Canvas Guides
Chapters
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Accounts and Sub Accounts
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- What is the hierarchical structure for Canvas accounts?
- How do I view and manage a sub-account?
- How do I create a sub-account?
- How do I add an admin to an account?
- How do I manage themes for an account?
- How do I create a theme for an account using the Theme Editor?
- How do I upload custom JavaScript and CSS files to an account?
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Admin Tools
6
- How do I see which notifications have been sent to a user in an account?
- How do I view login and logout activity for a user in an account?
- How do I view grade change activity for an account?
- How do I view course activity for an account?
- How do I restore a deleted course in an account?
- How do I view bounced email notifications for users in an account?
- Analytics 2
- API 3
- Attendance (Roll Call) 2
- Authentication 3
- Canvas Consortium 2
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Canvas Data Services
10
- What is Canvas Data Services
- How do I use the Canvas Data Portal for an account?
- How do I manage admin users in the Canvas Data Portal?
- How do I use Canvas Data files?
- How do I obtain an API access token in the Canvas Data Portal?
- How do I install Canvas Data Services in my account?
- How do I use the Data Services Portal?
- How do I subscribe to Live Events using Canvas Data Services?
- How do I create an SQS queue in Amazon Web Services to receive Live Events data from Canvas?
- How do I configure and test Canvas Live Events using HTTPS delivery?
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Courses and Sections
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- How do I use the Courses page in an account?
- How do I add a course in an account as an admin?
- How do I delete a file upload assignment submission as an admin?
- How do I delete a course in an account as an admin?
- How do I enable a course as a course template?
- How do I add a section to a course as an admin?
- How do I change the start and end dates for a course section as an admin?
- How do I use cross-listing in an account?
- How do I cross-list a section in a course as an admin?
- How do I de-cross-list a section in a course as an admin?
- How do I conclude a course at the end of a term as an admin?
- How do I unconclude a course in an account?
- How do I enable a course as a blueprint course as an admin?
- How do I associate a course with a blueprint course as an admin?
- How do I lock course objects in a blueprint course as an admin?
- How do I sync course content in a blueprint course as an admin?
- How do I view the sync history for a blueprint course as an admin?
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External Apps (LTI)
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- How do I use the Canvas App Center in an account?
- How do I create and manage organizations in the Edu App Center?
- How do I manage an allow list in the Edu App Center?
- How do I manage an Edu App Center allow list in Canvas?
- How do I configure an LTI key for an account?
- How do I configure an external app for an account using a URL?
- How do I configure an external app for an account using XML?
- How do I configure an external app for an account using a client ID?
- How do I configure an external app for an account using an LTI 2 Registration URL?
- How do I configure a manual entry external app for an account?
- How do I manage external app placements for an account?
- How do I add an external tool to the Rich Content Editor toolbar in an account?
- How do I enable the New Analytics Online Attendance report in an account?
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Field Admin Console
12
- How do I log in to the Field Cloud Admin Console?
- What are the different case roles in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I use the Field Admin Console?
- How do I view my customer KB in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I create a KB entry in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I edit a KB entry in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I manage KB update requests in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I create a case in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I view and manage cases in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I manage an individual case in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I escalate a case to Canvas Support in the Field Admin Console?
- How do I create a macro in the Field Admin Console?
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Global Navigation
6
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an admin?
- How do I view my institution's Public Course Index as an admin?
- How do I view my recent page view history in Canvas as an admin?
- How do I get help with Canvas as an admin?
- How do I use the Canvas Welcome Tour as an admin?
- How do I use the Training Services Portal as an admin?
- Grading 4
- Integrations 6
- Item Banks 3
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Outcomes
13
- How do I use the outcomes page in an account?
- How do I create an outcome for an account?
- How do I create outcome groups for an account?
- How do I import outcomes for an account?
- How do I edit or delete an outcome in an account?
- How do I edit or delete an outcome group in an account?
- How do I create custom account outcome names for students?
- How do I move outcomes and outcome groups in an account?
- How do I find an existing outcome to add to an account?
- How do I find Learning Standards to add to an account-level outcome?
- How do I view the outcomes results report for an individual student in an account?
- How do I manage outcome mastery scales in an account?
- How do I manage outcome mastery calculations in an account?
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Improved Outcomes Management
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- How do I use the outcomes page in an account in Improved Outcomes Management?
- How do I create an outcome for an account in Improved Outcomes Management?
- How do I create outcome groups for an account in Improved Outcomes Management?
- How do I edit or remove an account outcome in Improved Outcomes Management?
- How do I edit or remove an account outcome group in Improved Outcomes Management?
- How do I move account outcomes and outcome groups in Improved Outcomes Management?
- How do I find an existing outcome to add to an account in Improved Outcomes Management?
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People
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- How do I use the People page in an account?
- How do I create and add users to an account?
- How do I edit a user's name, time zone, or email in an account?
- How do I manage a user's login information in an account?
- How do I merge users in an account?
- How do I split merged users in an account?
- How do I suspend and reactivate users in an account?
- How do I delete a user from an account?
- How do I act as another user in an account?
- How do I send a message to a user in an account?
- How do I view the enrollments for a user in an account?
- How do I view the page views for a user in an account?
- How do I manage profile pictures for users in an account?
- How do I view groups in an account?
- How do I add groups in a group set in an account?
- How do I moderate ePortfolios as an admin?
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Profile and User Settings
5
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as an admin?
- How do I set up multi-factor authentication for my user account as an admin?
- How do I manage new features in my user account as an admin?
- What feature settings can I enable in my user account as an admin?
- How do I change the language preference in my user account as an admin?
- Question Banks 2
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Roles and Permissions
6
- What user roles and permissions are available in Canvas?
- How do I manage the Permissions page?
- How do I add an account-level role in the Permissions page?
- How do I set permissions for an account-level role?
- How do I add a course-level role in the Permissions page?
- How do I set permissions for a course-level role in an account?
- Rubrics 4
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Settings
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- How do I use account settings?
- How do I set details for an account?
- How do I enable personal pronouns in an account?
- How do I enable web services for an account?
- How do I set storage quotas for an account?
- How do I create a global announcement in an account?
- What user enrollment and registration options are available in Canvas?
- How do I enable open registration in an account and allow instructors to add users to a course without Canvas accounts?
- How do I enable self-enrollment in an account and allow students to self-enroll in a course?
- How do I change the sender name in account email notifications?
- How do I enable student information system (SIS) submissions for an account?
- How do I manage student information system (SIS) integration settings for an account?
- How do I warn users in an account about using non-institutional email addresses for confidential information?
- How do I restrict student access before or after a course date at the account level?
- How do I change the language preference in an account?
- How do I disable announcement replies for all courses in an account?
- How do I disable Canvas media uploads in the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I manage file copyright settings for an account?
- How do I customize the Canvas Help Menu for an account?
- How do I select a course template in an account?
- How do I view reports for an account?
- How do I manage new features for an account?
- What feature options are currently available for an entire Canvas account?
- How do I view and manage blocked emojis for an account?
- How do I manage the Content Security Policy for an account?
- How do I access the Canvas beta environment as an admin?
- How do I access the Canvas test environment as an admin?
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SIS Imports
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- What student information system (SIS) integrations are available in Canvas?
- How do I import SIS data to a Canvas account?
- How do I format CSV text files for uploading SIS data into a Canvas account?
- How do I create an automated data integration for an account with Canvas and my SIS?
- How do I practice using the API to import SIS data to a Canvas account?
- What do I need to know about creating a script to automatically import SIS data to a Canvas account?
- Support Information 2
- Terms 4
