Instructions

Canvas is a Learning Management System (LMS) we use at Biola to provide an online space for class activities such as exchanging documents, online discussions, and managing course grades. This page has some instructions on how to use it.

Log in to Canvas Here: http://canvas.biola.edu

Resources for Faculty

Here are a few highlights:

For Students

Welcome to Canvas - Basic Login Instructions; Finding your courses

Confirm Your Email on Canvas

Using Zoom with your Biola-managed Zoom account. Can't view Zoom recordings? See instructions here.

Presentations on Zoom - How to give PowerPoint project presentations on Zoom: live or pre-recorded

For Students: Attending Class Remotely - Instructions & Suggestions

Official Documentation: Canvas Student Guide on the Canvas web site

Official Documentation: Minimum Computer Specifications required for using Canvas

Official Documentation: Minimum Browser Requirements and plugins

Instructions for Viewing Older Videos in Online Classes with Flash Player.

Using the VoiceThread tool on Canvas: Using VoiceThread Videos

For Faculty & T.A.s

See the Official Canvas Instructor Guide for detailed documentation. Here are some summaries we've written:

Basics of Canvas at Biola - Videos - A series of eight short videos introducing you to Canvas at Biola (3 to 4 minutes each)

Setting up Your Course on Canvas - Start here for a general overview

Organizing Content - Storage - Putting content in to your course

Organizing Content - Presentation - Showing content to students

Editing Pages

Gradebook and Assignments - Put your grades online

Grade Posting Policy (the new way of Hiding/Muting Grades; Keywords: Mute, Hide, Post, Manual, Automatic)

Turnitin Assignments - Setting up Turnitin Assignments

Weighted Grades - how to set up Canvas to calculate the total grade

Extra Credit - How to give extra credit in the Canvas Gradebook

Course Dates - If your course doesn't follow a traditional semester schedule

Viewing Closed Courses - How to view grades in old courses

Course Enrollments - Describes how people are enrolled into their classes on Canvas

About VoiceThread on Canvas - How to create links to graded and ungraded VoiceThreads

Reconfiguring VoiceThread Assignments - if you copy from one semester to another, how to connect VT

Creating Quizzes and Tests - How to create a quiz, and how to use the Respondus LockDown Browser

New Quizzes - A new version of the Quizzes assessment tool is optionally available as of June 2021

Discussions and Student Groups

Groups - Creating groups, navigating between groups

Setting Up Discussions - online forums

Discussions Redesign 2021 - A new version of Discussions arrived in June 2021

Basic Navigation on Canvas - Finding your way around

Copying Courses - to/from a different semester

Accessibility Requirements - Tips for making online pages more readable to people with visual impairments.

Downloading a Template sample class content from Distance Learning, including the standard Biola Syllabus Template.

Uploading Grades at the end of the semester. (Not directly related to Canvas - grades are on myaccount.biola.edu)

This Introduction to Online Classes at Biola describes what we mean by "online class" and how they work at Biola.

Some Advanced Features

Additional Resources

Training Schedule - Currently scheduled professional development training sessions for faculty.

The Canvas Community is a great place to look for Official Documentation, questions, and to make suggestions. Here are some links:

Canvas Community Main Page - Start Here

CanvasLive Events - Live online events open to all faculty, mainly run by people at other schools who are also using Canvas.

CanvasLMS YouTube Channel - Videos from the InstructureCon conferences.

Google Appointment Calendar - Set up a meeting with Tim Milosch, one of our Instructional Designers, for assistance with your Canvas class.

Google Appointment Calendar - Set up a meeting with Matthew Weathers, Applied Instructional Tech Admin, for assistance with your Canvas class.