Canvas Crash Course from Canvas Guides

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Learn more about Canvas from Canvas Guides and CIDI tutorials

CIDI support employees should have rock-solid understanding of the following:

Student Access

What Students Can See and Do in Canvas Before Classes Start

Syllabus

Creating a syllabus

Syllabus Development Tips

Print or Save the Syllabus as a PDF

Assignments

Assignment types (Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, and External Tools)

Create an assignment

Edit assignment settings

Creating non-graded and extra-credit assignments

Group Assignments

Adding an assignment rubric

Peer Review Assignments

Quizzes

Setting up a quiz (New or Classic quizzes)

Using question banks for randomized quizzes

Managing special circumstances with quizzes

Canvas New Quizzes

Copy or Duplicate a Classic Quiz

Discussions

Create a discussion

Creating group discussions

Posting Content

Using modules to list content (files, assignments, quizzes, discussions, pages, links

Using the Rich Content Editor (applies to most Canvas features)

Linking to Canvas content in the Rich Content Editor

Creating pages (great for adding text, images, videos, and hyperlinks in custom layouts)

Uploading Files

Linking to files in the Rich Content Editor

Media

Linking to YouTube videos in the Rich Content Editor

Embedding your own videos (See MyMedia tutorials for more information)

Embedding images in the Rich Content Editor

Grading

Canvas Grading Basics

Using the Canvas SpeedGrader

Entering grades in the SpeedGrader

Using the gradebook

Hiding/posting grades

Publishing grades to Banner

Communication

Using the Canvas inbox

Canvas announcements

Send a message to students who haven't submitted an assignment, scored more or less than a designated grade, or whose work has not yet been graded

Course Copy

Import content from an old course to a new course

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