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What is Kaltura?

Kaltura Accessibility Statement Kaltura Privacy Policy Kaltura lets you create and share an unlimited amount 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…

Getting Started: Instructor Edition

What to keep in mind: * Development available! All instructors and graduate students preparing to teach courses can use development sites in Canvas. These development sites are intended for the purpose of becoming familiar with how Canvas functions and to create course site templates for the classes you teach. If …

How to ensure the accuracy of final grades within Canvas

Before uploading final grades using the FSU Grade Upload Tool, it is crucial to ensure the accuracy of your course grade book. These are some important things to keep in mind while preparing your course for final grade submission: * A Grading Scheme needs to be enabled and accurately implemented according to the sc…

Installing & Using the Import Rubric Tool

Canvas offers the ability to create rubrics offline in a Microsoft Excel file and then import those rubrics into Canvas for use with SpeedGrader.  It's a fairly simple process, though it does require the installation of some software to get started. Quick Install Guide First things first: We recommend that you inst…

How do I cross-list a section in my course?

Cross-listing is Canvas’ way of combining multiple sections into one course site. This is great for instructors who want to teach all of their sections using one site. This feature also allows or restricts students from viewing and accessing materials assigned to other sections of the course, to an extent. A few i…

How do I create Assignment weights?

You can create assignment groups and assign weights (%) for each assignment group to calculate the final grade out of a total of 100%. Note: Canvas treats all graded items as Assignments, e.g.,  Discussions, Quizzes,  etc. The weights for all assignment groups must add up to a total of 100% (unless you are offeri…

How can I randomize questions in my quiz?

You can easily randomize the questions that your students are given on an exam. This is often accomplished by linking a Question Bank or an Item Bank. Question or Item Banks have a pool of questions which will randomly supply a quiz with a number of questions you specify. The specified number must be less than or equ…

How to view survey results using Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys (formerly EvaluationKIT)

Use these quick links to skip to a particular article section: * How to access your Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys account * How to view your survey results * How to combine sections into a single aggregated report * How to build a custom report using report builder How to access your Watermark Course Ev…

How do I view / download documents in Canvas

Canvas's inline DocViewer allows you to auto preview all files in a course without downloading them to your device. You can also use auto preview when grading assignment submissions. The inline file preview works for most commonly used file formats with the exception of: * images (.jpg, .png., .tiff, .bmp, .gif …

Zoom Overview

Zoom Privacy & Legal Policies Zoom Accessibility Information Zoom is the new web-conferencing tool available for use in all FSU courses and replaces our previous Bb Collaborate web-conferencing tool. Zoom is also HIPAA-compliant. If you are a student,  find out more about Zoom here . Learn how to secure yo…

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