Recent Updates

  • You can reply to Conversations messages in your Inbox on your device so you can keep in touch with your course at any time.

    The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

  • Canvas lets you access your conversations on your mobile device so you can keep in touch with people in your course at any time.

    The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

    Note: Unlike the web version of Canvas, you cannot view assignment comments from your instructor in Conversations. However, you can view comments in the assignment.

  • You can easily log out of Canvas when you are finished using the app.

    The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

  • You can reference the Canvas guides and get mobile help directly on your mobile device.

    The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

  • The Canvas by Instructure app helps students and instructors access their courses while they are away from a computer browser. The app displays your profile, Calendar, To-Do items, Notifications, and Messages, as well as functionality to access and complete a course. You can also subscribe to your course calendar feed and view it as part of the calendar on your device.  

    The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

    Note: Not all Canvas features are supported on the app at this time.

  • Content visibility options can be customized to allow specific users to view course content. Currently, only the Syllabus can be customized as a content item. Content visibility is defined by the course visibility option, so content visibility can only be set to an equal or greater structure.

    ‪Like with course visibility, content visibility can be set to one of the same visibility options: Course, Institution, or Public.

    • Course: Content is available to all users associated (enrolled) in the course.
    • Institution: Content is available to users associated with the institution. This option allows users in your institution to view the selected content before they enroll in the course.
    • Public: Content is available to anyone with the URL.

     

    To learn more about visibility options, view the Canvas Course Visibility Options PDF.

  • When creating a discussion, you can require students to comment and provide feedback of another student's work. Learn more about peer review discussions.

    Peer reviews can only be created with graded discussions and do not have an anonymous option.

    For peer reviews, you can choose to manually assign peer reviews or automatically assign peer reviews. To complete the peer review, students are required to leave at least one comment. If you include a rubric, they are also required to complete the rubric.

    Note: To learn how graded discussion and peer review due dates appear in a student's To Do list, view the Peer Review Tips PDF.

  • When creating an assignment, you can require students to complete a peer review of another student's work. Learn more about peer review assignments.

    For peer reviews, you can manually assign peer reviews or choose to have Canvas automatically assign peer reviews for you. You can also choose to allow students to see other students' names in peer reviews or make them anonymous. When anonymous peer reviews are enabled, instructors and TAs can still view the names of student reviewers in SpeedGrader and in the student submission page. However, if anonymous grading is enabled in SpeedGrader, the names of both students will be hidden in SpeedGrader but not in the student submission page.

    To complete the peer review, students are required to leave at least one comment. If you include a rubric, they are also required to complete the rubric.

    Notes:

    • To learn how assignment and peer review due dates appear in a student's To Do list, view the Peer Review Tips PDF.
    • Peer reviews cannot be used with External Tool assignments.
  • You can easily edit details for each section in your course. As part of editing details, you may need to create start and end dates for your section. Dates can be shorter than the course dates or overlap the section dates. Changing the section dates creates an override for the section dates, and students can only access the section during the specified section dates.

    Note: You can only edit a section after you have opened the course where the section currently resides. Sections may be added by your institution's student information system (SIS). If a section in your course includes an SIS ID, you may not have permission to edit sections.