The calendar provides a great place to view your course due dates, timelines, and to get organized. This is created automatically for each user and is easy to use.
Every user has their own calendar in Canvas that displays a combination of personal events and events or dates coming from courses.
Whether your course is occurring live over Zoom or in person, you can use Canvas's Attendance tool to keep track of student attendance.
In general, the workflow is as follows:
This page explains how to add a custom link (URL) to the left-hand navigation of a Canvas course using the Redirect Tool app. The Redirect Tool can be used to add an unlimited number of custom links to a course.
Access the new analytics tool using the New Analytics button in your course.
Canvas Assignment can be used to collect a submission from students electronically, provide instructions for and remind students about an in-class activity, and track extra credit.
You can send a welcome message or other important announcement to your students right from your Canvas course. This ensures all students in the course receive your message. Students can view announcements directly in Canvas, the Canvas Student App, or via their Stan State email. Students may visit the Announcements area to view all previously sent announcements.
Part of the Canvas Basics series
This page contains information about using the Rich Content Editor to construct text and other items in various parts of Canvas.
Part of the Canvas Basics series
This page contains basic instructions for importing content into an existing Canvas course. The content can be from another Canvas course, a Moodle or Blackboard course archive, a SCORM package, or a QTI quiz file.
Part of the Canvas Basics series
Canvas makes a distinction between assignments and activities. Assignments are almost always graded. Activities still require students to do something, but the task itself will not earn the student any points.