Instructor Guides
Instructor Guides
Skill Level: Basic, Intermediate, & Advanced
Priority Level: Mandatory, Suggested, & Optional
Optimal Timing: Beginning-, Middle , End of Term, & Full Term
Most of the processes involved in keeping your Canvas course running smoothly are simple, but they are often only required once per term, making it easy to forget. This collection of help guides, organized by usage categories is designed to give you the info you need, when you need it! We value your feedback on regarding any additional information you would like to see here.
Canvas Training Videos from Janary 3 Instructure Event
VIDEO: Adding Perusall to Your Canvas Course
Moodle-Canvas Migration Issues
How can I give my students extra time in a Canvas Quiz?
How can I give my students extra attempts in a Canvas Quiz?
Enable Canvas Quiz Logs to be able to see a timeline of how your students progressed through your exam. The log will show how long a student spent on a question, did they change their answer, and did they navigate away from the Canvas Quiz page at any point.
How do I preview a quiz in New Quizzes?
How do I add requirements to a Canvas course module?
Mobility and Accessibility: The Canvas Mobile App
Canvas Student Mobile Features
Canvas Teacher Mobile Features
Canvas Roll Call Attendance Tool
How do I edit the Roll Call Attendance assignment?
Grading in Canvas With Rubrics
VIDEO: Using the Redirect Tool
VIDEO: Outcomes Setup & Usage in Canvas
Canvas Faculty Help Documentation and Resources
Group Work & Collaboration in Canvas
How do I manage my Canvas notification settings?
How do I import a Canvas course export package?
Experiencing your Canvas Course as a Student
Importing Content Between Canvas Courses
Organizing your Canvas Dashboard
How do I view all my Canvas courses?
How do I change my Canvas course Home Page?
"In Canvas, your grading categories are called 'Assignment Groups…'"
"This is for those of you who weight your grades."
Moodle Assignments with TurnItIn enabled (Moodle Assignment or TurnItIn Assignment 2) may not fully transfer due to differences in how Moodle and Canvas handle these integrations. Currently, Canvas does not natively support direct imports of Moodle-specific TurnItIn configurations. Assignments will need to be reconfigured manually after import.
Faculty Canvas Help Documentation
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SAN MARCOS Course Conversion Guide - Moodle to Canvas
Have you ever thought it would be nice to include an "Add to Google Calendar" link in the body of an email message you are sending out to announce an event? Here is one way to make it easy for your email recipients to add a copy of YOUR event to THEIR Google Calendar. This works for one-time events, as well as recurring events!
Introducing a terrific Chrome browser extension that makes it very easy to include a link to your Zoom room in your Google Calendar events. No more copying & pasting between your Zoom "Meetings" page and your Google Calendar event, as the selection is available directly in Google Calendar.
Have you ever spent more time scheduling a meeting among multiple people than the meeting itself? It's surprisingly simple and easy to avoid that, and schedule a meeting during an available time slot among all of your guests.