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,…
Access to Canvas outside the U.S.
Florida State University faculty, staff, students, and alumni have an international presence. Wherever they are located, they require stable and timely access to FSU's Canvas learning management system (LMS). For most countries, as long as one has internet access, Canvas should be accessible. However, there are a few…
How user enrollments and course access work in Canvas
Canvas matches its course enrollments with myFSU Student Central Sunday through Friday at: 5:00am, 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm, 7:00pm, and 9:00pm. If a course schedule change occurs an hour before any of these "enrollment cycles", it may take an additional enrollment cycle for the change to take…
Known Issue: Turnitin "Post Date" Error
This error only impacts the old Turnitin LTI integration . If you use the Turnitin Direct integration when creating Turnitin assignments, you will not experience this error. When creating a Turnitin assignment, you may get an error that reads: " Turnitin assignment could not be created. date_post - post date must…
How to download a transcript from Kaltura
When you use Kaltura to add multimedia to your course, Kaltura automatically captions your video or audio recordings for you. However, these automatic captions are not always correct, so we recommend that you double-check your captions . Kaltura will also automatically create a transcript for you from those automati…
Is there a way to quickly delete all the content in my site?
Yes. The bulk delete option in Canvas is called " reset course content. " You can do this by navigating to your Course Settings and selecting the option on the right-hand navigation menu. Please note that once you have reset your course content, all of that content has been permanently removed and cannot be recovered…
What is Kaltura?
Kaltura Accessibility Statement Kaltura Privacy Policy Kaltura lets you create and share an unlimited number of videos and audio recordings in Canvas. Uploaded files are automatically converted into multiple formats for a seamless viewing experience. No plugins or special software is required to view videos, and…
Can I make surveys in Canvas?
Yes. To create a survey, go to the Quizzes menu item and create a quiz. In the Quiz Type section, you can make the quiz a graded or ungraded survey. Further resources: * How do I create a survey in my course?
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