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00:07: How do I use account settings?

00:11: In global navigation click the admin link then click the name of

00:15: the account.

00:17: The settings portion of your account is only available to Canvas admins.

00:21: In account navigation click the settings link

00:26: In the account settings tab, you can specify settings for the entire account.

00:30: This table includes several sections that you can manage including account settings,

00:34: IP address, filters, features, Global JavaScript in

00:39: CSS, custom, help, links enabled, web services

00:43: and permissions for who can create new courses?

00:47: In the quotas tab, you can set default account quotas for courses users

00:51: and groups. You can also set quotas, by course, ID,

00:55: or group ID.

00:58: If your account has enabled, the Microsoft group enrollment syncing feature option,

01:02: you can view the integration tab. From this table, you can

01:06: allow courses in your account to sync course data with Microsoft teams.

01:11: In the notifications tab, you can change the settings for email notifications.

01:16: You can choose to keep the default canvas setting or change the email notification

01:20: from name for canvas notifications.

01:23: This custom text can be your institution name or whatever sender information.

01:27: You would like to use. Using the custom text field helps student

01:31: identify notification emails more easily and improves the quality of

01:35: student instructor interaction. You can also warn

01:39: users about notifications, sent to external Services adding a

01:44: non-institutional address may result in the exposure of sensitive content.

01:50: In the Admins tab you can view and edit the admins assigned to this account.

01:54: If you are working with sub-accounts admin privileges are limited to the scope

01:58: of just that sub account and below. Learn how to add an administrative

02:02: user to your account

02:05: In the announcements tab, you can send out Global announcements to every user in

02:09: that account. These announcements are used to announce events such as building

02:13: closures class cancellations holidays Etc.

02:17: Learn more about global announcements

02:21: The reports tab is where custom reports will appear after you design them.

02:25: There are many more reports available in canvas, they just aren't listed on this

02:29: page. They are available in context.

02:32: Quiz reports, for example are available from the quiz page

02:36: itself. User reports are available on the user's profile page.

02:42: If your institution has enabled, the canvas App Center in the apps tab,

02:46: you can view all available. External learning tools in canvas, However,

02:50: you can also configure apps manually.

02:53: External learning tools are often developed as LTI Integrations.

02:57: These tools may be published along with a textbook and access to

03:01: these tools as often restricted to students in the course, Any

03:05: LTI provider should be able to give you the information.

03:08: You need to configure the tool in canvas.

03:11: Once configured here at the account level, it is available to any course, designer

03:15: or instructor in the account.

03:18: The feature options tab displays new features that are available to your account on

03:22: both the account and course levels. Features can be turned on for the

03:26: entire account turned off for the entire account or allowed.

03:29: So instructors can decide whether or not to use the feature.

03:33: Instructors can enable course allow features on a course by course basis.

03:39: The security tab is where the content security policy can be managed.

03:43: You can enable or disable the content security policy and add or

03:47: removal allowed domains

03:50: This guide covered how to use account settings.