Canvas Tutorials
Canvas is the Learning Management System (LMS) the Alamo Colleges uses. This page features videos and links to step-by-step guides on how to use the most important tools of Canvas. This page is intended to be an introduction or a friendly reminder of these tools. If you would like more in-depth training on these tools and teaching contact the IIC and they can set up a one-on-one session.
For more in-depth training in Canvas visit the NLC-Growing With Canvas Resource
Canvas Overview
In this video, you will learn about the Canvas Dashboard, sidebar, Global Navigation menu, and course interface.
Organize the Canvas Dashboard
This video demonstrates how you can organize your Canvas dashboard - give your courses a nickname, change the color, rearrange the course cards, and pick and choose the courses you want to display on the dashboard.
How to Display a course on the Dashboard
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Step 1 Click on Courses on the left Navigation bar |
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Step 2 Click on the Star icon for each course you want to display on your Dashboard |
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Step 3 Go to your Dashboard. Your Favorite courses are now the only courses listed on the Dashboard. |
Set up Canvas notifications
In this video, you will learn about Notification Settings.
Canvas Inbox (Conversations)
In this video, you will learn how to view, manage, and send direct messages to individuals or groups of people using the Inbox.
Additional Resources
- How do I use the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I find my unread messages in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I filter conversations as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I star a conversation as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to a user in a student group in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to a message as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a media comment to a message as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to a message in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I privately respond to one individual in a group message as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to submission comments in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I forward a message from a conversation as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a conversation as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a message from a conversation as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I archive a conversation as an instructor? Links to an external site.
Add an announcement to the course
In this video, you will get an overview of Announcements.
View the script for this video Links to an external site.
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Additional Resources
- How do I use the Announcements Index Page? Links to an external site.
- How do I view and sort announcement replies as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to an announcement in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit an announcement in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete an announcement in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow or disallow announcement replies in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to an announcement as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow students to like replies in a course announcement? Links to an external site.
- How do I like a reply in a course announcement as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I copy an announcement to another course? Links to an external site.
- How do I send an announcement to another instructor? Links to an external site.
Use Calendar as an Instructor
In this video, you will learn how to view and create events, assignments, and assignment groups in the Calendar.
Create a New Page in a Course
In this video, you will learn to create a new page in a course.
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Additional Resouces
- How do I change the name of a page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I duplicate a page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I copy a page to another course? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a page to another instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete pages in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a PDF to a page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I link to other Canvas pages in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I set a Front Page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a page to the student To-Do list as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I embed a video in a page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a file link in a page in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I view the history of a page in a course? Links to an external site.
Canvas Assignments
In this video, you will learn about the Assignments Index page, assignment groups, and assignment creation.
Read about it Links to an external site.
Additional Resources
- How do I publish or unpublish an assignment as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I move or reorder an assignment group? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an assignment group in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I weigh the final course grade based on assignment groups? Links to an external site.
- How do I create rules for an assignment group? Links to an external site.
- How do I create an online assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an assignment using an external app? Links to an external site.
- How do I add or edit details in an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I limit submission attempts for an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an assignment that includes anonymous grading? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a moderated assignment to be graded by multiple reviewers? Links to an external site.
- How do I give extra credit in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I move or reorder an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I duplicate an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I copy an assignment to another course? Links to an external site.
- How do I send an assignment to another instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I assign an assignment to everyone in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I assign an assignment to an individual student? Links to an external site.
- How do I assign an assignment to a course section? Links to an external site.
- How do I assign an assignment to a course group? Links to an external site.
- How do I view differentiated assignments with different due dates in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment? Links to an external site.
- Can a student resubmit Canvas assignments? Links to an external site.
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment? Links to an external site.
Canvas Quizzes
In this video, you will learn how to create and manage quizzes in a Canvas course.
Read about it Links to an external site.
Additional Resouces
- How do I publish or unpublish a quiz as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- What quiz types can I create in a course? Links to an external site.
- What options can I set in a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I import quizzes from QTI packages? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a quiz with a question group to randomize quiz questions? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Multiple Choice quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a True/False quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Fill-in-the-Blank quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Multiple Answers quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Multiple Dropdown quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create Likert scale quiz questions? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Matching quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Numerical Answer quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Formula quiz question with a single variable? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Simple Formula quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create an Essay quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a File Upload quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Text (no question) quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I link course content to a quiz question? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a question bank in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I bookmark a question bank in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I unbookmark a question bank in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a question bank in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I move multiple questions from one question bank to another? Links to an external site.
- How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another? Links to an external site.
