Answers to common questions and issues faculty encounter in Canvas.
Faculty: Use this article as a helpful guide for frequently asked questions at the start of the semester
Unlike Blackboard, instructors can no longer 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.
This comprehensive guide outlines practical and effective strategies for creating accessible content in Canvas LMS, offering step-by-step instructions, resources, and support to guide you on this journey of inclusive education.
You can access help and support within Canvas by navigating to the Help menu, using the knowledge base, contacting support through chat, or calling the support hotline. This process assists both faculty and students in resolving their Canvas-related issues efficiently.
Describes the options Canvas has to display an inserted document.
When instructors add a column titled "Final Grade" in Canvas and export the gradebook to edit it in Excel, they may encounter an issue when importing it back into Canvas. Canvas falsely claims that no grades have changed.
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.
Instructors encounter a "400 Bad Request" error in Canvas when trying to create a group set with a name that conflicts with an existing group set. The error is resolved by selecting a unique name for the new group set.
Even if you choose to "start from scratch" you may find it helpful to push small chunks of content from your migrated Blackboard Learn course to your live, Canvas student-enrolled course.
This article describes tips for organizing modules in Canvas
Faculty and students may find themselves needing to access course materials, submissions, or records from a previous term in Canvas. Courses from previous terms are not immediately visible on the Canvas dashboard due to the platform's design, which prioritizes current and upcoming courses for a more organized user experience. Courses in previous terms can be found in your past enrollments.
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.
Overriding a grade in Canvas can be simple in some ways, and trickier (but more efficient) in other ways. This describes how to enable the Override column in the Canvas Gradebook and override grades manually in Canvas or by leveraging Excel.
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 is an article informing users how to display courses on their Canvas dashboard.
This is an article which explains how to copy course content in Canvas.
This guide provides step-by-step instructions for faculty on setting up Google Assignments in Canvas, including how to create an assignment, configure submission types, and select grading options using Google Workspace for Education tools.
This guide outlines how to use AI tools to generate and format quizzes for import into Canvas, enhancing course assessments with varied and dynamic questions along with appropriate feedback for students.
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.
Cross-listing courses in Canvas is a useful feature that allows instructors to combine multiple course sections into a single "parent" course. In Canvas, cross-listing is performed by the instructor. This article discusses what a cross-listed course is, who can cross-list courses, and provides step-by-step instructions on how to cross-list courses in Canvas.
Describes Canvas course design considerations for faculty to evaluate high-quality features of sample courses and create courses using best practices.
Learn how to use Canvas's New Analytics to download a full course roster with students' emails.
This guide provides instructors with step-by-step instructions on how to duplicate a quiz within the same Canvas course by exporting the quiz and then importing it back into the course.
If you need to make changes to a quiz in Canvas after students have already started taking it, there are a few things you need to keep in mind to avoid any issues.
Canvas offers a powerful feature called Message Students Who that allows faculty to communicate with students who fulfill certain criteria.
This guide offers step-by-step instructions for instructors on addressing common accessibility issues in Canvas, as identified by the Ally Course Accessibility Report, including how to fix images, documents, and where to seek further assistance.
Instructors copying content multiple times between Canvas courses may inadvertently overwrite updated content. Utilizing Canvas's native duplication feature before copying can prevent this issue.
If you are an instructor using Canvas's SpeedGrader and find that the annotation tools are unexpectedly gone, it may be due to enabling certain anonymity settings. Use this guide to re-enable the annotation tools in SpeedGrader.
Sometimes mistakes happen, and course content can accidentally be deleted or changed. Fortunately, Canvas provides several tools to recover deleted content or restore previous versions of pages. Use these tools to restore deleted content quickly.
Instructors may encounter situations where they need to access assignments submitted by students who have dropped their course. Dropped students' enrollments are retained within the system to ensure accurate record-keeping and uphold the integrity of course data. From the moment a student enrolls in a course, their interactions, grades, submissions, and communications are logged and preserved.
Canvas offers versatile alternatives for tailored instruction. Learn how to manage access to course content for specific students in Canvas using module prerequisites, mastery paths, and assignment restrictions. Customize learning experiences by setting prerequisites for module content and directing students based on their performance. Assignments can be restricted to specific students, ensuring personalized access and submission.
This guide provides instructions for instructors on exporting Poll Everywhere activity results to the Canvas Gradebook, including grading strategies, organizing polls, and troubleshooting common issues.
Sharing and collaboration are core features of Canvas. Use this guide to learn more about various options to share content within Canvas.
Students at Chico State typically have access to Canvas for a period of 12 months after separating from the university
When instructors set up graded group discussions in Canvas, it creates both individual group discussions and a course-level discussion. If a student is not added to a group, they can post to the course-level discussion and prevent their responses from showing in SpeedGrader.
Canvas offers many great communication options. Use this guide to understand the communication tools available to you.
Students may be kicked out of a Canvas quiz before completing it due to the "Available until" setting, affected by various date settings in Canvas. Faculty must manage these settings carefully to prevent premature quiz termination, especially for students with time accommodations.
Instructors creating differentiated assignments in Canvas may have trouble finding specific course sections or groups in the "Assign To" dropdown box. Typing the name of the section or group directly into the box initiates a search and displays matching entries.
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.
Instructors inadvertently restrict assignment access for the entire class when trying to give an extension to a single student. This article outlines steps to restore access for all students while applying an extension for an individual.
Instructors encounter the error message "Due date cannot be after term end" when attempting to create or modify an assignment in Canvas with the due date set beyond the term end date.
Instructors may find students listed in multiple sections of cross-listed Canvas courses due to the system retaining old enrollments after section switches. Viewing the accurate section via the student's profile or using New Analytics provides the correct roster information.
Students and faculty members may notice a discrepancy in the names displayed in Canvas compared to those shown in PeopleSoft. This is typically caused by a discrepancy in a person's name in Account Center and PeopleSoft.
If you're encountering a pop-up window asking you to sign in when accessing your Canvas course, there might be an issue with an embedded image from Blackboard.
Instructors assigning peer reviews in Canvas face an issue where the dashboard displays inaccurate due dates. Adopting best practices like leaving the "Peer Review Assign" date box blank ensures reviews are assigned right after the assignment due date, clarifying expectations for students.
Students with extra time accommodations might not see these adjustments on new quizzes due to the accommodations not automatically updating. Instructors can resolve this by using Accommodate HQ to re-apply accommodations.
Instructors may experience problems with the Canvas Gradebook not loading due to browser incompatibilities. Ensuring that the browser is up to date and compatible can resolve these issues.
Instructors using module prerequisites in Canvas may sometimes encounter a situation where certain students' progress becomes locked due to module prerequisites. This issue prevents the affected students from accessing the desired module or its contents. Use these steps to allow students to access the affected module.