Canvas (myCourses) - Faculty

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Pinned Article Canvas Support and Technical Help For Instructors

This article describes how faculty can obtain solutions for functionality and technical issues involving Canvas.

Pinned Article Canvas: Add a syllabus to your course

This article describes how to add a syllabus to your course in Canvas.

Pinned Article Canvas: Assignments User Guide

The assignment tool can be used for various types of assessments; online submissions, in-class participation, paper submissions. You can also set the option to have it graded or ungraded, set the display points, and set a due date. Online submissions can be graded using the speedgrader. These are just a few of the things you can do in the Assignment.

Pinned Article Canvas: Course creation and student enrollment date schedule

This article describes the course creation and student enrollment schedule in Canvas for USNH Institutions.

Pinned Article Canvas: Discussions Settings for Threaded or Non Threaded Discussions Fall 2024

This article walks through the New Discussions changes around threaded and non-threaded discussions in Canvas.

Pinned Article Canvas: FAQs about Quizzes

This article lists some frequently asked questions about about Canvas Quizzes.

Pinned Article Canvas: Getting Started

This article describes the basic steps for building a course using the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). The links below are listed in the order you should review. If you would like to attend a training or walk-in session see the links at the bottom of the article for the schedule.

Pinned Article Canvas: Grading using the Speedgrader

This article describes how to grade in Canvas using the Speedgrader.

Pinned Article Canvas: How to communicate with students through Canvas

This video provides an overview of all the communication tools in Canvas.

Pinned Article Canvas: List of Canvas Classic Quiz articles

This article provides links to all the quiz articles.

Pinned Article Canvas: Managing the Course Menu

This article describes the default course menu settings and how to manage the course menu in a Canvas course.

Pinned Article Canvas: Use Moderate Classic Quiz to give student extra attempts

This article describes how to moderate a quiz in Canvas.

Pinned Article Canvas: Using Course Copy

This article describes how to import or copy course content from one Canvas course to another.

Pinned Article PSU, UNH, KSC- Canvas: Respondus - Faculty Overview

Faculty have access to the Respondus LockDown Browser. Lockdown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment in Canvas. When students use Lockdown Browser to take a quiz, they are unable to print, copy, visit other websites, access other applications, or close a quiz until it is submitted for grading.

Pinned Article UNH, Canvas: Grade Publishing to WebCat

This article describes how to publish grades to WebCat.

Canvas (myCourses) - Downloading Course Roster from Canvas

This article will walk users through the process of generating a course roster from Canvas.

Canvas (myCourses) - Understand Classic Quizzes vs New Quizzes

This article describes the differences between Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes

Canvas (myCourses) - User Roles and Permissions

This article describes the different course-level roles that can be assigned to users in Canvas (myCourses) and the permissions associated with each. Roles and permissions varying by USNH institution.

Canvas (myCourses) Request True Way ASL installation for Canvas course

This article describes how to request True Way ASL to be installed in a Canvas course.

Canvas (myCourses): Collect and Grade your assignments with Gradescope

This article describes the University of New Hampshire's license with Gradescope and how you can collect and grade your assignments with the tool. Gradescope helps you seamlessly administer and grade all of your assessments, whether online or in-class. Save time grading and get a clear picture of how your students are doing.

Canvas (myCourses): Discussions and Announcement Redesign

This article demonstrates how to set up and use the Discussions and Announcements Redesign.

Canvas (myCourses): Importing Resources from Canvas Commons

This article describes how to import resources to your course from Canvas Commons.

Canvas (myCourses): New Analytics - Instructor

New Analytics allows instructors to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance. Data is displayed to the instructor through an interactive chart graph or table.

Canvas (mycourses): New Quizzes FAQ

This article answers frequently asked questions about New Quizzes.

Canvas (myCourses): Searching Canvas Commons

This article describes how to search Canvas Commons.

Canvas (myCourses): Sharing Resources to Canvas Commons

This article describes how to export content to the Canvas Commons.

