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Canvas: Introduction

Faculty use Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ provides, to host course lessons, materials, interaction and assessment in an online environment.

Canvas Login 

Instructions for faculty's use of Canvas

Getting started

• Logging into Canvas
• Canvas features
• Beginning of Semester Tasks

Course management

• Course navigation, visibility, and student view
• Cross-listing (combining sections/courses)
• Account settings and notifications
• Canvas teacher app
• Course analytics

Course design

• Creating a course homepage
• Organizing content

Presentation and discussion

• Enable Zoom meetings in Canvas class navigation
• Discussion

Assignments

• Assignments and Speedgrader
• Creating and weighting assignment groups
• Add the assignment to a module
• Grading assignments
• Creating and weighting assignments groups
• Dropping lowest (and/or highest) grade(s) in an assignment group
• Setting a late assignment policy

Assessments

• Provide extra time for student accommodations
• Build and use an assessment bank
• Assessment adjustments
• Duplicate assessments

Rubrics

• Creating a rubric and adding it to an assignment

Canvas gradebook

• Posting grades
• Hiding grades
• Final grade override

Importing course content 

Copying course content 

Sharing course content 

Additional Canvas Resources

Canvas Support

• Kate Douglass - Canvas Support
• Requests via facultysupport@uncsa.edu are forwarded to available support personnel.