Getting Started Guide for Instructors

The articles below show you how to navigate Canvas and use a few of the tools that link across all your courses.

• How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?

• How do I use the Global Navigation Menu?

• How do I view all my Canvas courses?

• How do I use the Course Home Page as an instructor?

• How does Canvas work as a supplement to face-to-face courses?

• How do I embed a guide in a Canvas course?

• How do I manage my Canvas notification settings?

• How do I use the Inbox?

• How do I use the Calendar?

• How do I get help with Canvas?

Course Basics

Each course includes various features where you can share course content, hold discussions, assign coursework, grade student submissions, and much more. View the articles below for some of the basics of Canvas courses.

• How do I create an assignment?

• How do I assign an assignment to everyone, individual students, or sections?

• How do I use the Course Navigation Menu as an instructor?

• How do I create a discussion as an instructor?

• How do I use Files?

• How do I use the Gradebook?

• How do I add a module?

• How do I create a new page in a course?

• How do I create a quiz with individual questions? (Classic Quizzes)

• How do I create a quiz using New Quizzes?

• How do I add and modify text in the Rich Content Editor?

• How do I get to SpeedGrader from an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion?

• How do I use SpeedGrader?