Getting Started with Canvas: Instructors

Eleni Balaska

What is the purpose of this campaign?

The purpose of this campaign is to help instructors orient themselves with Canvas and provide them with the necessary support to get started in an efficient and effective manner.

Note: The context and content of the message "Online interaction with Conferences" can change according to the tool used for online sessions.

 

Tool categories
🔧 The 'Calendar, Classic Quizzes, New Quizzes, Assignments, Discussions, Profile, Rubrics, Conferences' tool categories should be toggled before importing the campaign on to display the content. Click here to find out how to manage tool categories in your dashboard.

 

Message placement

📌Course home Page                                 📌Modules Page                             📌 Syllabus page
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📌 GradeBook Page                            📌 Outcomes page                               📌 Announcements page
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📌Discussion topics Page                    📌Quizzes overview Page                  📌Assignments Page
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📌People overview page                   📌Rubrics page                                 📌Course pages page
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📌Course files page                         📌Course settings page                   📌Dashboard page
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📌Calendar page                               📌Conversations page                     📌Notification settings page
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📌 Account settings page                 📌 Conferences page                       📌 Course notifications page
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Support Articles

• What are Discussions?
• What is the Inbox?
• What are Modules?
• What are Outcomes?
• What are Profile and User Settings?
• What are Quizzes?
• What are Files?
• What are Announcements?
• What are Assignments?
• How do I add a module?
• How do I use the Pages Index Page?
• How do I import outcomes for a course?
• How do I create an outcome for a course?
• How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I embed media from an external source in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I embed media files from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?
• How do I manage my Canvas notification settings as an instructor?
• How do I manage notifications for a single course as an instructor?
• How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as an instructor?
• How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
• How do I change the Course Home Page?
• How do I create hyperlinks to external URLs in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I change the settings in my user account as an instructor?
• How do I reply to a message in the Inbox as an instructor?
• How do I select personal pronouns in my user account as an instructor?
• How do I set a time zone in my user account as an instructor?
• How do I change my login password as an instructor?
• How do I connect to web services outside of Canvas as an instructor?
• How do I manage new features for a course?
• How do I set details for a course?
• How do I add a rubric in a course?
• How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
• How do I view user details for an enrollment in a course?
• How do I use the People page in a course as an instructor?
• How do I view all groups in a course as an instructor?
• How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
• How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an instructor?
• How do I use the Gradebook?
• How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an instructor?
• How do I restrict files and folders to students in Canvas?
• How do I create a discussion as an instructor?
• How do I add a section to a course as an instructor?
• How do I use the Syllabus as an instructor?
• How do I manage Course Navigation links?
• How do I use the Course Home Page as an instructor?
• How do I upload a file to a course?
• How do I use the Conferences Index Page?
• How do I add an event to a course calendar?
• How do I use the Calendar as an instructor?
• How do I add an assignment group in a course?
• How do I use the Assignments Index Page?
• How do I view a summary of all my student interactions in a course?
• How do I edit or delete an outcome in a course?
• How do I add an assignment from the Calendar?
• How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar?
• How do I view course files as an instructor?
• How do I preview a file as an instructor?
• How do I create a folder in Files as an instructor?
• How do I add a rubric to a graded discussion?
• How do I add a rubric to a quiz?

How can the impact of this campaign be measured?

Campaign engagement

Views on messages & links on support included inside messages
Views on support articles included in this campaign 

Average tool adoption

Monitors have been placed on the following pages/elements as data points to define the use of the tool: