Canvas Instructor Guide
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Introduction
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Analytics
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Announcements
- What are Announcements?
- How do I use the Announcements Index Page?
- How are Announcements listed?
- How can I get Announcements on Facebook?
- How can I get Announcements on my phone?
- How can I get Announcements on Twitter?
- How can I get Announcements through my email?
- How do I make an Announcement?
- How do I edit an Announcement?
- How do I delete an Announcement?
- How do I add an external (RSS) feed to my Announcement?
- How do I view an Announcement feed?
- How do I subscribe to an Announcement Feed?
- How do I delay posting an Announcement until a specific date?
- How do I add content to my Announcement?
- How do I attach a file to an Announcement?
- How do I require students to post to an Announcement before they see replies?
- How do I close an Announcement for comments?
- How do I reply to an Announcement?
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Assignments
- What are Varied Due Dates?
- What are Assignments?
- How do I view Assignments?
- What is the difference between a Canvas Assignment and a Canvas Activity?
- How do I create an Assignment shell on the Assignments page?
- How do I create varied due date Assignments?
- How do I add Assignment Groups?
- How do I add an Assignment to an Assignment Group?
- How do I weight the final grade based on Assignment Groups?
- What are the different Assignment types?
- How do I edit Assignment details?
- How do I add or edit points for an Assignment?
- How do I add content to my Assignment?
- What are the different online submission types?
- How do I restrict online submission file types?
- What is the difference between due dates and availability dates?
- How do I delete an Assignment?
- How do I assign group work?
- How do I add a grading scheme to an Assignment?
- What is a peer review Assignment?
- How do I create a peer review assignment?
- How do I manually assign peer reviews?
- How do I automatically assign peer reviews?
- How do I automatically assign peer reviews after the assignment due date has passed?
- Can a student resubmit any Assignment?
- How do I enable Turnitin for an Assignment?
- How do I set a course submission comment for a Turnitin Assignment?
- What happens if there are Turnitin submission errors?
- Where can I find statistics about Assignments and submissions?
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Attendance (Roll Call)
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Calendar
- How is the new Calendar different from the old Calendar?
- What is the Calendar?
- How do I view the Calendar?
- How do I access my course Calendar?
- How do I filter my Calendar view by course?
- How do I add an event to the course Calendar?
- How do I add a personal reminder to my Calendar?
- How do I create an Assignment shell from the Calendar?
- How do I change the date of an Event or Assignment on the Calendar?
- How do I add a Conference invitation link to the course Calendar?
- How do I set a different Calendar event date for each section in my course?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar Feed using Outlook?
- When would I use the Scheduler?
- How do I use the Scheduler?
- How do I limit the number of appointments a student can sign up for within an appointment group?
- How do I limit the number of attendees for an appointment?
- How do I manage the number of attendees for an individual appointment?
- How do I remove students from an appointment?
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Collaborations
- What are Collaborations?
- How do I activate Collaborations in my course?
- How do I add people to my Collaboration?
- How do I start a new Google Docs Collaboration?
- How do I delete a Google Doc Collaboration?
- How do I start a new EtherPad Collaboration?
- How do I edit an EtherPad Collaboration?
- How do I delete an EtherPad Collaboration?
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Conferences
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Conversations
- How do I adjust my Notification Preferences for Conversations?
- How do I access the Conversations Inbox?
- How is my Conversations Inbox organized?
- How do I find my unread messages in Conversations?
- How many messages are in this Conversation?
- What do comments from the SpeedGrader™ look like inside Conversations?
- How do I compose a message?
- How do I reply to a message in Conversations?
- How can I tell which course this Conversation belongs to?
- How do I send a message to an entire class?
- How do I privately respond to an individual in a larger Conversation?
- How do I forward a message from a Conversation?
- How do I delete a Conversation?
- How do I delete a message from a Conversation?
- How do I unsubscribe myself from a Conversation?
- How do I archive a Conversation?
- How do I add new people to an existing Conversation?
- How do I send a private message to an individual?
