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Canvas LMS Gradebook (Marks) allows you to download data as a CSV file, providing a simple way to back up records or share results with administrators. Exporting grades makes it easier to organise, review, and report student progress outside the platform using Excel. Follow these steps to download your Markbook:
This tool helps you quickly turn content into interactive practise. It supports revision, catch-up, and extension. It also works well for blended and online learning in Aotearoa. You can: Review and edit Check everything carefully: You can share it through: What is the Benefit? Students can access the activity anytime. This helps them revisit material …
Managing deadlines each term can take time. However, bulk update assignment dates in Canvas helps lecturers change many due dates at once. This short video shows how to adjust assignment deadlines quickly so your course stays organised and up to date. Start by opening your course in Canvas. Then go to the Assignments page in …
You can update the due dates and availability dates for many assignments at the same time using the Edit Assignment Dates tool. This helps when course dates change or when you copy a course to a new semester. Note: You can only shift dates forward, not backward. If dates move too far, you must edit …
This guide provides a workaround to move your existing questions from Classic Quizzes into the modern Item Banks without manual re-creation. Item Banks are the standard for reusing, sharing, and standardising your assessment content in Canvas. If your courses still rely on Classic Quizzes, you’re missing out on key benefits like: While there isn’t a …
Creating a New Quiz involves three steps: establishing the assignment settings in Canvas, launching the Quiz Builder, and finally adding your questions and content. New Quizzes is the recommended tool for assessment, offering advanced question types, greater security, and powerful Item Banks for managing your content. Follow this step-by-step guide to quickly set up your …
This question type is highly effective for testing knowledge of chronological events, operational procedures (steps in a process), or hierarchical ranking. When setting up the question, you simply define the items in their correct final order; the quiz will automatically shuffle them for the students. All question configuration occurs within the New Quizzes editor (the …
Announcements are the most effective way to broadcast important information, updates, or reminders to all students of your course. This guide shows you how to write your message and schedule it for a future date. Hints and Tips
New Quizzes is the updated assessment tool in Canvas, offering advanced question types, better security, and Item Banks. Because it is considered a feature preview, it is not always automatically enabled. This guide provides the quick steps to activate the tool and set up your first assessment shell. If the New Quizzes option isn’t appearing …
To keep your students informed without overwhelming them, you can configure your course to display a set number of your most recent announcements directly on the Home page. Hints and Tips
The Stimulus feature allows you to present a shared piece of content—such as a case study, image, or reading passage—that applies to a group of related questions. Use a Stimulus when you have multiple questions based on a single piece of information. This keeps your quiz design clean and professional, prevents content redundancy, and ensures …
Subscribing to your Canvas Calendar in Microsoft Outlook ensures that all your course deadlines and personal events appear alongside your staff meetings and emails. This feature uses a special URL feed to keep the calendars automatically synced. Get Your Unique Calendar Feed Link from Canvas Add the Feed to Microsoft Outlook The exact steps vary …
These features are exclusive to Classic Quizzes. New Quizzes uses the updated, more flexible feature called Item Banks. When creating new assessments, we recommend using Item Banks in the New Quizzes environment. The primary purpose of using Banks and Groups together is to enable randomisation, which is key to creating fair, secure, and repeatable assessments. …
Constructive alignment is a teaching design idea that helps learners achieve learning goals clearly and confidently. In this video, you’ll learn what constructive alignment is and how it makes course design stronger and more meaningful. Constructive alignment means matching three parts of teaching so they all work together. First are the learning outcomes—what students should …
Knowing how to change a course nickname in Canvas helps you customise how courses appear in your dashboard. A clear and meaningful nickname makes it easier to find courses quickly, especially if you manage many at the same time. In the video, you’ll see how to open your Canvas course list and edit a course …
