Canvas offers several different assignment types: Assignment, Discussion, Quiz, External Tool Assignment (e. g., Turnitin Assignment), and Not Graded Assignment. Canvas also allows for [No Submission][1] assignments (e.g., a participation grade) and [On Paper][1] assignments (e.g., in-class pop quiz) whose grades you w...
In Canvas you can create graded quizzes, practice quizzes, graded surveys, and ungraded surveys. Further resources: * [What quiz types are available in Canvas courses?][1] * [What options are available in Canvas quizzes?][2] * [How to increase security to minimize cheating in Canvas quizzes][3] * [How do I us...
1. Click into your Canvas course site. 2. Select **Syllabus** on your course navigation menu. 3. Click the **Edit** button in the upper right of the page. ![][1] 4. Launch Design Tools by clicking the **rocket ship** icon in the upper-right corner (this icon appears any where you can click **edit** and use t...
There are several options available to you to determine how your course site looks and functions. There is also a variety of content that you can add to your Canvas site. We recommend you start with the following resources: * [Canvas Best Practices][1] * [Canvas Course Setup Checklist][2] * [Course Settings Opti...
_For information on designing course learning outcomes, please see FSU's [Outcomes and Institutional Effectiveness][1] guidelines_. _Keep in mind: It is best to build Outcomes at the Sub-Account level in Canvas. Though it is possible to create Outcomes within an individual course site, the real power of Outcomes is in...
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 e...
Yes, Canvas allows you to quickly [validate all the external links in your course site][1] to verify that they are all working. [1]: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-5626 (how to validate links in a course) ...
Florida State University has gone through some major changes over the last two years, which has impacted some institutional policies for both the main Tallahassee and Panama City campuses. The good news is that Canvas offers you the ability to quickly update your syllabi using Design Tools! _Keep in mind: If you wish ...
In Canvas items can be course copied on the individual item level rather than just entire areas in your course site. However, enrollments are not transferred over to your new site in a Course Copy. Further resources: * [How do I copy content from my old Canvas course or Canvas development site into my new Canvas s...
At the course level you can update and see the different users and sections in your course, and you can modify the navigation of your course. You can also determine whether or not to use Canvas's new features in your course site by turning them on or off. See our [Instructors: Course Settings Options][1] article for mo...