Recent Updates
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Updated on: Sep 17, 2022
How do I import SCORM files as a page?
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Sep 08, 2022
How do I add a to-do item in the Calendar as a student?
Manual Canvas Student Guide -
Updated on: Sep 08, 2022
How do I add an assignment from the Calendar?
You can create assignment shells from the Calendar. Assignment shells are placeholders for the assignment until you fill in the assignment details. You can also create assignments with multiple due dates.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
How do I contact Canvas Support?
Manual Canvas Basics Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
What are External Apps (LTI Tools)?
LTI provides a framework through which an LMS (Canvas) can send some verifiable information about a user to a third party. For LTI to work, the third party needs to provide a consumer key and shared secret that Canvas can use to generate a signature to verify the authenticity of the data sent. By default most user information is anonymized, but this can be changed when the configuration is first set up.
External Apps can be configured on the account or course level.
Manual Canvas Basics Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
How do I customize the Canvas Help Menu for an account?
The Help Menu assists users in your institution by displaying a list of resources about Canvas. Depending on a user's role, users can view up to five default help options. As an admin, you can reorder or hide default links in the Help Menu. You can also add custom help links for your institution and choose if they should be available to all users or specific user roles.
You can also change the Help icon and text that displays throughout Canvas.
This lesson shows how to access the Help Menu Options directly from the Global Navigation Menu. However, you can also access the Help Menu options in Account Settings.
Notes:
- Custom help links can only be viewed in Canvas web browsers. In mobile devices, the Canvas by Instructure app does not display custom help links.
- Canvas Help Menu customizations are only available at the account level and automatically apply to all subaccounts. When opening the Help Menu, only admins can view the customization link.
- Help Menu customizations are not available in Free-for-Teacher accounts.
- The Help Menu links also display when a user accesses the Help link in the Login page. However, the Ask Your Instructor a Question and Ask the Community links are never part of the Help Menu in the Login page since the Login page does not associate a user by role.
Manual Canvas Admin Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
How do I set storage quotas for an account?
In the Quotas tab, you can set default account quotas for courses, users, and groups. You can also set quotas by Course ID or Group ID.
Manual Canvas Admin Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
How do I find Learning Standards to add to an account-level outcome?
State and Common Core Standards are goals objectives for student assessment in the United States. These standards have been created by the nation's governors and educational leaders to assess specific student learning.
Canvas will import the following standards for free:
- All Common Core Standards for Language Arts, Math, and Science (NGSS)
- All state specific standards for Core 4 subjects (Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies) for states with current Canvas customers
When State and Common Core Standards are imported into the account level, instructors who are finding standards for their course will view the State and Common Core Standards as part of the Account Standards outcome group.
If your state does not appear in Outcomes or if your institution does not have access to Common Core or state standards, please contact your Customer Success Manager. Additionally, if you would like to purchase and use non-core standards for subjects such as PE, Health, Art, etc., please contact your Customer Success Manager.
Manual Canvas Admin Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
How do I find an existing outcome to add to an account?
All outcomes added at the account or sub-account level will be available to courses within the account. You can find and import Account Standards, which are outcomes that have been created by you or other users with admin permissions for the entire institution. You can also find State and Common Core Standards.
You can import an individual outcome or import an entire outcome group.
Manual Canvas Admin Guide -
Updated on: Aug 31, 2022
How do I move outcomes and outcome groups in an account?
You can move outcomes and outcome groups after you have added them to your account or sub-account. You can use the Move Outcome or Move Outcome Group button, or you can manually drag and drop the outcome or outcome group.
Note: To move an outcome to an outcome group, you will need to create an outcome group.
Manual Canvas Admin Guide
