Canvas Guides

Canvas Admin Guide

Accounts and Sub Accounts
- What is the hierarchical structure for Canvas accounts?
- How do I edit the name of a sub-account?
- How do I hide a sub-account?
- How do I view a sub-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 create a sub-account?
- How do I delete a sub-account?
- How do I add an administrative user to an account?
- How do I upload custom JavaScript and CSS files to an account or sub-account?
Admin Tools
- 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?
Analytics
- How do I view Account Analytics?
API
- How do I obtain an API access token for an account?
- How do I make API calls in an account with an access token?
- How do I install PowerShell 3.0 on a Windows machine?
Attendance (Roll Call)
- How do I add Roll Call Attendance badges to an account?
- How do I run Roll Call Attendance reports for an account?
Authentication
- How do I configure self registration through Canvas authentication for an account?
- How do I configure third-party authentication providers for a Canvas account?
- How do I configure SSO settings for my authentication provider?
Canvas Data
- What is Canvas Data?
- How do I use the Canvas Data Portal for an account?
- How do I manage Canvas Data admin users?
- How do I use Canvas Data files?
Courses and Sections
- How do I view the courses in an account?
- How do I add a course in an account?
- How do I filter or find a course in an account?
- How do I delete a course in an account?
- How do I add a section to a course as an admin?
- How do I edit the details for a course section?
- How do I use cross-listing in an account?
- How do I cross-list a section in a course?
- How do I de-cross-list a section in a course?
- 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 in an account?
- How do I associate a course with a blueprint course in an account?
- How do I lock course objects in a blueprint course in an account?
- How do I sync course content in a blueprint course in an account?
- How do I view the sync history for a blueprint course in an account?
External Apps (LTI)
- How do I use the Canvas App Center in an account?
- How do I manage a whitelist in the Edu App Center?
- How do I manage an Edu App Center whitelist in Canvas?
- 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 manually configure an external app for an account?
Global Navigation
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an admin?
- How do I view my institution's Public Course Index as an admin?
Grading
- How do I view grading schemes in an account?
- How do I add a grading scheme in an account?
- How do I view grading periods in an account?
- How do I add grading periods in an account?
Integrations
- What integrations are supported in a Canvas account?
- How do I enable Turnitin for an account?
- How do I enable Equella for an account?
- How do I manage developer keys for an account?
- How do I add a developer key for an account?
Languages
- How do I change the language preference in an account?
- How do I change the language preference in my user account as an admin?
Outcomes
- How do I create an outcome for an account?
- How do I create an outcome for a sub-account?
- How do I create outcome groups for an account?
- How do I create outcome groups for a sub-account?
- How do I edit or delete an outcome or outcome group in an account or sub-account?
- How do I create custom account or sub-account outcome names for students?
- How do I move outcomes and outcome groups in an account or sub-account?
- How do I find an existing outcome to add to an account or sub-account?
- How do I find Common Core State Standards to add to an account-level outcome?
- How do I view the outcomes results report for an individual student in an account?
Profile & User Settings
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as an admin?
- How do I manage new features in my user account as an admin?
- What feature options can I enable in my user account as an admin?
Question Banks
- How do I create a question bank in an account?
- How do I bookmark a question bank in an account?
- How do I delete a question bank in an account?
Reports and Statistics
- How do I view statistics for an account?
- How do I view reports for an account?
Roles and Permissions
- What user roles and permissions are available in Canvas?
- How do I create account-level roles?
- How do I set permissions for an account-level role?
- How do I create course-level roles in an account?
- How do I set permissions for a course-level role in an account?
Rubrics
- How do I create a rubric in an account?
- How do I delete a rubric in an account?
- How do I align an outcome with a rubric in an account?
Settings
- How do I use account settings?
- How do I set details 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 for an account before or after the course date?
- How do I disable comments on announcements for all courses in an account?
- How do I customize the Canvas Help Menu 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 access the Canvas beta environment as an admin?
- How do I access the Canvas test environment as an admin?
SIS Imports
- 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
- How will I know if there is a Canvas outage?
- How can I manage support tickets for my institution?
- How do I log in to the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- What are the different case roles in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- What options can be customized for field admins in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I use the home page of the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I access the Dashboard in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I view a report in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I view cases in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I create a new case in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I transfer a case to another field admin in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I escalate a case to Canvas Support in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I share a post on a case in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I mark a case as solved in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I use macros in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I make a mass update to cases in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
- How do I apply a macro to a case in the Service Cloud Admin Console?
Terms
- What is a term?
- How do I add a new term in an account?
- What should I do at the beginning and end of each term as an admin?
- What should I encourage instructors to do at the beginning and end of each term?
- How do term dates, course dates, and section dates work in Canvas?
Users
- How do I view users in an account?
- How do I find users in an account?
- How do I manually add a new user 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 delete a user from an account?
- How do I masquerade as a 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 use Canvas Parent Tools to manage parents who are using the Canvas Parent app?

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