- How do I send a message to multiple individuals?
- How do I start a Conversation with a Student Group?
- How do I manage my Conversations in high enrollment courses?
- How do I delete a name from the To: field?
- Where is my original message in this Conversation?
- How do I attach a file to a message?
- How do I attach a media comment to my message?
- How do I filter Conversations?
- How do I star Conversations?
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Course Activity Stream
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Course Home Page
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Course Import Tool
- What does the Course Import tool do?
- How do I import content from another Canvas course?
- How do I import a Canvas course export package?
- How do I import content from my old Blackboard course into Canvas?
- How do I import content from Moodle into Canvas?
- How do I import content from Blackboard 6/7/8/9 into Canvas?
- How do I export a Canvas course?
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Course Navigation
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Course Setup Checklist
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Course Statistics
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Course Status
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Dashboard
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Discussions
- What are Discussions?
- How do I use the Discussion Index Page?
- How are new Discussions different from old Discussions?
- What is the difference between Announcements and Discussions?
- When would I use Threaded Discussions?
- When would I use Focused Discussions?
- How do I create varied due date Graded Discussions?
- How do I start a Discussion?
- How do I edit a Discussion topic?
- How do I create a Threaded Discussion?
- How is a Threaded Discussion organized?
- How do I delete a Discussion topic?
- How do I set up a graded Discussion?
- How do I set up a Group Discussion Assignment?
- How do I enable a podcast feed for a Discussion topic?
- How do I delay posting a Discussion topic until a specific date?
- How can I require students to post to a Discussion before they see replies?
- How do I reply to a Discussion?
- How do I add content to my Discussion?
- How do I allow students to attach files to a Discussion?
- How do I allow students to start a new Discussion?
- How do I allow students to edit and delete their own Discussions posts?
- How do I edit or delete student Discussion posts?
- How do I attach a file to a Discussion reply?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a Discussion reply?
- How do I insert an image file in a Discussion reply?
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ePortfolios
- What is an ePortfolio?
- Where are my ePortfolios?
- What is the ePortfolio dashboard?
- How do I create a new ePortfolio?
- How do I change the name of my ePortfolio?
- How do I create a new ePortfolio section?
- How do I change the name of an ePortfolio section?
- How do I edit the default page in my ePortfolio section?
- How do I create a new page in my ePortfolio section?
- How do I edit the name of an ePortfolio page?
- How do I preview a page in my portfolio?
- How do I organize my ePortfolio?
- What content can I add to my ePortfolio page?
- How do I add rich text content to my ePortfolio page?
- How do I add HTML/Embedded content to my ePortfolio page?
- How do I retrieve Assignments from previous courses?
- How do I upload a file or image to my ePortfolio page?
- How can I share a private ePortfolio?
- How do I make my ePortfolio public?
- What is the ePortfolio Getting Started Wizard?
- How do I use the ePortfolio Getting Started Wizard?
- How do I enable comments in my ePortfolio?
- How do I make comments public in my ePortfolio?
- How do I organize my ePortfolio pages?
- How do I download the contents of my ePortfolio?
- How do I delete my ePortfolio?
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External Tools (LTI)
- What is LTI?
- Where can I find External Tools to use?
- How do I configure an External Tool for a course using a URL?
- How do I configure an External Tool for a course using XML?
- How do I link to a configured External Tool in Modules?
- How do I link to a SoftChalk lesson from an Assignment in Canvas?
- How do I link to a resource from a configured External Tool in Modules?
- How do I add an External Tool that creates a Course Navigation Link?
- How do I add an External Tool that creates a Rich Content Editor button?
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Files
- What are Files?
- How do I move and organize my files?
- Where are my personal Files?
- Where are my course Files?
- Where are my group Files?
- How do I create a folder in Files?
- How do I add a file to my course?
- How do I preview a file?
- How do I import .zip files?
- How do I bulk upload files to my course?
- How do I delete a file?
- How do I download a single file?
- How do I download a folder in .zip format?
- How do I lock files and folders in Canvas?
