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 Training

If you are an instructor or TA, the resources below will help you get started with Canvas and third-party tools. 

Canvas tutorials
Canvas Tutorials Online training TAMU

Canvas Instructor Guides

Canvas Student Guides

Canvas 101- Crash course

Classic Vs New Quizzes

Academic Tech- Onboarding

 

Training for TAs

 

  1. FERPA Training – TrainTraq Training #11012

  2. Information Security Awareness Training – TrainTraq Training #3001

Training and Support

Canvas Tools 

Training
Assignments 

How to create assignments 

How to weigh the final course grade based on assignments groups

Alternative assessments 

How to add outcomes to rubrics in assignments

Announcements

How to create announcements

Setting up notifications in Canvas (as Instructor)

Notifications settings for students 

Discussions 

How to create discussion activities 

Instructor guide: discussions

Files

Your Canvas course has a storage limit of 1GB, that includes all files and information in your course. 

Instructor guide: Files 

Home Page/ Pages & Templates

How to customize your Home Page

Pages & Templates

Quizzes

Academic Integrity when creating an exam in LMS

Accommodations in new quizzes

Accommodations in classic quizzes

Classic Vs New Quizzes

How do I create a quiz using New Quizzes?

How to create a quiz with Classic Quizzes?

How to view an exam log in Canvas

Make-up tests in Canvas 

Quizzes: types of questions 

Using question banks in Canvas

How to add outcomes in a New Quiz

How do I add an item from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?

How do I edit an item bank item in New Quizzes?

How do I add all items or a random set from an item bank to a quiz in New Quizzes?

How do I move or copy a question from one item bank to another in New Quizzes?

How do I share an item bank in New Quizzes?

How do I manage item banks in New Quizzes?

How do I create an item bank in New Quizzes?

How do I add content to an item bank in New Quizzes?

Modules

Instructor guide: Modules

How do I duplicate a module?

How do I send a module to another instructor?

How do I add prerequisites to a module?

How do I add requirements to a module?
Rubrics  Instructor guide: Rubrics
Syllabus

TAMU Guidance for Syllabus

BSPH and Graduate School of Public Health Syllabus (Commons)- Search 

 

Tutorials for main functions in Canvas

 
Accessibility Accessibility in your Canvas course
Canvas enrollment
Dashboard/Courses

How to remove courses from your Dashboard

Customize your Dashboard and courses

Export/Import

Import content from Blackboard into Canvas

Canvas to Canvas- export/import (video)

Canvas to Canvas- copy from a canvas course

Canvas 101-Export/Import section

Grades

Grade submission to Howdy from Canvas

Extra credit in Grades

Curve grades

How to import grades in Canvas (csv file)

Instructor guide: Grades

Gradebook features

How to use the gradebook in Canvas

Canvas new gradebook best practices from FSU

Third-Party Tools

Current 3rd Party Tools in Canvas

Mediasite videos in Canvas (video)

Enabling Mediasite for Canvas

Poll Everywhere in Canvas

Google Drive in Canvas

Proctoring with LockDown Browser in Canvas

Zoom recordings (Cloud recording access)

Other tools 

Canvas Test Analytics

Download files from Canvas courses 

Instructor guide: Outcomes

Student view

Tutorials Playlist