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Canvas Guide for Students

Overview of Basic Canvas Tools and Features

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Elements of Canvas

Syllabus 

  • Your instructor will publish the syllabus for your class here.

 

Announcements

  • Your faculty may use announcements to send reminders about upcoming assignments, meetings, etc. 
  • Students can comment on announcements, and a record of all Announcements are kept. 

 

Modules

  • To navigate course content, go to Modules. Most instructors will map out the course through this tool, and will create Modules according to weeks, themes, or projects. Some instructors may require that you complete one Module before progressing to the next. 

Assignments 

  • Assignments can include Discussions, Quizzes and Assignments where students are asked to turn in a variety of forms (text, URL, media, files). Assignments can be viewed from the Assignments tool in the navigation, or through the Modules. 
  • The Rich Content Editor can be used to type directly into Canvas, and embed media into your text entry.

Assignments Overview

00:07: How do I view assignments as a student? 00:10: Access the assignment section through the menu. 00:13: In assignments, you can view all the assignments in your course. 00:17: By default assignments are grouped by date. 00:20: You can view assignments grouped according to their due dates. 00:24: Overdue assignments assignments and discussions that are passed the 00:28: due date are still available have not been submitted and have not been graded. 00:34: Upcoming assignments assignments discussions and quizzes 00:38: that have an upcoming due date. 00:41: Undated assignments assignments discussions and quizzes 00:45: that do not have a due date. 00:48: Past assignments assignments and discussions that are passed the due 00:52: date and either are not available have been submitted or have received a grade quizzes 00:56: that are past the due date. 01:00: To view assignments Group by type click the show by type button. 01:04: You can view assignments by assignment groups such as assignments homework 01:08: and papers. You can also see how much each grouping 01:13: will be worth in the final grade. 01:16: Each assignment also includes an icon which indicates the assignment type 01:20: discussion assignment or quiz. 01:24: Each assignment displays the assignment name any availability dates for the assignment 01:28: due date if any and the number of points the assignment is worth. 01:34: The first dates you may see are called availability dates. 01:37: Sometimes your instructor only wants you to submit an assignment during a specified 01:41: date range. So the available dates are the range of time that the assignment is accessible 01:46: to you. 01:48: If the assignment does not have a date listed the assignment is open. 01:51: You can submit the assignment at any time during your course. 01:56: If the assignment says available until date you can submit the assignment 02:00: until the specified date. 02:03: If the assignment says not available until date the assignment is locked 02:07: until the specified date. 02:10: If the assignment says closed the assignment cannot accept submissions. 02:15: The second set of dates are the due dates for each respective assignment. 02:19: Any assignments submitted after the due date or marked as late some 02:23: instructors May deduct points for late submissions. 02:26: Again, not all assignments may include a due date. 02:30: You can still submit late assignments before the available until date. 02:35: Please be aware that the due date may be before or on the available date. 02:40: Due dates also include a time if your instructor does not set a 02:44: due time the listed date displays. 02:46: The course is default due time. 02:49: You can search for an assignment by typing an assignment title or a keyword in the search 02:53: field. If your course includes multiple grading periods, 02:57: you can view assignments by grading period 03:01: To view the details of an assignment. Click the name of the assignment. 03:06: When an assignment is open to you to submit at any time, you can view the due 03:10: date points and the types of submissions you can use for the assignment. 03:14: Not all assignments may have a due date. 03:17: You can also view additional details. 03:21: Instructions any instructions that your instructor has about the assignment, 03:25: please note that you cannot download assignment instructions, unless your 03:29: instructor has included a link to download them. 03:32: You can also print the screen or copy and paste the directions into a word processing 03:36: program or you can also view the assignment in the canvas mobile app. 03:42: Rubric any grading criteria that your instructor has provided for the 03:46: assignment. An assignment may or may not include a rubric before 03:50: submitting your assignment. You may want to review the assignment rubric. 03:55: For example an assignment may have a due date but may not list any other dates. 04:00: If you were to miss the due date, you could still submit the assignment for late credit 04:04: before the last day of the course. If the assignment does not have a due 04:08: date you can submit the assignment at any time before the last day of the course. 04:14: To submit your assignment click the start assignment button. 04:17: You can also submit a quiz or reply to a discussion. 04:21: When an assignment is open to you during availability dates, you can view all available 04:25: assignment information in addition to the specific dates. 04:28: The assignment is available to you. Availability dates may include 04:32: a first available date open date last available date Lochte 04:37: or closed or both dates to create an overall date range. 04:41: The due date may be before or on the last available date if one is set. 04:46: If you were to miss the assignment submission due date, you could still submit the assignment 04:50: until the last available date. Once the last date passes you 04:55: can no longer submit the assignment. 04:58: Your instructor May limit the number of submission attempts you are allotted for an assignment. 05:02: If your assignment has a limited number of submissions, you can view the number of submission 05:07: attempts you have made in the number of submission allowed for the assignment. 05:12: Once you have used all your submission attempts, the new attempt button displays 05:16: is disabled. 05:18: An assignment can be locked before an instructor wants it open or after a specific 05:22: date has passed after the due date. 05:24: When an assignment is locked you can view the rubric if any and 05:28: the assignment details. You can also view the date when the assignment 05:32: will be open for submissions if it has not been opened yet. 05:37: When an assignment is closed you can still view the rubric if any and 05:41: any existing submission details in the sidebar, but you can no longer view the 05:45: assignment details or submit resubmit the assignment. 05:49: You can also view the date. The assignment was locked to submissions. 05:53: Assignments clothes when they are only available until a specific date. 05:58: This guide covered how to view assignments as a student.

