Canvas Tutorials
Our latest articles, tips and tutorials on using Canvas for your courses are here. If you don’t find the answer to your question, use Canvas Live Support available by clicking the HELP resources when you’re logged into your Canvas course shell. You can get 24/7 help directly from Canvas there too!
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Canvas New Quizzes are Unsupported
New Quizzes are Unsupported by UAF eCampus The feature ‘New Quizzes’ is now unsupported by UAF eCampus until major improvements are made to the feature by Instructure. Below is a video tutorial on moving any existing quiz materials to Canvas Classic quizzes. We can also discuss how to move to another integrated platform, such as Playposit, Gradescope, Hypothesis, or H5P. Our Friday Open Labs for Canvas, Online Instructional Designer Consults, and in person Instructional Designer support are all great places to get help transitioning your materials More About the Issue An issue was reported in Summer and Fall 2022 where New…
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Canvas II Workshop
Included is a recording of our Canvas Level 2 workshop. This presentation covers topics that include:
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Creating Course Links in Canvas
Create clickable text in your Canvas course that link to other places in your course.
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Adding H5P Content to Canvas
H5P enables you to add different types of interactive elements to your Canvas course shell. If you’re not familiar with the types of objects you can create with H5P, it is worth checking out. Add objects you create to your Canvas course with the following steps:
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Setting Notification Preferences in Canvas
The “Account” area of Canvas allows you to customize your Canvas experience across all classes you are enrolled in. to change your notification settings, do the following.
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Embedding a Google Doc Into Canvas
Embed your syllabus or other document into your Canvas course as a way to make the document visible without the extra click to download. Additional benefits include auto-updates in Canvas whenever you edit your syllabus in drive which means there’s no need for multiple versions of the same document. (Tutorial video to be posted soon.)
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Create Assignments in Canvas Through the Calendar
You can create assignment shells using the calendar in Canvas. Assignments shells added this way are placeholders until all the details for the assignment are added. Planning assignments this way is a quick way to place them into your course shell if you prefer to plan using the calendar view.
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Edit the Course Menu
Customize your course menu so that it contains only links your students need.
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Create a Course Card
Cards are the rectangular images students see associated with each class they are enrolled in. They see these in their Dashboard view. To customize a card for your course, follow these instructions.
Canvas Quick Start
Canvas Playlists
The Canvas channel on YouTube is full of helpful content—with everything from the Virtual Learning Indicator to establishing trust in an online environment to artificial intelligence and the future of plagiarism—Canvas goes beyond simple “how to” videos (get started here) to elevate the conversation around learning management software.