How to Publish and Control Access to Your Course
Learn the steps to publishing your courses on Canvas so your students can access it.
How to Upload and Embed Media to Your Canvas Course
Using the Rich Content Editor, you can upload and embed media files from your computer, or record video directly from your webcam using the Canvas Media Tool.
How to Use the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework in Canvas
This article will show you how to receive a Turnitin similarity report for their student submissions while continuing to use Canvas's built-in tools for rubrics, feedback, peer review and scoring.
How to Use the Turnitin External Tool with Canvas
Using the external Turnitin tool, create and have students submit an assignment in Canvas, but manage the rubrics, feedback, and scoring in Turnitin.
How to Add Appointments to Your Calendar for Faculty
In this article, you'll learn how to add assignments, quizzes, discussion due dates, and non-graded events to the Canvas Calendar for your students.
How to Start and Manage Canvas Course Discussion Boards
Learn about how to manage your course discussion boards in Canvas.
New Faculty Essentials, Dec. 14, 2022
Preparing for Spring Term
Key Dates to Remember
- Dec. 18: Winter recess begins for students (no classes), all schools
- Dec. 20: Fall term grades must be approved by instructors by 11:59 p.m.
- Dec. 23, 2022–Jan. 2, 2023: Winter recess (University closed)
- Jan. 9, 2023: Spring term begins (University Academic Calendar 2022-2023)
- Jan. 16, 2023: Martin Luther King holiday (University closed)
- Jan. 16-20, 2023: Week of SEISMIC (Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses)
- Jan. 27, 2023: Assessment and Teaching Conference (Details coming soon)
How to View Your Course Roster and Manage Users in Canvas
This article will teach you about how to view and manage your course roster in Canvas.
New Faculty Essentials, Nov. 17, 2022
The Year of Emotional Well-Being
Provost Ann E. Cudd announced the Year of Emotional Well-Being in April 2022, expressing that “this theme offers an opportunity to engage collectively with a focus on restoring and enhancing our emotional well-being. The pandemic underscored the importance of fully supporting the emotional welfare of students, faculty, and staff as everyone navigates the new terrain. This is a time of burgeoning research and collective reflection on our emotional needs and the qualities that make for a good life."
How to Create and Use Rubrics for Assessment in Canvas
In this article, you'll learn about how how to add a rubric to an assignment, quiz, and/or discussion boards.