Date

March 21, 2025

Type

KB

Owner

Joel Vanner

Tags

Canvas LMSCanvas Faculty & StaffCanvas Sandboxes

Faculty can now self-provision sandbox courses in Canvas! A sandbox is a blank* course you can use to explore Canvas features by creating example modules, assignments, quizzes, and discussion boards. You can also use a sandbox to start designing a course and later copy it into the official Canvas course shell, or to develop an organization site.

Building a course in a Canvas sandbox does not opt-in the course to run in Canvas. Learn more about the Canvas migration and opt-in processes →

*Self-provisioned sandbox courses receive the Quinnipiac Canvas course template automatically pre-loaded.

1. Open your Canvas Dashboard.
2. Select the “Start a New Course” button on the right side of the Dashboard page.

3. In the “Create Course” box, enter a name for your sandbox.
• Is the sandbox for a specific course?
• Format: CourseID_LastName_Sandbox_CurrentTerm
• Is the sandbox for an organization site?
• Format: OrganizationName_LastName_Sandbox
• Is the sandbox for your general use?
• Format: LastName_Sandbox_MMDDYY

4. Once the sandbox is created, Canvas will take you to the Settings page of the sandbox.
• Choose Home from the course navigation (purple arrow) to go to the course home page.
• Choose Import Course Content from the right sidebar (green arrow) to import a Blackboard ZIP file or copy an existing Canvas course into this sandbox.

5. Your sandbox course comes pre-loaded with the Quinnipiac Canvas course template. More information about the template can be found in the instructor module, located in the Modules section of the course.

Learn more about the Quinnipiac Canvas course template →

QILT is here to help you and answer any questions you may have. Schedule a consultation with the team!

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

Visit the Faculty Advancement in Teaching Excellence Canvas site for teaching resources, opportunities for engagement, and spaces to connect with colleagues about teaching!

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Guides (Canvas features A-G)

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Help & Training

FAQs

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Blackboard Learn

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Canvas Accessibility

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Setting Student Accommodations for Canvas Quizzes (Video)

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Canvas Announcements

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Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas

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Canvas Assignments

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Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Assigning Canvas Assignments to Everyone, Individual Students, Tags, or Sections
Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Creating Group Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Attaching Rubrics to Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Assignments May 2025

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Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Creating Group Assignments in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Calendar

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Adding Office Hours to the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Creating an Event in the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Calendar in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Commons

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Overview of Canvas Commons (Video)

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Canvas Communication

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Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas
Changing Canvas Notification Preferences (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Inbox (Video)
Inbox in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Course Content

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Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Assigning Canvas Assignments to Everyone, Individual Students, Tags, or Sections
Publishing Your Canvas Module and Content (Make Visible to Students)
Using Text Headers to Organize a Module in Canvas
Adding Content to a Module in Canvas
Creating a Module in Canvas
Publishing Content and Courses in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Course Management

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Editing the Course Navigation in Canvas
Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation
Sample Canvas Course Walkthrough (Video)
Copying a Canvas Course for a New Semester

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Canvas Dashboard

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Exploring the Canvas Help Menu (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Dashboard (Video)
Canvas Global Navigation and Dashboard (Video)

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Canvas Data

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Canvas Quiz Reporting Features Overview (Video)
Mastery Reports in Canvas (Video)
Viewing Canvas Outcomes Alignment Data (Video)

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Canvas Differentiation Tags

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Differentiation Tags in Canvas

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Canvas Discussions

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Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Assigning Canvas Assignments to Everyone, Individual Students, Tags, or Sections
Attaching Rubrics to Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes in Canvas (Video)
Setting Checkpoints in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Grading Canvas Discussions in SpeedGrader (Video)
Peer Review and Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Group Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Student Experience in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Considerations for Graded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Considerations for Ungraded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Creating Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Canvas Course Discussions Area Overview (Video)

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Canvas Discussions May 2025

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Setting Checkpoints in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Grading Canvas Discussions in SpeedGrader (Video)
Peer Review and Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Group Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Student Experience in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Considerations for Graded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Considerations for Ungraded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Creating Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Canvas Course Discussions Area Overview (Video)

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Canvas Faculty & Staff

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Setting Student Accommodations for Canvas Quizzes (Video)
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Assigning Canvas Assignments to Everyone, Individual Students, Tags, or Sections
Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Creating Group Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Editing the Course Navigation in Canvas
Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation
Canvas Quiz Reporting Features Overview (Video)
Setting Checkpoints in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Hiding Unpublished Assignments from the Canvas Gradebook
Overview of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Student View of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Managing Group Spaces in Canvas (Video)
Creating Student Groups in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Faculty & Staff Video Guides