Discussions

  • Discussions is a way that students can participate in asynchronous conversations. These may be used by your instructor in a variety of ways, from reading responses to critiques of visual work. 
  • In a discussion post, you will have access to the Rich Content Editor and can insert images and media. 
  • Discussions can allow threaded replies, where you can reply to someone else’s post.

Discussions Overview

00:07: How do I view discussions as a student? 00:10: In course navigation click the discussions link 00:14: Discussions are organized into three main areas. 00:18: Pinned discussions these are discussions that your instructor wants you to pay specific 00:22: attention to and appear at the top of the discussions page. 00:25: This section heading only displays if there are discussions within this section as designated 00:30: by your instructor. 00:32: Discussions these are current discussions within the course discussions 00:36: are ordered by most recent activity this section heading only displays 00:40: if there are discussions within this section. 00:44: Closed for comments these discussions have been manually closed for comments 00:48: or the discussion has passed the available from until date. 00:52: These are discussions that are only available in a read-only state and are ordered 00:56: by most recent activity this section section heading displays, 01:00: even if there are no discussions within this section. 01:04: Each discussion displays whether or not it is a graded discussion. 01:08: The name of the discussion and the date on which the last discussion reply was posted. 01:13: The due date if any 01:16: The number of unread total posts in the discussion 01:20: And whether or not you are subscribed to the discussion. 01:24: You can also view availability dates for individual discussions. 01:28: An unread icon next to a discussion indicates an unread discussion. 01:33: The number of unread total posts will not appear for group discussions and discussions 01:37: that have no discussion replies. 01:40: There will also be a peer-review icon if a graded discussion has been assigned peer 01:44: reviews. 01:46: The first dates you may see are the availability dates your instructor may use 01:50: availability dates to restrict discussion replies to a specified date range. 01:55: The availability dates are the range of time that the discussion is accessible to you. 01:59: Availability dates also appear on the assignments page for all discussions with a signed 02:04: availability dates. 02:06: If the discussion does not have a date listed the discussion is open. 02:09: You can reply to the discussion at any time during your course. 02:14: If the discussion says not available until date the discussion is locked 02:18: until the specified date. 02:21: If the discussion says available until date you can reply to the discussion 02:25: until the specified date. 02:28: If the discussion is in the closed for comment section the discussion cannot accept 02:32: submissions. Discussions in this section may show a was locked 02:36: at date to indicate when the discussion was closed for comments. 02:41: The second set of dates are the due dates for each respective discussion. 02:45: However, due dates only apply to graded discussions any replies 02:49: to discussions after the due date are marked as late some instructors May deduct 02:53: points for late replies. You can still reply to late discussion 02:57: before the available until date. Due dates also include 03:02: a time if your instructor does not set a due time the listed date 03:06: displays the courses default due time. 03:10: There are a few ways to filter discussions. 03:13: View all or only unread discussions by selecting an option from the drop-down 03:17: menu. 03:19: Search for a discussion by typing a discussion title a user name or 03:23: a keyword in the search field. 03:26: Start a new discussion by clicking the add discussion button Note some 03:30: instructors may choose to disable this option. 03:33: Change the discussion settings to manually Mark posts as read by clicking the settings 03:37: icon. 03:39: Click the name of a discussion 03:42: A discussion includes three sections the discussion toolbar discussion 03:46: topic and discussion replies 03:50: The discussion toolbar remains at the top of the discussion topic when you are viewing discussion 03:54: replies. 03:56: To search for replies or specific authors enter your terms in the search 04:00: field. To filter replies click the all drop-down menu. 04:04: You can filter by all replies or unread replies. 04:08: To sort replies by newest or oldest click the sort button. 04:13: To view threaded replies in a split-screen sidebar click the view split 04:17: screen button. 04:19: To view threaded replies all at once click the expand threads button. 04:24: You can collapse the threaded replies by clicking the collapse threads button. 04:29: To view threaded replies inline. Click the inline button. 04:33: If the discussion is an anonymous discussion a message displays noting that 04:37: your name and profile picture will be hidden from other course members. 04:42: The discussion topic section includes important information about the discussion including 04:46: the discussion title and description. 04:50: You can also view the name of the author user role labels for Tash and 04:54: teacher instructor roles the date and time. 04:56: The discussion was published due date the number of points possible and 05:01: number of replies. 05:04: To view the options menu for a discussion. Click the options icon. 05:08: To mark all replies as read click the mark all as read link. 05:13: To view the discussion rubric click the show rubric link 05:17: Discussion replies display below the discussion topic learn how to view 05:21: and sort discussion replies and Report discussion replies. 05:26: To view threaded replies options click the options icon. 05:29: You can Mark replies as read unread Mark 05:33: threaded replies as read unread return to the topic quote 05:37: the reply or report the reply. 05:41: When viewing split screen discussion thread replies, you can collapse and expand 05:45: the discussion thread replies sidebar. 05:48: When a discussion thread reply is collapsed you can view the reply indicators 05:52: showing the number of unread and total replies. 05:56: To expand the discussion thread replies sidebar click the hash of replies 06:00: link. 06:02: View the read and unread replies. 06:05: To view threaded replies options click the options icon. 06:08: You can Mark replies as read unread Mark 06:12: threaded replies as read unread return to the topic quote 06:16: the reply or report the reply. 06:20: To collapse the discussion thread reply sidebar. 06:22: Click the close icon. 06:25: If you are unable view responses from other students, you may be required to make a 06:29: reply before you can view them. Once you reply to the discussion any 06:33: other replies will be visible. 06:36: If a discussion is a group discussion, you will be directed to discussions in your 06:40: group. 06:42: When creating or editing discussion topics or replies you will enter and 06:46: edit your content using the rich content editor. 06:49: The rich content editor allows you to format text link text to 06:53: coerce or external content insert media and attach files. 06:59: The guide covered how to view discussions as a student.

Quizzes

  • Instructors may use Quizzes to assess learning, or survey students in the class. Results will be automatically calculated as you take the quiz. 

