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Adding People to a canvas course 

This article will show you how to add people to a canvas course you are teaching on.  Sometime you will need to add extra people to your course – such as an observer, moderator or someone covering your class when you are away. This page will take you through, step-by-step.  If you want to know …

How to set up Turnitin on Canvas assignment  

How to add Turnitin on Canvas assignments and adjust its similarity check criteria. Turnitin is an Internet-based plagiarism detection service. It checks the originality of assignments and creates originality reports which show the proportion of similarity to other works in percentage.   You need to go to your Canvas course and follow this guide below to …

Redact student assessments submitted to Canvas for moderation for Foxit users 

How to redact Canvas assessment for moderation for Foxit users. For external post moderation, lecturers will need to remove the identities of the student and the lecturer (i.e. their names) from the saved PDF document about assignment submission with the lecturer’s annotations and comments.  You must have Foxit PDF Editor on your computer to do …

Embedding an HTML Code onto a Canvas Page

Learn how to embed a HTML code on your Canvas Page Locate and copy the embed code from the video you wish to share. Embed code is usually found by clicking the video’s Share link, which is often represented by an icon select and copy the entire embed code Go to the page in Canvas …

New Hot Spot Feature In Quizzes on Canvas

Learn how to use the new features in the new quizzes on Canvas To learn how to create a New Quiz click here.The new features for quizzes in canvas are: Categorization Hot Spot Ordering Stimulus Hot Spot Questions When creating a quiz, you can create a Hot Spot question in New Quizzes. Hot Spot questions allow …

How to Access Analytics in Canvas 

With the new Analytics feature in Canvas learn how to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance You can access and track individual progress and performance results for each of your students

New Analytics In Canvas

With the new Analytics feature in Canvas learn to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance There is a feature in Canvas that you may find really useful, New Analytics. You are able to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance. Analytics takes a three-pronged approach to creating substantive …

Hiding assessments from students

How to hide marks from students. By default, Canvas assignment grades will be visible to students as soon as they are entered by teachers. Even some hidden marks may also be available to the students. To avoid this, you need to set Grade Posting Policy from Automatically Post Grades to Manually Post Grades for your …

Redact assessments using Foxit for Moderation

Redact student assessments submitted to Canvas for moderation using Foxit. For external post moderation, lecturers need to remove the identities of the student and the lecturer (i.e. their names) from the saved PDF document about assignment submission with the lecturer’s annotations and comments. You need Foxit PDF Editor on your computer to do this task. …

Editing the Course Navigation

How to add, remove and rearrange items on the Canvas Course Navigation (menu) The course menu inside any course can be arranged to suit your students’ needs. You can enable or disable any item menu or change the order they appear. Below are instructions on how to enable an item. However, the instructions can be …

Page Templates in Canvas

Use page templates inside of Canvas by utilising the duplicate feature.

Using applications to teach

This page tells you how some applications can help you teach your classes remotely so you can stay connected to your students.

Helpful Applications

Helpful free applications that you can use to teach your classes.

Group work vs group assessment

The difference between group work and group assessment.

Create Student Groups

How to create Student Groups in Canvas.

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