Canvas Guides

Canvas Student Guide

Introduction
- Student Getting Started Resources
- How do I accept an email invitation to join a Canvas course as a student?
- How do I sign up for a Canvas account with a join code or secret URL as a student?
- How do I generate a pairing code for an observer as a student?
Announcements
- How do I view Announcements as a student?
- How do I add an announcement in a group?
- How do I edit an announcement in a group?
- How do I delete an announcement in a group?
- How do I add an external RSS feed to a group announcement as a student?
- How do I subscribe to the Announcements RSS feed as a student?
- How do I reply to an announcement as a student?
- How do I like a reply in a course announcement as a student?
- How do I view or reply to an announcement thread as a student?
- How do I mention a user in an announcement reply as a student?
Assignments
- How do I view Assignments as a student?
- How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
- How do I view the rubric for my external tool assignment?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I submit a text entry assignment?
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a Lucid document for a Lucid assignment?
- How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group?
- How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete?
- How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I use my webcam to take a photo for an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I annotate a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I upload a file from Google Drive as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I submit a Google Assignments LTI 1.3 file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I submit a cloud assignment with Google Drive?
- How do I upload a file from Microsoft Office 365 as an assignment submission?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
- How do I submit a cloud assignment with Microsoft Office 365?
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
- How do I use DocViewer in Canvas assignments as a student?
- How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission?
- How do I view rubric results for my assignment?
- How do I view my Roll Call Attendance report as a student?
- How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses?
Assignment Enhancements
- How do I view an assignment in a course using Assignment Enhancements as a student?
- How do I view the rubric for an assignment in a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I submit an online assignment in a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I submit a text entry assignment in a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission for a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I annotate a file as an assignment submission using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I use my webcam to take a photo for an assignment submission using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission for a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission for a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I submit a Google Drive file or URL as an assignment submission using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I submit a Microsoft Office 365 file as an assignment submission using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted in a course using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete using Assignment Enhancements as a student?
- How do I submit a peer review to an assignment using Assignment Enhancements as a student?
- How do I submit a peer review to an assignment using Enhanced Rubrics as a student?
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments using Assignment Enhancements as a student?
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments using Enhanced Rubrics as a student?
- How do I view assignment feedback from my instructor using Assignment Enhancements?
- How do I use DocViewer in Canvas using Assignment Enhancements as a student?
Calendar
- How do I use the Calendar?
- How do I view a group calendar?
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar?
- How do I sign up for a Scheduler appointment in the Calendar?
- How do I add an event to my personal calendar?
- How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar?
- How do I create a recurring event in a calendar?
- How do I add a to-do item in the Calendar?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook.com?
- How do I manage Account Calendars?
Chat
- How do I use Chat as a student?
- How do I use inline chat as a student?
Collaborations
- How do I view Collaborations as a student?
- How do I create a Google Docs collaboration as a student?
- How do I create a Google Drive collaboration as a student?
- How do I create a Google Assignments LTI 1.3 collaboration as a student?
- How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration as a student?
- How do I delete a collaboration as a student?
Conferences
- How do I use Conferences in a course as a student?
- How do I create a conference in a student group?
- How do I delete a conference in a student group?
- How do I edit a conference in a student group?
- How do I record a conference in a student group?
- How do I start a conference in a student group?
- How do I join a conference in a course as a student?
- How do I use the Conferences interface as a participant?
Course Navigation
- How do I use the Course Home Page as a student?
- How do I use the Course Activity Stream as a student?
- How do I drop a self-enrolled Canvas course?
- How do I use the Syllabus as a student?
- How do I view New Analytics in a course as a student?
- How do I use the Microsoft Immersive Reader in a course as a student?
Discussions
- How do I view Discussions as a student?
- How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion?
- How do I subscribe to a discussion podcast as a student?
- How do I know if I have a peer review discussion to complete?
- How do I submit a peer review to a discussion?
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussions?
- How do I create a course discussion as a student?
- How do I subscribe to a discussion as a student?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as a student?
- How do I change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read as a student?
- How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread as a student?
- How do I reply to a discussion as a student?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I edit or delete discussion replies as a student?
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion as a student?
- How do I view a discussion thread as a student?
- How do I mention a user in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I report a reply in a discussion as a student?
ePortfolios
- How do I create a new ePortfolio?
- How do I use the ePortfolio Getting Started Wizard?
- How do I organize my ePortfolio?
- How do I create a new ePortfolio section?
- How do I organize my ePortfolio pages?
- 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 preview a page in my ePortfolio?
- 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 in my ePortfolio?
- How do I upload a file or image to my ePortfolio page?
- How do I enable comments in my ePortfolio?
- How do I download the contents of my ePortfolio?
- How can I share a private ePortfolio?
- How do I make my ePortfolio public?
- How do I delete my ePortfolio?
Files
- How do I use Files as a student?
- How do I view my user files as a student?
- How do I view course files as a student?
- How do I view group files as a student?