Canvas (myCourses): Using Course Data for Academic Integrity Concerns

This article describes how an instructor would obtain course data when there are questions or concerns about academic integrity.

Canvas and OneDrive: Best Practices

This article describes compares the Office 365 and the Microsoft OneDrive apps in Canvas and best uses for each. Files stored in OneDrive do not count against the Canvas file storage limit/quota of 1 GB.  

You can store most any type of file in OneDrive to use with Canvas including media-rich PowerPoint files. If you are using stand-alone video or audio media consider using Kaltura for storage and making it accessible through Canvas.

Canvas: Direct Share or Direct Copy course content

This article describes how to use the direct share with other faculty or to direct copy content to another course.   These options allow you to share specific course content without having to use the Course Copy option.

Canvas: Add User to Course

This article describes how to add a person and assign a role in a Canvas course. These instructions apply to adding any person and role to your course, just make sure you select the appropriate role (Faculty, Student, Observer, TA, Designer, etc)

Canvas: Adding a Preferred Email (or SMS)

This article describes how to add other email(s) or contact methods from the default to another email address or text (SMS) address within Canvas.

Canvas: Adding Library Multimedia Resources

This article describes how to link and embed multimedia resources in a Canvas course. If you have requests for videos to go on Library Reserves, please send a request to the Multimedia Desk at multi.library@unh.edu. More information at http://library.unh.edu/faculty/reserves.

Canvas: Adding Media to New Quizzes

Currently, the embed Kaltura icon and tool is not present in the New Quizzes text editor. This article explains how to either embed Kaltura content into a New Quizzes question prompt or how to upload media and images directly into a New Quizzes question prompt.

Canvas: Assign Due Date for one student or group

This article describes how to assign a quiz due date to one student in Canvas and maintaining the original due date for the rest of the students

Canvas: Assignments for rotational class schedule

This article explains how to have multiple due dates in an assignment.

Canvas: Attendance Tool

This article describes how to enable the Canvas Attendance tool and links to a Canvas guides article with more detailed information on the functionality of that tool.

Canvas: Auto-Open Inline Preview of Files

This article describes how to set your files to Auto Preview in the Rich Content Editor

Canvas: Canvas Help

This article describes where and how to find Canvas help and support documentation.

Canvas: Copy Specific Content from one course to another course

This article describes how to copy specific content from one course to another course.

Canvas: Course Blogs

This article features news concerning blogs using the Canvas LMS.

Canvas: Course Copy - Adjust Dates

This article describes the process of adjusting dates when copying a course in Canvas.

Canvas: Create and use Groups for assignments in your course

This article describes how to create Groups and use groups for assignments.

Canvas: Creating an Announcement

This video demonstrations how to create an announcement in Canvas.

Canvas: Cross-List/Combine Course

In Canvas instructors are able to combine multiple course sections to deliver all course content using a single course.  This is called 'Cross-Listing' and the steps below walk you through how to do this.

Canvas: DocViewer - In-Line Document Viewer

This article describes the in-line document viewer for Speedgrader, known as DocViewer.

Canvas: Enable external course tools

This article describes how to enable external course tools in Canvas.

Canvas: Enabling Notifications

This article describes the process of enabling notifications on Canvas.

Canvas: Export Question Bank and Import into an Item Bank in New Quizzes

This article explains how to export an old quiz and import into an Item Bank in New Quizzes

Canvas: Export Quiz and Import as New Quizzes

This article explains how to export a classic Quiz and import it into the course as New Quizzes.

Canvas: FAQ's about Grades

This article describes FAQ's about grades in Canvas.

Canvas: Files and File Storage Quotas

This article describes how to manage your Canvas size quota.

Canvas: Frequently Asked Questions about Email Issues and Notifications

This article is a list of frequently asked questions about using Canvas email and issues that could occur. Also provided is a link to the article about how to use the notification settings for Canvas.

