Additional Job Aids

 

How do I . . . ?

There is a basic overview of each of the main Canvas tools in the Getting Started with Canvas Module but here are job aids for some additional common tasks. 

Announcements

• Using the Announcement Feed Tool (pdf, 605k) Links to an external site. (to put your announcements on your home page)

• Disabling Comments on Announcements (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

Commons

• What is Commons and How Does It Work? (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

• Searching, Previewing, and Importing Content into Your Course (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

General

• Organizing Your Canvas Course (pdf, 94k) Links to an external site.

• Hiding and Moving Items in Course Navigation (Canvas Guides) Links to an external site.

• Common Teaching Tasks in Canvas (pdf, 95k) Links to an external site.

• Tips for Students using PowerPoint for Class Presentations (pdf, 424k) Links to an external site.

• Viewing Course and Student Canvas Analytics (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

• Canvas Allowed HTML (if you like to work in the HTML Editor) (pdf, 3k) Links to an external site.

Grading

• Anonymous Grading in SpeedGrader (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site. Note-this only works if students don't type their names on their papers. You can turn on Anonymous Grading for all assignments and quizzes graded in SpeedGrader at once by turning on the Anonymous Grading feature in Course Settings>Feature Options. This will also anonymize SpeedGrader for grading discussions but it will not hide names in the actual discussion forum.

• Grading: Hide Student Names in Gradebook (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

Importing/Copying

• Importing Content into a Canvas Course (pdf, 65k) Links to an external site.

• Updating Due Dates Automatically when Copying Course Content (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

Scheduler

• Instructions for Students to Sign up for Synchronous Meetings with You Using Canvas Scheduler (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.

• Using Canvas Scheduler to Make Appointment Groups for Synchronous Individual or Group Meetings with You (Canvas Guide) Links to an external site.