In Canvas you can create graded quizzes, practice quizzes, graded surveys, and ungraded surveys. Further resources: * [What quiz types are available in Canvas courses?][1] * [What options are available in Canvas quizzes?][2] * [How to increase security to minimize cheating in Canvas quizzes][3] * [How do I us...
Yes. You can select when you would like to receive notifications from Canvas (Right away, daily, weekly, none). However, these settings are applied to all courses and cannot be applied to just individual courses. Further resources: * [Canvas Notification Settings Guide][1] [1]: /kb/article/923-canvas-notificati...
Learn how to use the Files area in Canvas from the resources below. Please note, you will not be able to upload files larger than 500 MB. For sharing videos we recommend that you use Kaltura to upload and host your video, then embed it or link to it in your Canvas site. Further resources: * [How do I use Files as a...
You can create assignments from the Assignments Index page (Assignments area of course site) and you have two options: You can create an assignment shell, or you can create the entire assignment. An assignment shell is just a placeholder for the assignment within an assignment group, such as a discussion assignment wit...
You can organize your New Gradebook in a number of different ways in Canvas: by student name, secondary ID, total grade, individual assignment, assignment group (if you have assignment groups set up), and assignment due date. You can also rearrange and resize the columns in the New Gradebook and add assignment group w...
There are several options available to you to determine how your course site looks and functions. There is also a variety of content that you can add to your Canvas site. We recommend you start with the following resources: * [Canvas Best Practices][1] * [Canvas Course Setup Checklist][2] * [Course Settings Opti...
All courses will look relatively the same, making the course structure fairly uniform across all sites. However, you can customize your home page to be one of the following: * Course Activity Stream (most recent activity and interactions). * Pages Front Page (select a page in the course site to be the site's landi...
Yes, the Student View tool allows you to view your course as your students see it. However, please note that Student View does not differentiate between published and unpublished content and should not be used as an accurate portrayal of the content currently available to students. This tool will only give you a genera...
**1. Do we still use the ODL DL Appointment spreadsheet?** _No. Do not send us spreadsheets. Once you have completed the first term's appointments in the system, we suggest you download the list to excel and create your own internal version. Or you may alter the ODL spreadsheet and use that internally; however, some ...
Not sure where to start? Feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of learning how to use a new system? Fear not - here are some resources to help you get started in Canvas! We recommend starting with watching the [series of introduction videos][1] and then completing the [2-3 hour instructor basics course][2]. If you're pre...
