I'm teaching remotely - how do I hold office hours with my distance students?
Though we have both Canvas Conferences and Zoom web-conferencing tools available at FSU, we strongly recommend using Zoom for virtual office hours because it is well suited to both of the meeting types in this support article. Facilitating regular, scheduled office hours that all students can join This type of …
How do I make Question Banks?
You can make Question Banks in two ways: You can create the Question Bank while you are making the Quiz, or you can make the Question Bank separately before you make the Quiz. We recommend making Question Banks before you make the Quiz. Further resources: * How do I create a question bank in my course?
How do I add a syllabus to my site?
There are two syllabus options available in Canvas. Click on the links below for more information about each method: * Use an easily customized HTML template to create your syllabus on the Syllabus page * Upload a document/PDF syllabus file to the Syllabus page 1. Use an easily customized HTML template to create…
Canvas Miscellaneous FAQs
Questions: * How do I navigate around/use Canvas? * Technology Recommendations for FSU's Canvas * What is Canvas's new Rich Content Editor like? How do I use it? * How do I communicate with my students in Canvas? * How do I track student activity in my course? * Can I manually enroll a user (eg., TA, grader,…
Can I bulk upload files to my Canvas site? How?
Yes, you can bulk upload files in Canvas. Please see resources below: How do I bulk upload files to a course?
How do I add a user to a course site after the term end date has passed?
If it is past the term end date, the +People tab will be grayed out. You are still able to manually enroll users with a few course modifications. By completing this process, you will be reopening the course. If you would like to close your course again after adding the user, simply undo the steps you completed to …
Can I make an assessment so that students only see one question displayed at a time?
Yes. You can also lock questions after students have answered them and moved on to the next question so that students can not go back and change their answer choice for a question they have already answered. For detailed steps, please see: * Classic Quizzes - How can I create a quiz where students only see one qu…
What file types are supported in Canvas Assignments?
SpeedGrader (the inline grading tool in Canvas) and Crocodoc (the inline markup tool in Canvas) only support .doc/.docx, ppt/.pptx, and .pdf files at present. Further resources: * How do I use Crocodoc in Canvas assignments? * How do I create an online assignment?
Canvas Files FAQs
FAQs * How does file storage work in Canvas? * How do I navigate/use Files in Canvas? * Can I bulk upload files to my Canvas site? How? * How do I hide my Canvas "course files" area from students? * What file types are compatible with Canvas? * What is the file size upload limit?
How do I navigate Canvas's discussion board?
There's no need to worry about terminology like forum, thread, and reply because Canvas has designed a streamlined Discussion tool! Further resources: * What are Discussions for instructors? * How do I use the Discussions Index Page? * How do I publish or unpublish a discussion as an instructor? * How do I view…
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