Instructors: I want my students to meet together easily without me - can they do this with Zoom?
Zoom is a great tool for facilitating synchronous communication with your students, especially for online courses. Though Zoom does not feature an "always on" course room, your students can still utilize their own FSU Zoom accounts to meet with one another to collaborate on group projects, form study groups, and more…
How to ensure your HTML syllabus contains up-to-date FSU Institutional Policies
Florida State University requires that instructors include up-to-date university policies and resources within their course syllabus. Canvas can make updating your syllabus to include the most current policies a snap! This article will demonstrate how to use the Design Tools feature within Canvas to quickly replace t…
Accessibility Tips: Converting Microsoft Word Files to PDF
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: Accessibility Overview In this tip, we show you how to avoid common accessibility issues when converting Microsoft Word files to PDF. Tips f…
Resetting Your Canvas Account Password
FSU uses a central authentication system which allows users to transition seamlessly between myFSU, Canvas, and many other FSU systems. Only one set of login credentials - your FSUID and password - are needed, and these credentials are maintained by FSU's Information Technology Services . In the event that you hav…
How to View and Download your Class Roster
There is no simple way to view and download your class roaster in Canvas. However, you can View and Download Class Rosters or Print Class Rosters with or without Students' Photos within the myFSU system. If you experience any difficulty with accessing these rosters, please call the ITS department at (850) 644-…
How do I add a rubric to a quiz?
To add a rubric to a quiz, follow the directions in the Canvas Guide article How do I add a rubric to a quiz?
Can I permit or deny guests/observers in my course site?
You cannot, as the instructor, edit guest/observer role access on a course level. In Canvas this role access can only be edited on the account/system administrator level. Further resources: * What is the Observer role? * Observer Visibility and Participation
How do I use/navigate Assignments in Canvas?
Canvas Assignments include Quizzes (assessments and surveys), graded Discussions, and online submissions (paper submissions). The Assignments page shows your students all of the Assignments that will be expected of them in the course and how many points each one is worth. You can assign a particular Assignment to the…
FAMU-FSU Engineering Instructors: How to find courses you are teaching in Canvas
Because of the way that the FAMU and FSU Canvas systems work together, you will likely see several empty course templates that will not be used. In order to avoid confusion, we recommend that you "favorite" the real course sites that you will be using to teach so that only those courses display on your Dashboard. Fi…
Can I edit the course calendar?
Yes, you can add events to the course Calendar and make changes to existing events by dragging and dropping calendar items. Any assignment due date changes made in your Calendar are automatically updated everywhere else in the course site. You can view calendar items by day, week, month, or agenda list. You can also …
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