Get answers to Canvas course design, content management, and troubleshooting with practical tips and best practices.
Learn how to organize your course into Modules in Canvas, using best practices to guide students through course content logically and comprehensively.
Describes Canvas course design considerations for faculty to evaluate high-quality features of sample courses and create courses using best practices.
Describes the options Canvas has to display an inserted document.
This article explains how to connect your Lucid account to your Canvas account, which is necessary for using Lucid's collaborative tools within Canvas.
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.
Some instructors may notice the "Disallow Threaded Replies" setting applied to their discussion boards after an update on August 14th, 2024. This article explains how to adjust the setting if it was unintentionally applied.
This article guides users through embedding YouTube videos into the Canvas Rich Content Editor, applicable in assignments, pages, and discussions.
This article guides instructors through embedding YouTube videos into Canvas Modules to enhance course content delivery.
Kaltura videos may appear as black boxes in Canvas courses migrated from Blackboard due to incorrect embed codes. Re-embedding the videos resolves this issue.
Media files display as locked in Canvas when the parent folder is unpublished. Instructors need to adjust folder or file visibility to resolve the issue.
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.
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.
As a faculty member, your intellectual property rights regarding course content are protected under the faculty collective bargaining agreement and academic senate policy. This article reviews important points and steps you can take to manage your course content effectively as you prepare to leave the university.
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.
Sharing and collaboration are core features of Canvas. Use this guide to learn more about various options to share content within Canvas.
This article explains how to use Canvas' Smart Search feature to find course content using natural language queries.
Use this guide to navigate the process of creating Google Collaborations in Canvas effortlessly.
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.