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Accounts and Sub Accounts 13
- What are accounts and sub-accounts?
- How do I create a sub-account?
- How do I delete a sub-account?
- How do I edit the name of a sub-account?
- How do I hide a sub-account?
- How do I view a sub-account?
- What can I use sub-accounts for?
- How do I add an administrative user to an account?
- How do I change self-enrollment settings for my account?
- How do I brand my Canvas instance?
- How do I brand my sub-account?
- How do I explore beta features in Canvas?
- How do I test changes in Canvas?
Analytics 3
- What are Analytics?
- How do I view Analytics for my account?
- What will Analytics tell me about my account?
API 3
- How do I obtain an API access token?
- Making API Calls With an Access Token
- How do I install and use cURL on a Windows machine?
Attendance (Roll Call) 3
- How do I add Roll Call Attendance at the account level?
- How do I run account-level Roll Call Attendance reports?
- How do I add account-level Roll Call badges?
Authentication 1
- How do I integrate LDAP?
Computer Specifications 8
- What are the basic computer specifications for Canvas?
- Which browsers does Canvas support?
- How do I clear my Chrome browser cache on a Mac?
- How do I clear my Chrome browser cache on a Windows system?
- How do I clear my Firefox browser cache on a Mac?
- How do I clear my Firefox browser cache on a Windows system?
- How do I clear my Internet Explorer browser cache?
- How do I clear my Safari browser cache?
Courses and Sections 15
- How are courses and sections related?
- How do I view the courses in my account?
- How do I manually create a course?
- How do I conclude my course at the end of a semester?
- How do I delete a course in my account?
- How do I undelete a course?
- How do I filter courses?
- How do I find courses?
- How do I manually create a section?
- How do I edit a section's details?
- How does cross-listing work in Canvas?
- How do I cross-list a section?
- How do I de-cross-list a Section?
- How does Canvas work as a supplement to face-to-face courses?
- How do I view my courses?
External Tools (LTI) 4
- What is LTI?
- How do I configure an External Tool for an account using a URL?
- How do I configure an External Tool for an account using XML?
- How do I manually configure an External Tool for an account?
Grading Schemes 4
- What are account-level Grading Schemes?
- Where are my account-level Grading Schemes?
- How do I create an account-level Grading Scheme?
- How do I delete an account-level Grading Scheme?
Integrations 5
- What integrations are or can be enabled with Canvas?
- How do I enable Turnitin for my account?
- Does Canvas integrate with my SIS?
- How do I import SCORM objects?
- How do I enable Equella for my account?
Languages 3
- What languages does Canvas support?
- How do I change the language preference for my institution's entire account?
- How do I change the language preference in my user account?
Mobile Apps 2
- How do I find my institution's URL to access Canvas on mobile apps?
- Will Canvas work on my mobile device?
Mobile - Android 10
- 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 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 reply to a message 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 access Announcements on the Canvas for Android app on my phone?
- How do I masquerade as a user in the Canvas for Android app?
Mobile - iPad 5
- 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 masquerade as a user in the Canvas for iOS app?
Mobile - iPhone 5
- 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?
Outcomes 10
- How do I create an account-level user role that can manage Rubrics and Outcomes?
- How do I create an sub-account user role that can manage Rubrics and Outcomes?
- How do I create an Outcome for my account?
- How do I create Outcome groups for my account?
- How do I find an existing Outcome to add to an account or sub-account?
- How do I find State or Common Core Standards to add to an account or sub-account?
- How do I create an Outcome for my sub-account?
- How do I create Outcome groups for my sub-account?
- How do I create a Student Competency Report for a sub-account?
- Where do I find the Outcomes report for an individual student in my account?
Question Banks 6
- What are account-level Question Banks?
- Where are my account-level Question Banks?
- How do I create account-level Question Banks?
- How do I bookmark account-level Question Banks?
- How do I delete account-level Question Banks?
- If I change a question in a Question Bank, will it change automatically in the Quiz?
Reports and Statistics 2
- How do I know how many courses are in my Canvas instance?
- What Reports are available at the account-level?
Rich Content Editor 3
- 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?
Roles and Permissions 8
- What are the differences between course-level roles and account-level roles?
- What do the different icons on the permissions page mean?
- How do I create course-level roles?
- How do I set permissions for course-level roles?
- How do I create account-level roles?
- How do I set permissions for an account-level admin?
- How do I set permissions for a sub-account-level admin?
- What are the most commonly used account-level roles?
Rubrics 5
- What are account-level Rubrics?
- Where are my account-level Rubrics?
- How do I create an account-level Rubric?
- How do I delete an account-level Rubric?
- Why can't I edit my Rubric any more?
Settings 6
- What are my account settings?
- How do I send an announcement to all users in my account?
- How do I change open registration settings for my account?
- How do I change the Email Notification "From" Name?
- How do I display the one time popup warning on the Notifications page?
- How do I see which Notifications have been sent to a user?
SIS Imports 3
- What are SIS Imports?
- How does Canvas handle new student enrollment by email address?
- How does Canvas handle email address conflicts on SIS import?
Terms 6
- What is a Term?
- How do I set up term dates effectively?
- What should I do at the beginning and end of each term?
- What should I encourage instructors to do at the beginning and end of each term?
- What do I do if a course extends for more than one term?
- What is the relationship between SIS, term dates, course dates, and section dates?
Users 16
- How do I find users in my account?
- How do I message a user in my account?
- How do I edit a user's details in my account?
- How do I edit a user's sortable name?
- How do I view the enrollments for a user in my account?
- How do I view the page views for a user in my account?
- How do I manage profile pictures for users in my account?
- How do I manually add a new user to my account?
- How do I delete a user from my account?
- How do I merge users in my account?
- How do I masquerade as a user?
- How do I view groups at the account-level?
- How do I create a new group sets at the account-level?
- How do I create groups at the account-level?
- What do I do if a student has an incomplete?
- How do I reinstate a student if they have been accidentally un-enrolled from the course?
Support Information (Zendesk) 7
- How will I know if there is a Canvas outage?
- How do I log in to Zendesk?
- How do I read a ticket in Zendesk?
- How do I respond to an end user in Zendesk?
- How do I assign a ticket to a fellow Support Admin at my organization?
- How do I escalate a ticket to the Support Team?
- How do I mark a ticket as solved in Zendesk?
Frequently Asked Questions 3
- How does the Canvas announcement feed integrate with iTunes?
- Why does the student see a different version of the quiz than the one I am working on?
- What aspects of the user experience can the LMS admin enable or disable?

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