- What document types does Canvas convert using the Scribd preview?
- What types of media files can be uploaded into Canvas?
- What is my File Storage quota for my course?
- Where is the HTML Editor?
- How do I use the HTML Editor?
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Global Navigation
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Grades
- What are Grades?
- What do the icons and colors in the Gradebook represent?
- How do I view assignment details in the Gradebook?
- How do I hide and filter students in the Gradebook?
- How do I enter and edit scores in the Gradebook?
- How do I use grading history in the Gradebook?
- How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook?
- How do I send a message to my students from the Gradebook?
- How do I set a default grade for an Assignment?
- How do I curve Grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I undo the curve I applied to my students' grades?
- How do I adjust my Notification Preferences for Grades?
- How do I mute an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I evaluate group work?
- Where can I find the student view of the Gradebook?
- How do I sort my Gradebook?
- How do I change assignment group weights in the Gradebook?
- How can I view Grades for concluded student enrollments?
- How do I bulk download Assignment submissions in Canvas?
- How do I bulk upload Assignment submissions in Canvas?
- How do I download scores from the Gradebook?
- How do I upload changes to the Gradebook?
- How do I publish grades to Banner?
- How do I view the Student Interactions Report?
- What are "What-If" Grades?
- How does Turnitin work in the SpeedGrader™?
- Can I see Turnitin feedback in the Gradebook?
- How do I give my students extra credit?
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Groups
- What are Student Groups?
- How do I view Groups?
- Where do I find the Group sets that I already created?
- Which Groups am I enrolled in?
- How do I make a new set of Groups?
- How do I automatically create Groups?
- How do I manually create Groups?
- How do I expand and collapse Groups?
- How do I create self sign-up Groups?
- How do I automatically assign students to Groups?
- How do I allow students to sign-up for their own Groups?
- How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up Groups?
- How do I move a student into a different Group?
- How do I view what students are doing in their groups?
- How do I delete a set of Groups?
- How do I start a Collaboration with my Group?
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Help Corner
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In-context Help
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Mobile Apps - General
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Mobile - Android
- How do I access Canvas using an Android mobile browser on my phone?
- How do I download the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I login to the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I use the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I access Assignments on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I access Assignment Submission comments on the Canvas for Android app?
- How do I access Conversations on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I send a message in Conversations on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I send a message to multiple recipients in Conversations on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I access Discussions on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I reply to a message in Conversations on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I reply to a Discussion on the Canvas for Android app?
- How do I create a Discussion on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I access Files on the Canvas for Android app?
- How do I access Grades on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I access Announcements on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I create an Announcement on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I reply to an Announcement on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
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Mobile - iPad
- How do I access Canvas using a mobile browser on my iPad?
- How do I download the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I login to the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I use the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I customize my courses in the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I access Announcements on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I create an Announcement on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I reply to an Announcement on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I access Assignments on Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I subscribe to a Calendar feed on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I unsubscribe to a Calendar feed on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I access Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I reply to a Message in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I add an attachment in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I view the recipients in a group message in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I send a Message to multiple recipients in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I send a Message in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I reply to a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I add an attachment to a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I access Discussions on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I create a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I access Grades on Canvas for iOS app on my iPad?
- How do I download the SpeedGrader™ for iPad app?
- How do I login to the SpeedGrader™ for iPad app?
- How do I use the SpeedGrader™ for iPad app?
- How do I add a comment to an assignment using the SpeedGrader™ app on my iPad?
- How do I change the settings on the SpeedGrader™ for iPad app?
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Mobile - iPhone
- How do I download the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I access Canvas using a mobile browser on my iPhone?
- What do text message notifications look like on my iPhone?
- How do I login to the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I use the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I customize my courses in the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I access Announcements on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I create an Announcement on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I reply to an Announcement on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I access Assignments on Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I subscribe to a Calendar feed on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I unsubscribe from a Calendar feed on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I access Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I reply to a message in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I send a message in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I send a message to multiple recipients in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I view the recipients in a group message in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I add an attachment in Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I access Discussions on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I create a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I reply to a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I add an attachment to a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
- How do I access Grades on Canvas for iOS app on my iPhone?
