Articles (26)

Adjusting Activity Dates for a New Semester

This guide sheet covers the different ways due dates for activities in Canvas can be updated besides manually updating them one by one. They can be updated when importing the course content, they can be changed by dragging them in the Canvas Calendar, and they can be changed in the Assignments area

Canvas Guides for Students from Instructure.com

There is a wealth of support articles available from Instructure.com for students

How to Add an Outcome to a Course

This article will provide the steps to add an Outcome to a course in Canvas. Once the outcome has been imported into the course, it can be added to any type of activity.

How to Add an outcome to a Discussion

This guide sheet will provide the steps to add an Outcome to a Discussion in Canvas.

How to Add an outcome to a Quiz

This guide sheet will provide the steps to add an Outcome to a Quiz in Canvas.
***Special Note: When adding outcomes to quizzes, it is recommended to use New Quiz. Classic Quiz contains fewer options, provides inconsistent results, and won’t be available in coming years.***

How to Add an Outcome to an Assignment

This guide sheet will provide the steps to add an Outcome to an Assignment in Canvas

How to Add n Outcome to a Course

This guide sheet will provide the steps to add an Outcome to a course in Canvas. Once the outcome has been imported into the course, it can be added to any type of activity.

Making an Item Bank

This article shows you how to create an item bank and then add that bank to a new quiz

Moodle To Canvas

This article provide steps for moving a course from Moodle to Canvas

My course isn't shown in Canvas

This article will offer some guidance as to why courses may not be listed in Canvas and what a student should do if they have this issue.

Narrating and recording PowerPoint presentations

This article shows you how to record a presentation this uses PowerPoint as the example and then how to upload the recording to canvas

Using Respondus

This article tells you how to use respondus/lockdown browser for your quizzes and assignments.