Difference between revisions of "Canvas Guide"

Canvas at Evergreen

• What is Canvas? Course access and enrollment.

Canvas Orientation for Faculty

• Walk through this self-paced online course for an overview of the Canvas interface along with some of the tools and features used in building a basic modules-based site.

Technical Requirements for Using Canvas

• Supported Internet browsers and needed plugins. Canvas on mobile devices (Android, iOS).

Designing Your Canvas Course

• Creating a Home page. Adding files, links, and media content. Publishing your course.

Communicating in Canvas

• Using Announcements, Conversations, Discussions, the Calendar, and Scheduler to connect with students. Tools for providing students feedback in Canvas.

Assignments and Quizzes in Canvas

• Creating and administrating assignments, online quizzes, and surveys. Setting up question banks.

Assessment and Grading Tools

• Using Outcomes and Rubrics to communicate instructional objectives and achievement expectations. Using the Gradebook and SpeedGrader.

Need Help?

• When using Canvas and you encounter an issue, click on Help in the lower left corner of the Canvas site.
  • This opens a pop-up window with different help options such as:
    • Search the Canvas Guides - view help documentation by Instructure (the makers of Canvas)
    • Report a Problem - submit a help ticket via Canvas which goes to your Academic Technologies team
    • Ask the Community - a lively forum with answers to many Canvas questions
• If you are unable to access/log in to Canvas, submit a help ticket to Academic Technologies or from the upper right corner of your MyEvergreen page.

GUIDES BY CANVAS / INSTRUCTURE

Here are direct links to Canvas' help resource pages which include links to text- and video-based guides for desktop and mobile for Students and Instructors, and Canvas Basics for All Users. (Last updated January 2025)

• Canvas Student Guides
• Canvas Instructor Guides
• All Users - Canvas Basics