- How do I move and organize files as a student?
- How do I rename a file as a student?
- How do I create a folder in Files as a student?
- How do I upload a file to my user or group files?
- How do I bulk upload files to my user or group files?
- How do I preview a file as a student?
- How do I upload ZIP files as a student?
- How do I delete a file or folder as a student?
- How do I download a single file as a student?
- How do I download a folder in ZIP format as a student?
- What types of media files can I upload in Canvas as a student?
- How do I view my Google Drive files in Canvas as a student?
- How do I view my Microsoft Office 365 files in Canvas as a student?
Global Navigation
- How do I log in to Canvas as a student?
- How do I use the Canvas Welcome Tour as a student?
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as a student?
- How do I use the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as a student?
- How do I use the to-do list for all my courses in the List View Dashboard as a student?
- How do I add a to-do item in the List View Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view global activity for all my courses in the Recent Activity Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view the Global Announcements page as a student?
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view all my Canvas courses as a student?
- How do I customize my Courses list as a student?
- How do I view my institution's Public Course Index as a student?
- How do I view my recent page view history in Canvas as a student?
- How do I get help with Canvas as a student?
- How do I log out of Canvas as a student?
- Why can't I access my Course as a student?
- How do I create a new course from the Dashboard as a student?
Grades
- How do I view my grades in a current course?
- How do I add a comment to a submission as a student?
- How do I view my Learning Mastery scores in the Grades page?
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Grades page?
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature?
- How do I view my grades in a concluded course?
Inbox
- How do I use the Inbox?
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox?
- How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox?
- How do I find my unread messages in the Inbox?
- How do I send a message to a user in a student group in the Inbox?
- How do I attach a file to a message in the Inbox?
- How do I record or upload media to a message in the Inbox?
- How do I reply to a message in the Inbox?
- How do I privately reply to one individual in a group message in the Inbox?
- How do I reply to submission comments in the Inbox?
- How do I forward a message from a conversation in the Inbox?
- How do I delete a message from a conversation in the Inbox?
- How do I archive a conversation in the Inbox?
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation in the Inbox?
- How do I delete a conversation in the Inbox?
- How do I filter conversations in the Inbox?
- How do I star a conversation in the Inbox?
- How do I manage my Inbox settings?
Modules
- How do I view Modules as a student?
- How do I mark a module item as done for a module requirement?
- How do I choose an assignment path in a module?
- How do I view course content offline as an HTML file as a student?
Pages
- How do I view Pages as a student?
- How do I create a new page in a group?
- How do I change a page name in a group?
- How do I edit a course page as a student?
- How do I edit a page in a group?
- How do I delete pages in a group?
- How do I upload a PDF to a page in a group?
- How do I link to other pages in a group?
- How do I embed media in a page in a group?
- How do I create a file link in a page in a group?
- How do I view the history of a page in a group?
People and Groups
- How do I use the People page in a course as a student?
- How do I view my course analytics as a student?
- How do I view all groups in a course as a student?
- How do I view my Canvas groups as a student?
- How do I use groups as a student?
- How do I join a group as a student?
- How do I leave a group as a student?
- How do I switch groups as a student?
- How do I create a group as a student?
- How do I upload a file to a group?
- How do I start a collaboration in a group as a student?
- How do I create a discussion in a group as a student?
- How do I close a discussion for comments in a group as a student?
- How do I manage groups as a student group leader?
Quizzes
- How do I view Quizzes as a student?
- How do I view the rubric for a quiz?
- How do I take a quiz?
- How do I take a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I take a quiz where I can only view one question at a time?
- How do I take a quiz where I can only view one question at a time in New Quizzes?
- How do I answer each type of question in a quiz?
- How do I answer each type of question in New Quizzes?
- How do I resume a quiz that I already started taking?
- How do I submit a quiz?
- How do I view quiz results as a student?
- How do I view quiz comments from my instructor?
- How do I view my quiz results as a student in New Quizzes?
- How do I know if I can retake a quiz?
- How do I know if I can retake a quiz in New Quizzes?
- How do I submit a survey?
Rich Content Editor
- How do I add and modify text in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I use the menubar in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I resize the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I insert a table using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I use the HTML view in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create hyperlinks to external URLs in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create hyperlinks to user or group files in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create hyperlinks to course or group content in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I edit and remove hyperlinks in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I upload and embed an image in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I manage alt text and display options for images embedded in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I upload and embed a media file from my computer in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I record media using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed media from an external source in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed media files from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I add captions to new or uploaded videos in the Rich Content Editor in Canvas as a student?
- How do I view captions in a video in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I manage video options in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I upload a document in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I link to a document from Canvas in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I select content from an external app in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I use the math Equation Editor in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed a file from Google Drive into the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I set up the Lucid Education Suite in my course as a student?
- How do I embed a Lucid document in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
Web Services
- How do I connect to web services outside of Canvas as a student?
- How do I connect to Google Drive as a web service in Canvas as a student?
- How do I connect to Skype as a web service in Canvas as a student?

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