What is the purpose of this Guide?
Help instructors orient themselves with Canvas Courses and provide them with the necessary support to get started in an efficient and effective manner.
Tag location for each step
Step 1: Your Home Page
Page: Course home Page
Next button: Access course settings with automation to Settings link
Step 2: Manage Course settings
Page: Course Settings Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Course home page link
Next button: Access Modules automation to Modules link
Step 3: Set up your course!
Page: Modules Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Course Settings link
Next button: Access Discussions with automation to Discussions icon/link
Step 4: Enrich communication
Page: Discussions topics page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Modules link
Next button: Access Assignments with automation to Assignments icon/link
Step 5: Check out Assignments
Page: Assignments overview Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Discussions icon/link
Next button: Access course pages with automation to Pages icon/link
Step 6: Your course Pages
Page: Pages overview page and Pages landing page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Assignments icon/link
Next button: Access your Syllabus with automation to Syllabus link
Step 7: Set course expectations with Syllabus
Page: Syllabus Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Pages icon/link
Next button: Access Quizzes with automation to Quizzes link
Step 8: Your Quizzes
Page: Quizzes Overview Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Syllabus link
Next button: Access Announcements with automation to Announcements link
Step 9: Share course updates
Page: Announcements Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Quizzes link
Next button: Check the Gradebook with automation to Grades menu link
Step 10: Your course Gradebook
Page: Gradebook Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Announcements link
Next button: Check the course Rubrics with automation to Rubrics link
Step 11: Set clear assignment objectives with Rubrics
Page: Rubrics Overview Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Grades menu link
Next button: Access course outcomes with automation to Outcomes link
Step 12: Set course Outcomes
Page: Course Outcomes
Previous button: Previous with automation to Rubrics link
Next button: Access course files with automation to Files icon/link
Step 13: Leverage Course Files
Page: Files Overview Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Outcomes link
Next button: Access course users page with automation to People link
Step 14: Manage users in your course
Page: People Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to Files icon/link
Next button: Check out conferences with automation to Conferences icon/link
Step 15: Online interaction
Page: Course Conferences Page
Previous button: Previous with automation to People link
Button: All done! with Action: Dismiss Guide
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