Canvas: Getting started with New Quizzes

This article explains how to enable and use New Quizzes.

Canvas: Grade Post Policies

This article describes how to set the default grade post policy in the course gradebook for all assessments in the course or only individual assessment.

Canvas: Gradebook list of Features

This article will discuss functionality in the Gradebook area of the application. Below is a chart that outlines some of the functionality.

Canvas: Gradebook Missing and Late Policy Rules

This article describes how to use the policies feature to define a default Missing or Late policy in Canvas.

Canvas: Gradebook overview

This article describes the grade book functionality in Canvas.

Canvas: Grading Assignments using inline grading

This article describes how to grade assignments using inline grading.

Canvas: How faculty can submit an assignment on behalf of a student

This article describes how faculty can submit an assignment in Canvas on behalf of your student.

Canvas: How to create a Classic quiz

This video details about to create a quiz and explains the various quiz settings that you can apply.

Canvas: How to create a Module

This article describes how to create a module in Canvas.

Canvas: How to create an assignment

This article and video demonstrates how to create an assignment in your Canvas course.

Canvas: How to manage access to Modules

This article describes how to control access to the course Modules.  You can publish your course but control when students have access to specific course content.

Canvas: How to Print Classic Quizzes or Tests

This article explains how to print a test in Canvas to paper or pdf file.

Canvas: How to Print the Syllabus Page

This article describes how to print the syllabus page in Canvas.

Canvas: How to Publish the course

This article describes how to publish your course.

Canvas: Import Assignments from a previous course using a CSV File

This article describes how to export assessments from a previous course and upload multiple assessments at once using a Microsoft Excel CSV (comma separated values) file.

Canvas: Inactive students in course

This article reviews information about inactive students in Canvas.

Canvas: Instructions on how to import previously exported course content

This article describes how to import a previously exported course (Blackboard or Moodle) course into a Canvas course.

Canvas: Integrating External Apps (LTI Tools) in a course

This article describes the External Apps (LTI Tools) that have been enabled for Canvas at UNH as well as the process for requesting that a specific application be enabled.

Canvas: Is my current Web browser compatible with Canvas?

This article describes Web browser compatibility with Canvas.

Canvas: Linking Library Reserves

This article describes the process for linking UNH Library Reserves to a course in Canvas using the native Redirect app. Please note that you are responsible for requesting the desired Reserves through the Library. More information can be found at the library reserves website http://library.unh.edu/faculty/reserves.

Canvas: List of Canvas New Quizzes Articles

This article is a list of all the New Quizzes articles

Canvas: Lucid Integration

Lucid is an LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) freely available in Canvas. This article explains how to get started and points out know issues as well as how to get additional assistance.

Canvas: Managing Course Files

This article describes the process to manage course files and why it is important.

Canvas: Managing your Course List

This article describes how to manage and customize the Course list on the Canvas Dashboard.

Canvas: New Gradebook appearance and new enhanced filter

This article describes the new gradebook design and the enhanced gradebook filter. The gradebook filter now allows for customizing filters and saving them to reuse. The gradebook features found in the menu list have been moved to the gradebook settings under the Cog Wheel.

Canvas: Notification Preferences and Settings

This article describes how to change notification settings in Canvas.

Canvas: Office 365 Integration

This article describes how to use the Office 365 app with Canvas. Files stored in OneDrive do not count against the Canvas file storage limit/quota of 1 GB.  OneDrive is also a handy way to post documents that may be updated frequently as the revisions do not to be reloaded to Canvas (as they would need to be if loaded directly to Canvas).

You can store most any type of file in OneDrive to use with Canvas including media-rich PowerPoint files. If you are using stand-alone video or audio media

Canvas: Quiz Settings and Security

This article contains some notes about quiz settings in your Canvas course.

Canvas: Quizzes Overview

This video provides an overview of how to create and manage quizzes in your course.

Canvas: Replies to Announcements

This article describes how Announcement replies work in Canvas.