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Modules
- What are Modules?
- How do I create a new Module?
- How do I add items to a Module?
- How do I add duplicate Module items?
- How do I use duplicate Module items as checkpoints in my course?
- How do I use duplicate module items to remind students about important content?
- How do I reorder Modules on the page?
- How do I delete a Module?
- How do I add text to a Module?
- How do I edit Module items?
- How do I delete Module items?
- How do I reorder Module items?
- How do I require students to move through each Module item in order?
- How do I lock a Module?
- How do I set up prerequisite Modules?
- How do I add requirements to a Module?
- How do I expand or collapse Module contents?
- How do I view the progress of my students in Modules?
- How do I link to an un-configured External Tools in Modules?
- How do I link to an external URL in Modules?
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Notification Preferences
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Outcomes
- What are Outcomes?
- How do I create an Outcome for my course?
- How do I find an Outcome to add to a course?
- How do I find State or Common Core Standards to add to a course?
- How do I create Outcome groups for my course?
- Where do I find Outcomes reports for students?
- How do I track student progress on a Learning Outcome?
- How do I align an Outcome with a Question Bank?
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Pages
- What are Pages?
- How do I upload a PDF to a Page?
- How do I create a new Page?
- How do I change a Page name?
- How do I edit Pages?
- How do I delete Pages?
- How do I link to other Pages?
- Where is the Front Page and how do I edit it?
- How do I embed a video in a Page?
- How do I create a file link in a Page?
- How do I view the history of my pages?
- Can students view the history of course pages?
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People
- How do I access People?
- Who are the People in the course?
- How do I invite students into my course shell?
- How do I limit a student to only see fellow students in a section?
- How do I find the user details for a student?
- How do I edit a student's full name, display name, and time zone?
- How do I resend student invitations?
- Where can I find concluded student enrollments for my course?
- How do I add observers and TAs to my course?
- How do I remove observers and TAs from my course?
- How do I add a designer to my course?
- Where can I see a summary of my interactions with a student?
- Where do I find the course access report for an individual student?
- Where can I find which web services a student has linked to?
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Profile & Personal Settings
- How do I access my personal Settings?
- How do I edit my Profile?
- How do I add a Profile picture?
- How do I change my Full Name, Display Name and Time Zone?
- How do I change my login password?
- How do I add an additional email address in Canvas?
- How do I change my default email address?
- How do I remove an SMS communication channel?
- How do I add an SMS communication channel in Canvas?
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Quizzes
- What are the different types of Quizzes?
- How do I make a Quiz show one question at a time?
- What do one-question-at-a-time quizzes look like for students?
- How do I randomize the order of the questions on my quiz?
- What do Quiz results look like in Canvas?
- How do I create a new Quiz with individual Questions?
- How do I create a new Quiz with a Question Bank?
- How do I create a new Quiz with a Question Group?
- How do I create a new Quiz with a Question Bank in a Question Group?
- What options are available for Quizzes?
- How do I create varied due date Quizzes?
- How do I link course content to a Quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Choice question?
- How do I create a True/False question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-the-blank question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks question?
- How do I create a Multiple Answers question?
- How do I create a Multiple Dropdowns question?
- How do I create Likert scale questions?
- How do I create a Matching question?
- How do I create a Numerical Answer question?
- How do I create a Formula question with a single variable?
- How do I create a Simple Formula question?
- How do I create an Essay question?
- How do I create a Question Bank?
- How do I bookmark a Question Bank?
- How do I unbookmark a Question Bank?
- How do I delete a Question Bank?
- How do I move multiple questions from one bank to another?
- How do I move/copy a question from one bank to another?
- How do I import a Question Bank from one Canvas course to another?
- Once I publish my Quiz, how do I make additional changes?
- Once I publish my Quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available?
- Once I publish my Quiz, how can I give my students extra time or extra attempts?
