How-to Documentation for Teaching Online

See: Online Technologies for Remote Teaching

Canvas Key Guides and How-To Documentation

• Canvas Instructor Guide - Table of Contents

• Login

  • How to login to Canvas as an instructor

  • How to sign up for a Canvas account

  • How to use Canvas on a mobile device

• Hiding/Posting (formerly Muting) Grades

  • How to add a grading scheme to an assignment

  • How to use posting policies in a course

  • How to hide grades that were previously posted in gradebook

• Make Courses Visible/Invisible on Dashboard and Menu

  • How to hide courses on my dashboard

• Publishing (Pages, Files, Assignments, Quizzes, and Modules)

  • How to publish (or unpublish) a page

  • How to publish (or unpublish) an assignment

  • How to publish (or unpublish) a module

  • How to publish (or unpublish) a quiz

• Publishing (Canvas Course)

  • How to publish a course

  • How to conclude a course at the end of a term

  • How to delete a course as an instructor

• Weighting Grades

  • Video: How to create weighted grading categories in Canvas 

  • How to  enter and edit grades in the Gradebook

  • How to enter grades for an individual assignment as a specific grading type in the Gradebook

  • How to add a grading scheme to an assignment

• Using Modules

  • How to add a module

  • How to edit a module

• Using Announcements

  • How to use the announcements index page

  • How to add an announcement to a course

  • How to edit an announcement

  • How to delay an announcement until a specific date

• Set Canvas menu items

  • How to use the course navigation menu as an instructor

  • How to change the course homepage

• Change Canvas term dates

  • How to change the start and end dates for a course section

• Cross-listing a class in Canvas

  • How to cross-list a section in a course

  • How to de-cross-list a section in a course

• Using collaborations in Canvas (Google)

  • How to connect to Google Drive as a web service

  • How to create a Google Drive collaboration

  • How to create a Google Docs collaboration

  • How to create a cloud assignment with a Google Drive

• Using collaborations in Canvas (O365)

  • How to create Microsoft Office 365 collaboration

  • How do I view my Microsoft Office 365 files in Canvas

  • How to create a cloud assignment with a Microsoft Office 365 file

• Inserting SCOM Video in Canvas (integration)

  • How to embed a video in a page in a course

• Inserting SCOM Video in Canvas (link)

  • How to link to a YouTube video

• Embedding YouTube Video in Canvas

  • Video: How to embed a Youtube video 

• Accessing Zoom in Canvas

  • Using Canvas app with Zoom as a meeting host

  • Getting started with Zoom

• Accessing Big Blue Button in Canvas

  • How to create a conference in a course

  • How to start a conference

  • How to join a conference

  • How to conclude a conference

  • BBB Basics

• Course Settings

  • Block Access

  • Self Enroll

  • Change Name and Add Thumbnail