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An introduction on how to create a Teams meeting link within a Canvas page and automatically add students You can create a Microsoft Teams meeting link (online class link) within your Canvas page and automatically add your students to it. You can place it on any page, or as part of an Announcement, Calendar or …
An introduction on the Canvas assignment submission, via a message to students based on assignment submission/marking status Often you may need to send a message to a specific group of students about their assignment submission or marking status or due date changes, etc. Canvas has provided a quick and easy way to let you do …
A quick video tutorial to show you how to set up your syllabus page on Canvas
A quick video tutorial on how to add your timetable to Canvas
A quick tutorial on how to set up your Canvas homepage
When importing course content with the Course Import Tool, you can choose to select specific content as part of the import. This option allows you to select specific content areas such as assignments, settings, and files without importing the entire course. Notes: Import Content into Course Select Content Type Select Specific Content View Content Import Warning …
Below is a step-by-step guide into converting Moddle courses to Canvas. You can import prior content from Moodle exports into Canvas. Note: Moodle Lessons are not supported by Canvas import. Select Migration Content View Current Jobs View the content from any completed imports by accessing any link in Course Navigation.
Broken Links on your Canvas Courses can be annoying! You can check for broken links using the Course Link Validator, this can be found in the Settings menu. This feature enables searches through course content and returns invalid or unresponsive course content links in both published and unpublished content. Links can be checked and reinstated …
An introduction on filtering the Canvas Gradebook When the course continues, more and more assignments and quizzes are added. Your grade table on the Canvas Gradebook page becomes wider and wider. To clear your Gradebook table to show only the assignments and quizzes that you are interested in, you can use the new feature of …
People often ask, can I add Emoji’s to my page content in Canvas? The answer is yes, of course you can. All you need to do is to select the place on your canvas page where the emoji will be placed, this could be a heading or within a body of text and let your …
The following is a simple guide to help move the Total Marks Column to the front of the Marks window making your Canvas experience more user friendly. Moving the Total Marks Column. After one or two semesters the Line can get very long for some programmes, this means the Total can be far away from …
Your canvas designated courses do not have a dedicated “recycle” or “trash” tool where you can recover or restore items that have been deleted. However, there is a function that can be used to restore some items that have been deleted, whether intentional or accidental. This function to restore deleted items is not a perfect repository of …
You can move or reorder assignment groups after you’ve created them. You can manually drag and drop the assignment group, or you can use the Move To option, which is also accessible for keyboard users. You can also move or reorder individual assignments. Drag & Drop Assignment Group You can use the drag and drop …
An introduction on the Canvas assignment publishing status When creating a Canvas assignment or a quiz, it is not visible to the students until you have published it. There are several publishing states, with relevant icons for an assignment or a quiz at different stages. This allows you to control when assignments are made available …
When you edit course pages, you can view the page history and see the date, time, and author of any changes made to the page. Page editors can also roll back the page content to a previous version of the page. Navigate to the Page you wish to revert changes to:
