Canvas

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Canvas course shells are made available to faculty according to the following schedule:

  1. Summer Courses: March 1
  2. Fall Courses: May 1
  3. Spring Courses: Nov. 1

If you are just starting with Canvas, you might want to take a look at the full .  Or, if you just need to find a quick answer, these are the most commonly asked questions we see.  

Common Canvas Course Setup Tasks

First Steps in Canvas

  • Get the Apps , , , , ,
  • Login to Canvas at using your UNA username and Password
  • Visit the  (CIDI Labs allows you to use themed templates in your course.)
  • Setup your and

Communicate with your Students

      • Your course must be published to send messages to your class.
      • The Send an individual message to each recipient checkbox prevents users from seeing who else is being messages

Create Course Materials

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  • Use such as , and . 
  • . Creating an Assignment creates a column.  Be sure to select a Submission Type of “No Submission” if you do not expect students to submit work in Canvas.
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Using Microsoft Office Features

  • Share OneDrive files in Modules: Click on the Modules link, select the + icon under the desired Module, and choose External Tool. Click on the link for Office 365, choose the file, and click Attach File.

Grading

  • Use and
  • Use to grade and comment on Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes.
  • Specify if grades are automatically visible to students by
  • Use the and features
  • Using

Quizzes

  • (Don’t forget to add a and for students)
  • Check out the
  • When copying a course or making changes to quizzes that use Lockdown Browser or Monitor, you must visit the Lockdown Browser Dashboard in your course to automatically update the Lockdown Browser settings.
  • Once your students have taken quizzes,

Working with Publisher Tools

Make Your Course Available To Students

  • Don’t forget to publish your and other Materials
  • . Even if published, courses open and close for students based on term dates, unless you change those dates.
  • (Course must be published in order for students to receive messages). Choose “Send an individual message to each recipient” to Blind Carbon Copy