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Setting Student Accommodations for Canvas Quizzes (Video)
Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Creating Group Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Canvas Quiz Reporting Features Overview (Video)
Setting Checkpoints in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Grading Canvas Discussions in SpeedGrader (Video)
Peer Review and Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Group Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Student Experience in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Considerations for Graded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Considerations for Ungraded Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Creating Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Canvas Course Discussions Area Overview (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Student View of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Managing Group Spaces in Canvas (Video)
Creating Student Groups in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Gradebook

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Hiding Unpublished Assignments from the Canvas Gradebook
Overview of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Student View of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)

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Canvas Gradebook May 2025

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Overview of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Student View of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)

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Canvas Groups

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Group Discussions in Canvas (Video)
Managing Group Spaces in Canvas (Video)
Creating Student Groups in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Groups May 2025

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Managing Group Spaces in Canvas (Video)
Creating Student Groups in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Help

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Exploring the Canvas Help Menu (Video)

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Canvas History

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Canvas Inbox

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Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas
Overview of the Canvas Inbox (Video)
Inbox in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Item Banks

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Canvas Learning Mastery Gradebook

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Mastery Reports in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Learning Mastery Gradebook May 2025

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Mastery Reports in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas LMS

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Setting Student Accommodations for Canvas Quizzes (Video)
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Assigning Canvas Assignments to Everyone, Individual Students, Tags, or Sections
Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Creating Group Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Editing the Course Navigation in Canvas
Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation
Canvas Quiz Reporting Features Overview (Video)
Setting Checkpoints in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Hiding Unpublished Assignments from the Canvas Gradebook
Overview of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Student View of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)
Managing Group Spaces in Canvas (Video)
Creating Student Groups in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Modules

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Publishing Your Canvas Module and Content (Make Visible to Students)
Using Text Headers to Organize a Module in Canvas
Adding Content to a Module in Canvas
Creating a Module in Canvas

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Canvas Navigation

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Editing the Course Navigation in Canvas
Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation
Sample Canvas Course Walkthrough (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Dashboard (Video)
Canvas Global Navigation and Dashboard (Video)

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Canvas Notifications

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Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas
Changing Canvas Notification Preferences (Video)

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Canvas Outcomes

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Viewing Canvas Outcomes Alignment Data (Video)

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Canvas Outcomes May 2025

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Viewing Canvas Outcomes Alignment Data (Video)

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Canvas Pages

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Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas

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Canvas Peer Review

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Creating Peer Review Assignments in Canvas (Video)
Student Navigation of Peer-Reviewed Canvas Assignments (Video)
Peer Review and Discussions in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas People

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Differentiation Tags in Canvas

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Canvas Profile

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Canvas Quizzes

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Setting Student Accommodations for Canvas Quizzes (Video)
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas
Assigning Canvas Assignments to Everyone, Individual Students, Tags, or Sections
Attaching Rubrics to Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes in Canvas (Video)
Canvas Quiz Reporting Features Overview (Video)

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Canvas Quizzes May 2025

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Setting Student Accommodations for Canvas Quizzes (Video)
Canvas Quiz Reporting Features Overview (Video)

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Canvas Rich Content Editor (RCE)

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Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas
Embed a YuJa Video in Canvas

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Canvas Rubrics

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Attaching Rubrics to Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Rubrics May 2025

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Attaching Rubrics to Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes in Canvas (Video)

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Canvas Sandboxes

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Canvas SpeedGrader

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Grading Canvas Discussions in SpeedGrader (Video)

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Canvas SpeedGrader May 2025

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Canvas Students

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Student Experience in Canvas Discussions (Video)
Student View of the Canvas Gradebook (Video)

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Canvas Training

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Course Design

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Elsevier Evolve

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Introduction to Canvas May 2025

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Adding Office Hours to the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Creating an Event in the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Calendar (Video)
Overview of Canvas Commons (Video)
Changing Canvas Notification Preferences (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Inbox (Video)
Sample Canvas Course Walkthrough (Video)
Exploring the Canvas Help Menu (Video)
Overview of the Canvas Dashboard (Video)

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Khanmigo

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LockDown Browser

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LTI

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Lucid

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Lucidchart

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Lucidspark

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McGraw Hill Connect

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