I like to use adaptive release settings. Can I do this in Canvas?
Yes, you can use adaptive release settings in Canvas. In Modules, you would use requirements, prerequisites, and/or "lock" the module depending on the availability settings you would like related to the way in which students progress through your course. To use adaptive release settings for individual items, such …
Creating an Organization using a Canvas Course Site
Cases where a Canvas course site is a good fit * If your organization site is an academic organization that provides information, announcements, and/or surveys to participants and/or enrolls users each term using automatic enrollments. * If your organization site is a course of some sort, i.e. student orientation,…
FSU Emergency Module: What it is and how to use it
The best way to deal with an emergency is to take proactive action. With this in mind, we designed an "FSU Emergency Module" to help you with both proactive and reactive emergency course management. We strongly recommend importing the FSU Emergency Module from Canvas Commons into your course sites and development s…
Allow Students to Finish Incomplete
When a semester concludes in Canvas, students are unable to go back in and submit future work. You can bypass this restriction for students who received an incomplete by completing the Manual Student Enrollment Form ( odl.fsu.edu/canvasenroll when prompted to login, make sure to use your [email protected] email address)…
Avoiding the "Invalid CSV File" error message while importing grades from Excel
Canvas allows instructors to export and import the gradebook so that changes can be made in Excel. Unfortunately, both Mac and PC users have to avoid corrupting the exported file. Excel treats the exported file differently for both PCs and Macs, and both operating systems have separate errors that can occur resulting…
Canvas Best Practices
Use the following links to skip down to the specific information you are looking for: * Course Setup Basics Course Design Course Multimedia * Graded Work Gradebook setup, use, and end-of-semester concerns Quizzes & Assessments Assignments Discussions * Communication Basics Web-conferencing…
How to set up your course Grading Scheme
It is important that you enable and accurately implement a Grading Scheme in your Canvas course that matches the information you provide in your course syllabus. This is crucial because if your Canvas course grading scheme is not accurate, then your students will see a different final grade calculation in Canvas than…
What is Canvas's Rich Content Editor like? How do I use it?
Canvas has a simple and streamlined approach to entering content anywhere the Rich Content Editor is available (this includes Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, and Syllabus). The rich content editor is capable of embedding any YouTube or Kaltura videos, images, other media files, course files, …
FSU Canvas Grade Upload Tool
Navigate this page: Enable a Grading Scheme Access the Grade Upload Tool Validate Grades Students with "F", "I", or "U" Grades Upload Grades Final Approval and Submission The FSU Canvas Grade Upload Tool allows you to upload your entire Canvas Gradebook into the official University Grade Roster …
BigBlueButton Overview
Canvas has a built-in web-conferencing tool called " BigBlueButton " that can be used for virtual lectures, virtual office hours, or anything else that would need synchronous interaction. BigBlueButton conferences allows up to 100 concurrent users at a time. You can record a conference, use the whiteboard function,…
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