FAQ

How do I find my course in Canvas?

1. Go to https://canvas.uw.edu and log in with your UW NetID and password.

2. Click on Courses on the left hand menu. You'll see a pop-up menu listing your courses.

3. If you don't see your courses listed, click on All Courses at the bottom of the window. A link to your course should appear on this list.

4. If you want the a link to a course to appear on the main Courses menu, click on the star next to the course name in the All Courses list.

How will my students know where the course website is?

After your course website is finished and you have given students access or published the site, add the site URL to your MyUW, as described below. The link will then appear in your students' MyUW pages, and the iSchool can automatically incorporate it into the Course Websites page for each degree program.

1. Access your MyUW account at http://my.uw.edu.

2. Log in with your personal UW NetID and password.

3. Locate the class in the My Class Resources.

4. Click the Add link after Class Website and add the URL of the class website.

If you are cannot find the locations above, you may need to do one or more of the following:

1. Select the Teaching link on the left side of the screen.

2. If your class is in a future quarter, click on the large drop-down button with the current quarter/year to select the future quarter.

3. If the class information does not appear below the class title, click the + sign in front of the title to access class details.

If your course site is in the Canvas LMS, you can enter https://canvas.uw.edu and students will find your published course from the "Courses and Groups" drop-down list in the global header. Or you can enter the URL of your particular Canvas site.

You can now send the URL to students who are registered in your course via:

• A Canvas announcement:

  • When you save an Announcement, it is sent to all registered students as long as they have not turned off their email notifications in their Canvas settings.

  • Do not post an Announcement immediately after you publish the site.

• Class email listserv

  • The link for requesting the class email list is also in the Course Materials section for the class in MyUW.

  • Note that only instructors can enter the course URL in MyUW or request class email listservs; graduate assistants do not have access.

What resources are available as I build my Canvas courses?

• Canvas pages within this site. Click on the right sidebar menu to find more detailed information on specific Canvas topics.

• Learning Technologies Team. Email: olt@uw.edu if you have questions or need help building your courses.

• Canvas Instructor Guide

• UW IT's Canvas Help page

How do I cross-list a Canvas site?

To allow students in different degree programs to register for the same class, many iSchool courses are set up in the Time Schedule with more than one section. This cross-listing is only for registration purposes. All sections meet at the same day, time and place.

Initially, UW IT creates Canvas sites for every section of every course. Following registration for the quarter, UW IT combines the sections of courses that meet at the same day, time and place. If, for some reason, the Canvas sites are not combined, faculty can cross-list the sections themselves using the procedure outlined below.

Additionally, instructors may want to use the same Canvas site for sections of the same course that do not meet at the same day, time and place. Because Canvas accommodates different due dates for different sections of a class, it is often more efficient to cross-list the sections so that only one site needs to be maintained.

How to cross-list a Canvas site:

1. Go to the destination course (the course you are moving the other section into). Locate and write down the ID number for the destination section, which is the string of digits that appear at the end of the URL of the course home page. You will identify the destination course site during cross-listing by entering this ID.

2. Go to the course that you want to combine with the other section. This is the site you are not going to use, but want to have its students to be added to the destination site.

3. Click Settings in the left navigation, then click the Sections tab. You will see a list of sections (probably just one) attached to this course.

4. Click the name of the section you want to add to the other site.

5. In the sidebar on the right side of the screen, click Cross-List this Section.

6. Enter the course ID (the string of digits you wrote down or copied in step 1) in the second field of the pop-up window.

7. Move the mouse cursor outside of the field where the course ID was entered, and click once. Canvas should show the name of the main course.

8. Click Cross-List This Section.

9. You will move to the Section tab of the destination course. You should find the names of students in all cross-listed sections when you click the People link in the left sidebar. The original section the student registered in will also appear in the list.

What's the best way for students to sign up for appointment slots (e.g. one-on-one meeting with me)?

Canvas has a built-in scheduler. View How do I add a Scheduler appointment group in a course calendar? article on Canvas Support site for more information.