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  • Introduction 2
    • Where do I download a copy of the Instructor Quickstart Guide?
    • How does Canvas work as a supplement to face-to-face courses?
  • Analytics 5
    • What are Analytics for my course?
    • How do I view Analytics for a course?
    • What will Analytics tell me about my course?
    • How do I view Analytics for a student?
    • What will Analytics tell me about my student?
  • Announcements 19
    • 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?
  • Assignments 29
    • 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?
  • Attendance (Roll Call) 6
    • How do I configure the Roll Call Attendance tool for my course?
    • How do I take attendance using Roll Call?
    • How do I use Roll Call Badges?
    • How is Roll Call Attendance graded in Canvas?
    • How do I create a seating chart using Roll Call?
    • How do I run Roll Call Attendance reports for my course?
  • Calendar 18
    • 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?
  • Collaborations 8
    • 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?
  • Conferences 8
    • What are Conferences?
    • How do I create a Conference?
    • How do I start a Conference?
    • How do I use the Conference interface?
    • How do I create a long-running Conference?
    • How do I delete a Conference?
    • How do I edit a Conference?
    • How do I join a Conference?
  • Conversations 27
    • 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?
  • Course Activity Stream 2
    • What is the Course Activity Stream?
    • What kinds of notifications will show up in my Course Activity Stream?
  • Course Home Page 2
    • Where is the Course Home Page?
    • How do I change the Course Home Page?
  • Course Import Tool 7
    • 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?
  • Course Navigation 4
    • What is Course Navigation?
    • How do I navigate a Canvas course?
    • How do I reorder and hide Course Navigation links?
    • What are Course Navigation indicators?
  • Course Setup Checklist 7
    • What is the Course Setup Checklist?
    • How do I create a new course shell?
    • How do I close the Course Setup Checklist?
    • How do I open the Course Setup Checklist?
    • How do I manually invite students to my course?
    • How do I resend student invitations?
    • How do I publish my course?
  • Course Statistics 4
    • What are Course Statistics?
    • Where can I find statistics about when students are accessing the course?
    • Where can I find statistics on file storage?
    • Where can I find statistics about online interactions with my students?
  • Course Status 4
    • What are the different states of a Canvas course?
    • What is the difference between concluding and deleting a course?
    • How do I conclude my course at the end of a semester?
    • How do I permanently delete my course?
  • Dashboard 5
    • What is the Dashboard?
    • How do I use the Dashboard?
    • How do I log in to Canvas?
    • How do I logout of Canvas?
    • How do I sign up for Canvas as an Instructor?
  • Discussions 26
    • 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?
  • ePortfolios 26
    • 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?
  • External Tools (LTI) 9
    • 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?
  • Files 19
    • 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?
  • Global Navigation 3
    • How do I view my courses?
    • How do I use the Global Navigation Menu?
    • How do I customize my Courses dropdown menu?
  • Grades 28
    • 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?
  • Groups 16
    • 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?
  • Help Corner 1
    • How do I get help and submit feedback?
  • In-context Help 1
    • What is In-context Help?
  • Mobile Apps - General 2
    • How do I find my institution's URL to access Canvas on mobile apps?
    • Will Canvas work on my mobile device?
  • Mobile - Android 18
    • 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?
  • Mobile - iPad 27
    • 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?
  • Mobile - iPhone 23
    • 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?
  • Modules 20
    • 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?
  • Notification Preferences 3
    • How do Notification Preferences work?
    • How do I set my Notification Preferences?
    • What do each of the Notification Preferences mean?
  • Outcomes 8
    • 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?
  • Pages 12
    • 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?
  • People 14
    • 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?
  • Profile & Personal Settings 9
    • 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?
  • Quizzes 40
    • 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?
  • Rich Content Editor 28
    • 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?
  • Rubrics 11
    • 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?
  • Settings 31
    • 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?
  • Sidebar 1
    • What will I find in the Sidebar?
  • SpeedGrader™ 16
    • 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™?
  • Syllabus 4
    • What is the Syllabus?
    • When would I use the Syllabus?
    • How do I edit the Syllabus description?
    • How do I navigate the Syllabus table and calendar?
  • Web Services 9
    • 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?

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