Canvas

Analytics

• New Analytics in Canvas

Assignments

• Assignment Groups

• Editing Assignment Due Dates

• Grading Rules for Assignment Groups

Canvas Studio

• Overview

• Recording & Adding Video to a Content Area

• Insights Tab

• Overview of Canvas Studio Screencapture

Course Organization

• Assignment Groups

• Course Home Page

• Course Link Validator

• Course Navigation Links

• Deleting Files to Reduce Course Size

• Icon Maker

• Links in Canvas

• Modules

• Organizing Discussions

• Removing Clutter

Course Copy

• Copy (Import) one Canvas course into another Canvas course

  • Note: Always start the process in the new, empty course.

• Copying a Course

• Copy an Item in Canvas

• Getting a Course Ready

Course Evaluations 

• Viewing recently completed and prior term evaluations

Cross-Listing Courses 

• If you teach multiple sections on the same course, you can use cross-listing to move the students from the course shells you do not want to use into the one course you do want to teach from.

• Cross-listing video tutorial

Dashboard 

• Dashboard Basics

• Canvas To-Do List

• Get to Know the Dashboard

• Customize Your Canvas Dashboard

• Customize a Course Card Image

Discussions

• How to Pin Discussions

• Threaded Discussions

• Viewing Student Responses

Email Students using Inbox

• Using email when a course is already published

• Using email when a course is NOT published yet

Grading

• Gradebook Overview

• A Look at Canvas Grade Book - Applying Filters

• Grading Rules for Assignment Groups

• Finding Feedback

• Message Students Who...

• Moving the "Total" Column

• Multiple Submission Types

• Rubrics Basics

• SpeedGrader

Groups

• Using Groups in Canvas

Modules

• Modules - A Concise Overview

• Combining Items in a Module

• "Publish All" Button

Notifications 

• Default settings

Pages

• Overview

• Formatting

• Choose Your Course Home Page

• Enable Students to Edit Canvas Pages

Podcast 

• Canvasters: The Official Canvas LMS Podcast

Recording Video 

• It is a best practice to upload your recordings to Youtube or another streaming service.

• ***Note: Do not upload video files directly to your Canvas course. 

Resources

• Google, Canvas Help, & OIIE

• OIIE - MyCUI & Faculty Training & Development Website

Roadmap 

• What is Canvas planning, and when is it coming?

Simple Syllabus 

• Simple Syllabus is a tool that replaces traditional Word and Google Doc versions of your syllabi by placing a template directly into your Canvas courses. All of the institutional and school-related parts of the template are prepopulated for you, but you will need to add course-specific information such as assignments, reading materials, AI use, etc.

• Instructor Guide

• How to enable Simple Syllabus in a Canvas Course

Terminology 

• Canvas vs. Blackboard Cheat Sheet

Turnitin (Plagiarism Review)

• Instructor Guides 

• Brief Overview of Settings and Submission Details

Quizzes

• Create a quiz with individual questions (most common)

• Comprehensive list of instructions about all types of quizzes  

• Accommodations - adding more time or extra attempts for individual students

• Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor

• ***Note: We use Classic quizzes, not New quizzes. New quizzes are not fully developed yet.

Zoom 

• Using the Zoom Canvas Integration

• Zoom Page in Canvas

• Zoom for Concordia - Best Practices for Faculty

Top Resources

• Essential First Steps for Getting to Know Canvas as an Instructor

• Instructor Guide

Accessibility Checker

Table Settings in Canvas

Using Alt Text in Canvas