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Updated on: Oct 28, 2020
How do I view my course interactions with an individual student?
<p>You can see a summary of all your interactions with individual students. </p> <p>Interactions are recorded when you contact the student via Conversations or when you leave a comment on an assignment. </p>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 28, 2020
How do I use inline Chat as an instructor?
<p>If configured for your institution, inline chat allows you to communicate with other users in a course from areas other than the Chat page. Inline chat will appear everywhere within a course except the Gradebook, Course Analytics, and SpeedGrader.</p> <p>When inline chat is enabled, any user viewing a course will appear as online on the Chat page. Currently there is no load limit for a course chat, but larger numbers of course users may affect performance.</p> <p>You can also <a href="../../4152/l/55286?data-resolve-url=true&data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="27D9E017-CCF4-4554-80A3-32EB4E8A4077" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">chat with course users from the Chat page</a>.</p> <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p> <ul><li>If you cannot view inline chat, it has not been enabled for your institution.</li> <li>Chat alerts are not available for inline chat.</li> </ul>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I view analytics for a student in a course?
<p>Student analytics show you how well a particular student is doing in your course. You can also view student analytics after your course has concluded.</p> <p>Your institution may allow students to view their own course analytics, which helps show them accurate information about their course activity and interactions. If this permission is enabled, your view and the student's view of their analytics is the same. </p> <p><strong>Notes: </strong></p> <ul><li>Viewing analytics is a course permission. If you cannot view analytics, your institution has restricted this feature. </li> <li>Currently, analytics does not measure activity on mobile devices.</li> <li>Analytics can also be accessed through the People page and viewing a student's <a href="../../4152/l/57134?data-resolve-url=true&data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="63AF5F69-B0E9-4715-8281-0BF9391C981C" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">user details</a> page.</li> </ul>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I message students who have not signed up for a self sign-up group?
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Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I move a student into a different group?
<p>You can move students within groups. However, changes should be made before assigning a group to an assignment.</p> <p>If a student is added or removed from a group after receiving submissions, the submissions and grades may not align correctly. If a student is added to a group after the group submission, any re-submissions will overwrite the original submission; all previous grades will remain but the Gradebook will show the assignment was resubmitted since last graded. If you want to move a group member with a graded submission, you may want to <a href="../../4152/l/433813?data-resolve-url=true&data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="b66d2e3d-dde3-4bb6-a9ad-81da329bfa68" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">clone the group set</a> instead.</p>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I manually assign students to groups?
<p>As an instructor, you can manually add students to a group in both published and unpublished courses. </p>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up groups?
<p>When self sign-up is enabled for a group, instructors are unable to prevent students from switching groups. However, as an instructor, you can turn off the self sign-up at any time. By turning off the self sign-up, you prevent students from switching groups. </p>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I automatically assign students to groups?
<p>Once you create groups in a group set, you can randomly automatically assign students to those groups.</p>Manual Canvas Instructor Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
How do I practice using the API to import SIS data to a Canvas account?
<p>When creating an <a href="../../4214/l/263376?data-resolve-url=true&data-manual-id=4214" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="8dbd10c2-e89c-46d8-a3e2-51354fee1f1f" data-object-manual-uuid="2E9EF650-E3D9-012F-D7F2-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="">automated data integration</a> with Canvas, you should practice using the API to import SIS data to Canvas. One method of using an API is through cURL, a command line tool for transferring data that is supported on all operating systems (Windows, Linux, and OSX). In this lesson, examples should work with Windows 7+, Windows Server 2003+, Ubuntu 12+ (Desktop/Server), and OSX Mountain Lion+. </p> <p>The examples in this lesson are provided to help you learn how to practice using the API to import content into Canvas using SIS imports.</p>Manual Canvas Admin Guide -
Updated on: Oct 21, 2020
What do I need to know about creating a script to automatically import SIS data to a Canvas account?
<p>When creating an <a href="../../4214/l/263376?data-resolve-url=true&data-manual-id=4214" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="8dbd10c2-e89c-46d8-a3e2-51354fee1f1f" data-object-manual-uuid="2E9EF650-E3D9-012F-D7F2-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="">automated data integration</a> with Canvas, you need to create a script to automatically import data to Canvas. An SIS script automatically synchronizes the users in your institution with your Canvas account. This lesson presents programming languages and other considerations when creating a script file. </p>Manual Canvas Admin Guide
