VERY Important Information about Canvas - How to Use the Canvas Learning Environment
As you utilize the Canvas Learning Environment for your course, it's important that you familiarize yourself with the Canvas Student Guides:
Video Guides
- Canvas App for Android Phone (All Users) Links to an external site.
- Canvas App for Android Tablet (All Users) Links to an external site.
- Canvas App for iPad (All Users) Links to an external site.
- Canvas App for iPhone (All Users) Links to an external site.
- Canvas Help Resources (All Users) Links to an external site.
- Assignments Overview (Students) Links to an external site.
- Assignment Submissions (Students) Links to an external site.
- Calendar (Students) Links to an external site.
- Canvas Overview (Students) Links to an external site.
- Communication (Students) Links to an external site.
- Discussions (Students) Links to an external site.
- Grades (Students) Links to an external site.
- Quizzes (Students) Links to an external site.
Webpage Guides
Introduction
- Will Canvas work on my mobile device? Links to an external site.
- Where can I find a list of Canvas terminology? Links to an external site.
Announcements
Assignments
- What are Assignments for students? Links to an external site.
- How do I view Assignments as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I filter assignments by type as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit an online assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas? Links to an external site.
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted? Links to an external site.
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I communicate with my instructor about assignments? Links to an external site.
Computer Specifications
- What are the basic computer specifications for Canvas? Links to an external site.
- Which browsers does Canvas support? Links to an external site.
- How do I clear my browser cache on a Mac? Links to an external site.
- How do I clear my browser cache on a PC? Links to an external site.
Conversations
- What is Conversations? Links to an external site.
- How do I use Conversations? Links to an external site.
- How do I find my unread messages in Conversations? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to a message? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a media comment to a message? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to a message in Conversations? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to submission comments in Conversations? Links to an external site.
- How do I forward a message from a conversation? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a message from a conversation? Links to an external site.
- How do I archive a conversation? Links to an external site.
Discussions
- What are Discussions for students? Links to an external site.
- How do I view Discussions as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a discussion as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to a discussion as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read? Links to an external site.
- How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to a discussion as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to a discussion podcast as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit or delete discussion replies as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as a student? Links to an external site.
- What is a peer review discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a peer review to a discussion? Links to an external site.
- How do I know if I have a discussion peer review to complete? Links to an external site.
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussions? Links to an external site.
Global Navigation
- How do I log in to Canvas? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Dashboard? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Canvas courses? Links to an external site.
- How do I customize my Courses list? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a nickname for a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I get help with Canvas? Links to an external site.
- How do I log out of Canvas? Links to an external site.
Grades
- How do I view my grades in a current course? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my grades in a concluded course? Links to an external site.
Profile and User Settings
- What are Profile and User Settings? Links to an external site.
- How do I change my login password? Links to an external site.
- How do I reset my password? Links to an external site.
Quizzes
- What are Quizzes for students? Links to an external site.
- How do I view Quizzes as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I take a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a quiz? Links to an external site.
What do quiz results look like in Canvas for students? Links to an external site.