Instructors: How to enable Kaltura in your course
Kaltura Media is already installed and ready to use in every Canvas course via the Rich Content Editor . The My Media page is also available, which you will easily find under the global Help menu in the Canvas navigation bar along the left side. If you would like to put all of your videos into one organized …
How to spot a phishing attempt
If someone ever asks you to verify your FSU username and password, please don't! Florida State University does not ask for your username and password via email, text message, or over the phone. If you have received such a message, you can assume that it is a phishing scam that is intended to acquire your FSU login…
How to apply an Outcome to a Quiz
For an Outcome to be aligned to a quiz, the quiz will first need a question bank setup. Each question bank can have multiple Outcomes aligned to it. It is possible to have multiple question banks within a single Canvas quiz. * Click into your course. * On the course navigation menu on the left, select Quizzes. *…
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…
Web-conferencing Best Practices
We have recently transitioned away from using and supporting Bb Collaborate as FSU's web-conferencing tool. As of November 6, 2019, Bb Collaborate is no longer available for use university-wide. However, colleges and/or departments that currently license Bb Collaborate separately will still be able to use the tool. …
What do the different course roles do?
FSU's version of Canvas provides a variety of roles for users within course and organization sites. This article will provide a quick summary of each course role, which it can do, and who is generally assigned it. You may encounter users with the following course roles in an FSU Canvas course: * Students * Teacher…
Incorporating emergency preparedness into your course design
As Floridians, we are no strangers to hurricanes and other intense weather events. As 'Noles, we are especially proud of our Panama City instructors, students, and staff who showed great resilience in the wake of Hurricane Michael's destruction. FSU's Office of Digital Learning has learned a great deal from our expe…
How do I navigate/use Canvas's Gradebook?
The Gradebook is equipped with a variety of tools to help instructors keep the Gradebook organized and keep track of student submissions. Canvas has a Gradebook History feature that allows you to see when an assignment was graded and by whom. The Gradebook also allows you to mute an individual assignment to hide …
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 …
Instructors: How to import the FSU Emergency Module into your course site from Commons
The FSU Emergency Module is a tool to help with both proactive and reactive emergency course management that can be used in both distance-learning and face-to-face courses. If you've previously imported the Emergency Module into a course, you can also check for and import updates with our article called How to up…
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