using the Mobile App

Modules

1. How to add an external link in a module

2. How to create Modules 

3. How do I publish or unpublish a module as an instructor?

4. How do I add prerequisites to a module?

5. How do I add requirements to a module?

6. How do I edit a module?

7. How do I lock a module?

8. How do I delete a module?

9. How do I move or reorder a module?

10. How do I add course content as module items?

11. How do I add a quiz as a module item?

Recording Lectures

1. Available and Recommended Tools for Lecture Capture

2. Recording Lectures in Canvas & Closed Captioning

Sections

How to Cross List Sections - Overview

Quizzes 

1. Creating a Quiz with a Question Group to Randomize Quiz Questions - Written Instructions

2. Creating a Canvas Studio Video Quiz in a Course - Written Instructions

3. How to build Quizzes Tutorial

4. How to Create Quizzes - Overview

5. How to Moderate a Published Quiz

6. How to view student results in a quiz

7. Using Quizzes in Classes

Zoom in Canvas 

1. How to add Zoom Meeting in Canvas 

2. Using the Zoom Integration Tool in Canvas