- How do I reorder questions or question groups in a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I import a question bank from one Canvas course to another? Links to an external site.
- How can I create a quiz where students only see one question at a time? Links to an external site.
- How do I make a quiz available before or after the due date? Links to an external site.
- How do I assign a quiz to an individual student? Links to an external site.
- How do I assign a quiz to a course section? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I export quiz content from a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I copy a quiz to another course? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a quiz to another instructor? Links to an external site.
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I make additional changes? Links to an external site.
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Moderate Quiz page? Links to an external site.
- Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available? Links to an external site.
- How do I view student results in a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a survey in my course? Links to an external site.
Canvas New Quizzes
In this video, you will learn how to create and manage assessments using New Quizzes in a Canvas course.
View the script for this video Links to an external site.
Additional Resouces
- How do I create a quiz using New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I duplicate a New Quizzes quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I migrate a Canvas quiz to New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I migrate a Canvas quiz to New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I reorder questions in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a quiz in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit the assignment details of a New Quizzes quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I manage settings for a quiz in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I restrict students from viewing quiz results in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I manage item banks in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I create an item bank in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an item from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I moderate a student's quiz attempt in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I add accommodations for a student in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
- How do I copy a quiz to another course in New Quizzes? Links to an external site.
Canvas Discussions
In this video, you will learn about the Discussions Index page and discussion creation.
Discussions Redesign
Using Discussions Redesign to provide an enhanced experience for course discussions. When enabled in your course, Discussions Redesign displays for all discussions and all users in your course.
Discussions Redesign is currently a beta feature. Some discussion settings and features in the classic Discussions interface may not function or be available in Discussions Redesign.
Please click the links below to learn more about Discussions Redesign:
- How do I use Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a discussion using Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I publish or unpublish a discussion in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to a discussion in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I view and sort discussion replies in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I mark discussions replies as read or unread in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to a discussion in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I view a rubric for a discussion in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I view a discussion thread in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I mention a user in a discussion reply in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow students to create anonymous course discussions? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow users to report a reply in a discussion in Discussions Redesign as an instructor? Links to an external site.
Canvas Gradebook
In this video, you will learn how to use the Gradebook in Canvas.
Gradebook Overview (Instructors) Video Script Links to an external site.
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Additional Resources
- How do I use the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- What do the icons and colors in the Gradebook represent? Links to an external site.
- How do I view assignment details in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I create extra assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to my students from the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I set a default grade for an assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I curve grades in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I mute an assignment in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my students' total grades as a point value instead of a percentage in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I download scores from the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
- How do I treat ungraded assignments as zero in the Gradebook? Links to an external site.
Canvas SpeedGrader and Docviewer
The SpeedGrader™ allows you to view different types of assignment submissions in one place, make text and audio comments to students, and grade using different methods, such as rubrics. DocViewer is a tool integrated within SpeedGrader to help instructors annotate and provide additional feedback.
What Can you do with SpeedGrader?
In this video, you will learn how to use SpeedGrader to grade and comment on assignment submissions.
View the script for this video Links to an external site.
Providing rich feedback to students can enhance student engagement and learning. The SpeedGrader™ has several places where instructors can offer feedback:
- Post a grade directly to the grade book.
- View and use the rubric (if the assignment has a rubric attached).
- Add general comments that can start back-and-forth discussions around the assignment.
- Provide students with written, video, and audio commentary.
- Include additional attachments.
- Download the original submission.
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Additional Resources
- How do I use SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the student list to view student submissions in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I sort the student list in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I view the details of a submission for a student in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I enable anonymous grading for an assignment in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I mute or unmute an assignment in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a rubric in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
- How do I leave feedback comments for student submissions in SpeedGrader? Links to an external site.
What Can you do with DocViewer?
In this video, you will get an overview of Canvas DocViewer.
View the script for this video Links to an external site.
Canvas DocViewer is a tool that allows annotations on online assignment submissions in Canvas. You can use DocViewer to view files and assignments in SpeedGrader. You can view when students view annotated feedback in the assignment details Links to an external site. section of the sidebar.
Extend due date for one Student
Provide Extended-Time for a Quiz
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Add Users to a course
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Rubrics Overview
In this video, you will learn how to create and manage rubrics in your course.
Cross-Listing Overview
In this video, you will learn how to cross-list and de-cross-list sections in a course.
Course and Student Analytics Overview
In this video, you will learn how to access course and student analytics in Canvas.
New Analytics Overview
In this video, you will learn how to use New Analytics.
If you can't find your questions or want to learn more about Canvas, please review the Canvas Instruction Guide Links to an external site., where you can find more information about assignments, quizzes, discussions, or analytics.