Date

June 4, 2025

Type

KB

Owner

Joel Vanner

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Canvas LMSCanvas Faculty & StaffCanvas StudentsCanvas Help

Instructure, the creators of Canvas, offer a collection of guides for all users that cover the fundamentals of using the platform.

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Faculty, staff, and students have access to 24/7/365 phone and chat support through the Help menu in Canvas.

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Help & Training

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Accessibility: What accessibility tool is available in Canvas?
Assignments: Creating Group Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Assignments: Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Assignments: Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Calendar: Adding Office Hours to the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Calendar: Calendar in Canvas (Video)
Calendar: Creating an Event in the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Calendar: Overview of the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Commons: Overview of Canvas Commons (Video)
Course Design: Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation
Course Design: Applying the Quinnipiac Canvas Course Template to Content Imported from Blackboard
Course Design: Is there a QU-branded Canvas course template I can build my course from? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Design: Quinnipiac Canvas Course Template
Course Evaluations: How are course evaluations impacted by this migration? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Management: Can I change the run dates of my course in Canvas? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Management: Can I rename my course in Canvas? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Management: Copying a Canvas Course for a New Semester
Course Management: Exporting Course Content from Blackboard to Canvas
Course Management: Get Ready to Teach in Canvas Checklist
Course Management: How do I request a resource course/merged course, so multiple sections of the same course I’m teaching are in one course shell? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Management: I have a student that received an incomplete for my course, but will now be completing the assignments. The term has ended, how can I give the student access to the course? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Management: Migrating Tests and Pools from Blackboard Original to Canvas
Course Management: Once I’m teaching in Canvas, what is the process to copy forward in Canvas for the next semester(s)? (For Faculty & Staff)
Course Management: Publishing Content and Courses in Canvas (Video)
Course Management: When will my courses be removed from Blackboard? (For Faculty & Staff)
Discussions: Canvas Course Discussions Area Overview (Video)
Discussions: Considerations for Graded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Discussions: Considerations for Ungraded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Discussions: Creating and Managing Rubrics in Canvas (Video)
Discussions: Creating Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Discussions: Group Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Discussions: Peer Review and Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Discussions: Setting Checkpoints in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Discussions: Student Experience in Canvas Discussions (Video)