Accessibility Overview
In this article: * Getting Started * Next Steps Check out our collection of articles on accessibility best practices. These are designed to be low-effort, high-impact strategies to improve your courses' Ally scores while making your content more accessible for your students, regardless of accessibility needs an…
Instructors: Course Settings Options
In this article: * Course Settings Overview Access Course Settings Course Details Sections Navigation Apps Feature Options Course Settings Overview Access Course Settings Canvas offers many different options for course settings and enabling optional course features. This article will go over each o…
Instructors: I want my students to meet together easily without me - can they do this with Zoom?
In this article: * Step 1: Activate the Zoom navigation item in your course site * Step 2: Setup a Discussion item for students to share their meeting links * Further Resources Zoom is a great tool for facilitating synchronous communication with your students, especially for online courses. Though Zoom does …
Accessibility Tips: Image Descriptions
In this article: * How to Add Image Descriptions * Make it Meaningful * New to Ally? Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection of accessibility guides . This tip describes ho…
Accessibility Tips: Descriptive Document Titles
In this article: * How to Add a Missing Title Adding Titles in Microsoft Word Adding Titles in PDFs * New to Ally? Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection of access…
Using the Canvas Community website
In this article: * The Canvas Community * Requesting New Features The Canvas Community The Canvas Community website provides information on all aspects of Canvas. Though we maintain our own FSU Canvas Support Center website and are continually adding and curating content that we think our FSU users will fin…
How do I set a new time zone for my account in Canvas?
In this article: * Time Zone Settings for Distance Learning Time Zone Settings for Distance Learning Are you a Distance Learning student at Florida State University or outside of the U.S. Eastern time zone while taking classes? If so, we strongly recommend that you adjust your personal Canvas time zone setting…
How do I submit a new feature idea for Canvas?
In this article: * Suggesting New Features * Further Resources Suggesting New Features Canvas's developers like hearing from you! You can submit a new feature contribution through the Collective Roadmap space specific to Canvas LMS. This allows uses to initiate conversations about improvements or enhancement…
Using Canvas Commons
In this article: * What is Canvas Commons? * Commons at Florida State University * Getting Started and Importing Content * Further Resources What is Canvas Commons? The Commons is a great Open Educational Resource ( OER ) that allows users to exchange ideas, educational materials, videos, software, and even …
Accessibility Tips: Document Headings
In this article: * How to Add Headings in Documents * Heading Best Practices Follow a logical hierarchy Don't overuse headings Never apply text styles in place of a heading style * New to Ally? Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips f…