Quizzes

00:07: How do I view quizzes as a student? 00:10: In course, navigation. Click the quizzes link. 00:14: Quizzes are identified by the quiz icon. 00:17: In the quiz index page, you can view the name of each quiz, the 00:21: availability dates for the quiz. The due date, for the quiz, the 00:25: number of points the quizzes worth and the number of questions in the quiz, 00:30: Quizzes are ordered by due date. Some quizzes may not included 00:34: you date. 00:36: The first dates, you may see our called availability dates sometimes, your 00:40: instructor only wants you to submit a quiz during a specified date range. 00:43: So the available dates are the range of time that the quiz is accessible to you. 00:49: It's a quiz does not have a date listed. 00:51: The quiz is open. You can complete the quiz at any time during your course. 00:57: It's a quiz says available until date. 00:59: You can complete the quiz until the specified date. 01:03: It's a quiz says not available until date. 01:05: The quiz is locked until until the specified date. 01:10: It's a quiz says closed. The quiz cannot accept quiz, submissions. 01:15: If you start a quiz but do not submit it quizzes, includes an auto submit 01:19: feature that will submit the quiz for you on the available until quiz date. 01:22: If a quiz does not include an available until date, the quiz 01:26: Auto submit on the last day of the course. 01:30: The second set of dates are the due dates for each respective quiz any 01:34: quizzes, submitted after the due date or marked as late, some instructors May deduct 01:38: points for late submissions again. 01:41: Not all quizzes may include a due date. 01:43: You can still submit late quizzes, before the quiz available 01:47: until date, otherwise the quiz will be Auto submitted for you. 01:52: Do dates also include a time. If your instructor does not set a due time, 01:56: the listed date displays the courses, default due time. 02:01: You can search for a quiz by typing a quiz title or keyword in the search 02:05: for quiz field. 02:07: To view the details of a quiz. Click the name of the quiz. 02:11: When a quiz is open to you to take it anytime, you can view the due date 02:15: points and questions for the quiz. 02:17: You can also view additional details. 02:21: Time limit the length of time. 02:23: You have to complete the quiz if your quiz has a time limit, you 02:27: must complete the entire quiz within that time in one sitting. 02:30: If you navigate away from the quiz the timer will keep running. 02:34: You will also be kicked out of the quiz when the time limit has been reached. 02:40: Instructions, any instructions that your instructor has about the quiz? 02:45: To take the quiz, click the take the quiz button. 02:49: When a quiz is open to you during availability dates, you can view all available 02:53: quiz information. In addition to the specific dates, the quiz is available to you availability. 02:58: Dates may include the first available date. 03:00: Open date last available, date blocked or 03:04: closed or both dates to create an overall date range. 03:08: The due date maybe before on the last available date, if 03:12: one is that 03:14: When a quiz is locked, you can view all details of the quiz. 03:17: You can also view the date. 03:19: When you can take the quiz, 03:22: When a quiz is closed, you can do all details of the quiz. 03:25: You can also view the date that quiz was locked to submissions. 03:30: And you quizzes when your enrollment has been concluded in a course, a message 03:34: displays that the quiz is no longer available. 03:38: This guy covered how to view quizzes as a student.

Grading

  • Many of your instructors will grade your work through Canvas. Any Discussion, Quiz or Assignment that is graded will record the grade in your Gradebook for the course. To check your grades and progress, click on Grades.

  • You can use the What-if grade feature to estimate what grades you need to make on each assignment in order to receive your desired grade. See the third video below for a demonstration.

  • Some of your instructors may use Turnitin for assignments submitted online. Learn more at Turnitin's Student Hub.


