Answers to common questions and issues faculty encounter in Canvas.
This article will show you how to access support options directly within Canvas, including 24/7 chat, campus-specific services, and knowledge base search.
In Canvas, instructors cannot add people to academic courses. However, instructors can add certain roles to sandbox courses. All people are managed through an integration between PeopleSoft and Canvas. New people are keyed into PeopleSoft by the relevant academic department's scheduler at the direction of the department chair.
Use this article as a helpful guide for frequently asked questions at the start of the semester
This article will show you how to locate and access previous term courses in Canvas through the Past Enrollments section.
Canvas offers many great communication options. Use this guide to understand the communication tools available to you.
Faculty: Use this article as a helpful guide for frequently asked questions at the end of the semester
Looking at examples of real course sites can be inspiring and helpful. The following are actual course sites created by Chico State instructors who have generously shared their content.
This is an article which explains how to copy course content in Canvas.
Faculty can create sandboxes in Canvas to prepare content, experiment with Canvas features, or collaborate with colleagues. Sandboxes are courses that will never receive student enrollments.
This is an article informing users how to display courses on their Canvas dashboard.
Students at Chico State typically have access to Canvas for a period of 24 months after separating from the university.
Instructors receive a fatal error when launching TidyUp in Canvas due to blocked third-party cookies. Allowing cookies in the browser resolves the OIDC authentication failure.
At Chico State, instructors cannot change the name of their Canvas course directly. However, you can set a nickname for your course to easily identify it in the Canvas dashboard. The nickname is only visible to you and doesn't affect the course name for other users.
This article guides instructors through accessing and interpreting the Ally Course Accessibility Report in Canvas, highlighting the importance of understanding and improving course material accessibility.
Instructors cannot unpublish a Canvas course after grades have been entered, aligning with Canvas's philosophical stance to ensure student access to educational records. This situation commonly occurs when courses are briefly published for administrative purposes.