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Updated on: Sep 12, 2024
How do I view Assignments as a student?
You can view all your course assignments on the Assignments page.
Note: Your instructor may choose to hide the Assignments link in Course Navigation. If the Assignments link is not available, you can still access Assignments through other areas of Canvas.
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Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I manage Course Navigation links?
As an instructor, you can control which links appear in Course Navigation. By default, all links are enabled for all courses. Please note that links cannot be renamed.
Links to sections that don't have any content and that students cannot create content for will automatically not be shown to students and will be faded for your view. For example, if there are no learning outcomes set for the course, you will see the faded Outcomes link, but students will not see the link at all. Configured External Apps may create additional Course Navigation links.
Disabling a course navigation link creates the following redirects:
- Hidden only (cannot be disabled): Discussions, Grades, and People
- Page disabled; redirected to home page: Announcements, Assignments, Conferences, Collaborations, Files, Modules, Outcomes, Quizzes, pages, Syllabus
- Page disabled; won't appear in navigation: Any LTI links, such as Attendance, Chat, and SCORM
Note: Reordering and hiding Course Navigation links affects the course tabs in the Dashboard course view. Learn more about the Dashboard.
Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I accept an email invitation to join a Canvas course?
Manual Canvas Student Guide -
Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I add Slack as a contact method in Canvas?
Manual Canvas Basics Guide -
Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I select personal pronouns in my user account?
Manual Canvas Basics Guide -
Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I set up multi-factor authentication for my user account?
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Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I set a time zone in my user account?
All dates and times throughout your Canvas courses are displayed according a course's respective time zone. However, you can set your own time zone for your user account and have your local time zone display throughout Canvas. Displaying dates in your local time may help you stay up to date on assignments and due dates, especially if your course time zone differs significantly from where you reside.
Note: If you set a time zone in your user settings, you can always view the course time zone by hovering over any date and time in your course. The text will show both the local time and course time.
Manual Canvas Basics Guide -
Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I merge my user account with an account using the same email address?
If you have an email address registered in two Canvas accounts, you can merge these accounts. Merging accounts combines the logins, contact methods, and enrollments for the two accounts.
The icon to complete this process will only appear in User Settings if there are two or more email addresses on the account and the email address that appears on both accounts has been registered.
In order to complete this process, you must have the Canvas username and password for both accounts.
Note: Merging user accounts cannot be undone.
Manual Canvas Basics Guide -
Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I manage feature options in my user account?
Canvas is continually creating new features to improve your user experience. The majority of improvements will be made available as part of our regular release cycle. However, some features may affect your personal interaction with Canvas.
This lesson gives an overview of how to manage user-level feature options for your user account. To view specific feature options available in Canvas, visit the user account features lesson.
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Updated on: Sep 11, 2024
How do I view course content offline as an ePub file?
If one or more of your courses have enabled ePub exports, you can view your course offline as an ePub file. You can download the ePub file and upload it into any eReader software for viewing, such as iBooks or Azardi.
ePub content is for offline viewing only; you cannot interact with course content directly, such as completing an assignment or viewing any submissions. In an ePub file, you can view assignment details, availability dates, and point values. Discussions include the discussion topic. All discussion replies (graded or ungraded) are considered submissions and must be viewed online. Additionally, you can view any embedded media files in the ePub. Any files that aren't supported in the ePub format, such as file attachments or PDFs, can be downloaded to be viewed in the file's native environment.
Currently ePub files and any associated files can only be generated in the browser version of Canvas, but the files can be transferred for viewing on any supported device.
Depending on the course setup, the ePub may be organized by modules or content type (assignments, discussions, quizzes, etc.). When viewing by module, only items you have access to view in each module will be included in the ePub file. Locked modules list either their prerequisites or the unlock date, as well as the items that are contained within that module (though not the actual content of those items themselves).
Notes:
- You cannot download ePub files for concluded courses.
- If you can view the Download Course Content button but cannot download an ePub file for a specific course, the feature has not been enabled for that course.
- If your account does not display the Download Course Content button, your institution may only allow you to export content offline as an HTML file in Modules.
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