Canvas: Requesting a Canvas Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI)

This article walks through the LTI Request process.

Canvas: Requesting Access to Another Users Course Content

This article explains the process for requesting access to course content from a user who is no longer employed by the university.

Canvas: Rubrics Overview

This article describes how to create a rubric and how to add criteria and ratings.

Canvas: Sample Courses

This article provides links to Canvas sample Courses.

Canvas: Semester End Concluded Course

This article describes the properties of a concluded course.

Canvas: Set hyperlinks to open in new window

This article describes how to add or modify hyperlinks in Canvas to open in a new window or display in-line document preview.

Canvas: Supported Document Types

This article describes the Canvas DocViewer as well as supported document types in Canvas.

Canvas: Timed Quiz Considerations

This article details timed quiz considerations and how timed quiz work in Canvas.

Canvas: To Access Student View

This article describes the Student View feature in Canvas, including known issues as well as linking to pertinent Canvas by Canvas Guides articles.

Canvas: Turning on Microsoft Sync

This article reviews the process of turning on Microsoft Sync in order to have better functionality with Teams Meetings and additional Microsoft capabilities.

Canvas: Un-Cross Course sections

This article describes how to get help with "un-crossing" your courses.

Canvas: Using a Wiki

This articles describes how to use wiki pages in a Canvas course.

Canvas: Using the Late Submission Policy in the Gradebook

This article describes how to use the Late Submission policy in the grade book.

Canvas: Using the Missing Submission Policy in the Gradebook

This article describes how to use the missing submission policy in the grade book.

CPS Canvas (myCourses): How to Use Blueprint Courses

This article describes how Faculty Directors can lock or unlock objects, associate a course with a blueprint course, sync changes to Blueprint courses, and disassociate a course from a blueprint course.

CPS, PSU - Canvas (myCourses): Managing Migrated Moodle Course Content in Canvas

This article provides information on managing course content from a migrated Moodle course in Canvas.

CPS, PSU, UNH: Canvas - Add Guest Lecturer to your course

This article describes how to add a Guest Lecturer to a Canvas course. If your guest lecturer is not a USNH employee and does not have a USNH ID (9 digit number), then you must first request a USNH "sponsored" account.

Extend Canvas USNH - Getting Started with Canvas Extend

Canvas Extend is another “instance” of Canvas within USNH. UNH Durham has an “instance” as does Plymouth State, Keene, College of Professional Studies etc. Each instance is focused on particular student groups.

Microsoft Apps (Integrations) in Canvas FAQ

This article offers brief descriptions of the Microsoft applications that have been integrated into Canvas and are available for use in courses. It also answers many common questions about these apps in Canvas, and supplies links to additional resources and documentation.

PSU Canvas - Canvas Roles & How to Give Users Access

Plymouth State faculty can request other users be added to their courses and the associated role that will provide the permissions that user will have in the course. The article will outline the process of requesting a user be added to a course.

PSU Canvas (myCourses): Adding PSU Course Template From Canvas Commons

Learn how to import the PSU course template from Canvas Commons into your course(s).

PSU Canvas: Adding New Users to a Course

This article will outline the process to have new users added to a PSU Canvas Course. This includes: students, teachers, TAs, observers, designers or guest instructors

PSU, UNH - Canvas (myCourses): Researching and Adopting Course Materials

The Barnes and Noble Faculty Enlight and Adoption & Insights portals are the official campus bookstore applications for all booklist information. The new navigation links within Canvas provide easy access for faculty to create and edit their course booklist and for students to view that booklist information. They are your source for researching, adopting, and sharing insights about textbooks and course materials that ensure students will get the right course materials at the most affordable pric

PSU, UNH - Canvas: Organization Enrollment Workflow

This document describes the user management process for organizations in Canvas.