- How do I make a Quiz available before or after the due date?
- How do I delete a Quiz?
- How do I import Quizzes from QTI packages?
- How do I export Quiz content?
- How do I create a Survey?
- How do I view Survey results?
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Rich Content Editor
- What is the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I align text using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I use the Font Size and Paragraph drop-down menus to style my text?
- How do I remove formatting from text I am pasting from another source?
- How do I create a bulleted or numbered list using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I insert a table using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I edit content in the HTML view in the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I embed images from the web in the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I pull in images from Flickr Creative Commons?
- How do I create a hyperlink in the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I link to a YouTube™ video?
- How do I embed iFrame videos using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I upload a video using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I upload an audio file using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I record a video using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I record audio using the Rich Content Editor?
- What should I do if I can't record video comments with my webcam?
- How do I use the Math Editor?
- What is the Content Selector?
- How do I insert links to course content into the Rich Content Editor using the Content Selector?
- How do I insert course files into the Rich Content Editor using the Content Selector?
- How do I insert course images into the Rich Content Editor using the Content Selector?
- How do I set the auto-open for inline preview for Files using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I disable inline previews for Files using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I create a caption file for an external video?
- How do I create captions for new or uploaded videos in Canvas?
- How do I view captions in a video?
- How do I embed a dynamic Google document into the Rich Content Editor?
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Rubrics
- What is a Rubric?
- How do I create a Rubric?
- How do I add a Rubric to an Assignment?
- How do I add a Rubric to a Discussion?
- How do I add a Rubric to a Quiz?
- How do I edit Rubric details?
- How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a Rubric?
- How do I find existing Rubrics?
- How do I manage course-level rubrics?
- How do I align an Outcome with a Rubric?
- How do I grade student work with Rubrics?
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Settings
- What course settings do I have control over?
- What course settings do I have control over? (Typical SIS integration)
- How do I change self-enrollment settings for my course?
- How do I change my course name and course code?
- How do I change the start and end dates for my course?
- How do I enable a grading scheme for my course?
- How do I create a grading scheme for my course?
- How do I remove a grading scheme from my course?
- How do I delete a grading scheme?
- How do I set a license for my course and make it publicly visible?
- What is a Creative Commons license?
- What additional course privileges can I grant my students?
- How are courses and sections related?
- How do I add a section to my course?
- How do I add students to a section?
- How do I edit a section's details?
- How do I change the name of a section?
- How do I delete a section?
- How do I view section enrollments?
- How do I conclude an enrollment in my course?
- How do I delete an enrollment in my course?
- How do I reset course content?
- What is Student View?
- How do I access Student View?
- How do I enable self-enrollment with a secret URL?
- How do I enable self-enrollment with a join code?
- How do I change the language preference for my course?
- How do I hide totals in my students' grade summaries?
- How do I hide the box and whisker plot (grade distribution) graphs from students?
- How do I manually configure an External Tool for a course?
- How do I disable comments in Announcements for the entire course?
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Sidebar
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SpeedGrader™
- What can I do with SpeedGrader™?
- How do I get to SpeedGrader™ from the Gradebook?
- How do I get to SpeedGrader™ from an Assignment, Quiz, or Graded Discussion?
- How do I evaluate an assignment in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I open a Rubric in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I leave feedback for my students in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I view past versions of an Assignment in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I download Assignments in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I sort Assignments in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I get back to the Course Home Page from SpeedGrader™?
- How do I find a student submission in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I track my progress and the average grade in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I mute or unmute an Assignment in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader™?
- How do I use Crocodoc in the SpeedGrader™?
- How do I use Chrome's speech recognition feature to leave a comment in SpeedGrader™?
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Syllabus
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Web Services
- How do I connect to web services outside of Canvas?
- How do I connect to Delicious?
- How do I connect to Diigo?
- How do I connect to Facebook?
- How do I configure Canvas Notifications in Facebook?
- How do I connect to Google Docs?
- How do I connect to Twitter?
- How do I connect to Skype?
- How do I connect to LinkedIn?