PSU, UNH Canvas - Changing the Course Name

Faculty (anyone with a “teacher” role) can edit the course code in Canvas. The course code should not be changed as it contains vital coding information for the Banner Registration system. Banner and Canvas “communicate” several times a day and the edited Canvas course code will be reset by Banner during regular communication.
Certain Faculty have need of changing the course code in Canvas, so the systems and their communication have been revised so that Faculty can append the course code whil

PSU, UNH: Canvas (myCourses): Requesting course extension for incomplete coursework

This article describes how to request an extension in Canvas to allow students and faculty to finish incomplete work or grading.

Replacing Links to Box files in Canvas

This article explains how to replace broken links to Box files in Canvas with new links to the same files in an instructor's OneDrive or SharePoint.

Teams Classroom in Canvas

This article explains how the Teams Classroom Learning Tool Integration (LTI) in Canvas works, and how it works with the Teams app outside of Canvas. It also provides some detail on the benefits of using Teams Classroom in Canvas.

Teams Meetings: Integration with Canvas

Microsoft Teams Meetings is an alternative to Zoom. This article explains how to set up Teams Meetings in Canvas and how to use it.

Teams Meetings: Not Loading in My Browser from Canvas

If you're having issues loading Teams Meetings and can't load, this issue occurs if you use the Trusted Sites feature in your browser and you don't add the URLs for Microsoft Teams to the list of sites that your browser should trust.

Teams Meetings: Teaching Online or Advising with Teams Meetings

This article provides some basics on how to use Teams Meetings for teaching.

Turnitin: Dates in UNH Repository

This article will explain why the dates in the UNH repository may not make sense. Example: This came about in a Ticket where the instructor questioned the Jan, 6, 2020 date as there was no course going on at the time Turnitin states a paper was submitted.

Turnitin: AI Detection (Faculty)

This article outlines how to interpret a Turnitin AI similarity report.

Turnitin: Canvas Faculty Guide - Using Turnitin's originality assignment tool

This article describes how to create an assignment in Canvas using Turnitin's originality tool and how to read the report for the student submissions.

Turnitin: Introducing the New Similarity Report (Summer 2024)

This article reviews the new features of the new Similarity report in Turnitin as of Summer 2024.

UNH Canvas - Add Student to Course

This article describes how to add a student to a Canvas course. These instruction also apply to adding any person to your course, just make sure you select the appropriate role (Faculty, Student, Observer, TA, Designer, etc)

UNH Canvas: Removing Inactive Students from Course

This article reviews the process of removing inactive students from a Canvas course.

UNH, Canvas: Emailing students in a concluded Canvas course

This article describes how to use Webcat to email students.

UNH, Canvas: Honors Designated Courses

This article describes the options available when a course has an Honors designation.

Canvas: Grade Publishing Error Code Explanations

This article describes different error codes that could occur when publishing Canvas grades to Webcat.

Canvas: Gradebook Final Grade Override

This article describes the Final Grade Override feature in the Canvas grades area.

UNH: Canvas and Webcat - Resource Links for course Final Grade

This article provides a link to the registrar's website and their FAQ's as well as information about the Canvas grade pass back.

CPS, PSU, UNH: Extend USNH - Move course content to a new Extend USNH course

This document explains how to export course content from a USNH Canvas course and import it into your Extend USNH Canvas course.

CPS, UNH, USNH: Extend USNH - How to add and manage users in your Extend USNH Course

This document describes how to add the users in your course as well as end of course suggestions. The term “Users” refers to both students and teachers. When an action refers to only one or the other, then the word student or teacher will be used.

Extend USNH - How to Login to an Extend USNH course

This document describes how non-USNH users, USNH students and USNH instructors login to the Extend USNH Canvas course site. Non-USNH users will use the email provided to the person managing the course, while USNH users will use their USNH credentials.

UNH, J-Term: Support for Faculty During Winter Break

This article provides quick links to the most common support questions that may arise for faculty teaching an online or hybrid J-Term course with special attention to questions that may arise during the time period when the University is closed.