Grades Overview

00:07: How do I view my grades in a current course? 00:10: In global navigation click the courses link then click the name 00:14: of the course. 00:16: In course navigation click the grades link 00:20: From the grades page you can select the course for which you want to view grades. 00:24: By default grades are sorted chronologically by assignment due 00:28: date in the arranged by menu. You can also sort by module assignment 00:32: name or assignment group. To see the specified grades 00:36: click the apply button assignments that are not part of a module will 00:40: be shown at the end of the assignments list in alphabetical order. 00:44: However, if modules are assignment groups aren't used in your course, they 00:48: won't be included as sorting options. 00:52: You can view the name of the assignment the assignment due date the assignment 00:56: submission date the assignment status the score you earned and the 01:00: total point value of the assignment. You may also be able to view whether 01:04: the assignment includes scoring details comments or rubrics. 01:10: You may see various great icons in the score column indicating the type of assignment 01:14: you submitted. These assignments have not been graded by your instructor. 01:18: Once the assignment is graded. 01:20: The icon will be replaced by your score. 01:24: To print your grades click the print grades button. 01:28: By default the grades page displays the current grading period if an 01:32: assignment does not include a due date it will display as a part of the last grading 01:36: period To view grades for another course. 01:39: Click the course drop down menu. 01:41: To see the specified grading period and course click the apply button. 01:46: If grading periods are enabled in your course, you can view your grades according 01:50: to grading period 01:53: If your course includes weighted assignment groups assignment groups may vary 01:57: in the sidebar depending on which grading period you are viewing. 02:00: An assignment group displays if the group has at least one assignment due in the selected 02:05: grading period When grading periods are weighted and you select 02:09: the all grading periods option the sidebar displays the weights of each 02:13: grading period grading period 02:17: Your instructor May enforce an automatic late policy in your course any 02:21: assignments that are submitted after the due date are marked as late. 02:25: The late policy automatically deducts a percentage of the grade from the total 02:29: score. Late assignments display the late icon in the status column 02:33: of the gradebook. To view submission details for a late assignment click 02:37: the submission name. 02:47: Some assignments include a black warning icon which alerts you that points 02:51: earned from this assignment will not count toward your final grade. 02:54: You should still submit this assignment unless it has been excused by your instructor. 03:00: If there are comments in your assignment the assignment displays a comment icon. 03:04: To view comments click the comment icon if there are unread 03:08: comments an indicator is displayed once the comments are read the 03:13: indicator disappears. Comments are organized chronologically. 03:19: If there is feedback besides text comments such as media comments, click 03:23: the feedback icon to open the submission details and view the other feedback. 03:29: To close comments. Click the close link. 03:32: If you can view scoring details click the check mark icon. 03:36: You can view the grade distribution for the assignment and view the mean hi 03:40: low median upper quartile and lower quartile 03:44: scores. 03:46: The graphs horizontal line extends from 0 to the assignments highest possible 03:50: score 3 the white box extends from the lowest to the highest 03:54: student scores. Your score appears as a blue square on this 03:58: plot. You will only see scoring details if more than five 04:02: other students have submitted that assignment in the course. 04:05: If you do not see the scoring details then fewer than five students have submitted 04:10: the assignment. To close scoring details. 04:13: Click the close link 04:16: An assignment may also include a rubric icon which means the assignment included 04:20: a rubric for grading purposes. To view your results click 04:24: the icon view your score based on the rubric to close 04:28: the rubric click the close rubric link. 04:32: The grades page will list the assignment groups included in your course. 04:36: Assignment groups allow instructors to organize assignments discussions 04:40: and quizzes into groups and apply specific grading rules or weights to those 04:44: groups. You can view the percentage score for each group in the points. 04:48: You've earned versus the total points possible. 04:52: The great summary shows your total grade allows you to view any save what 04:56: if scores and allows you to show or hide all scoring details comments 05:00: and rubrics shown in the grades page. 05:03: Depending on the great calculation for your course your total grade May 05:07: display as a point value or as a percentage. 05:11: Your instructor May restrict you from viewing your total grade. 05:15: The current grade is calculated by adding up the graded assignments according to their 05:19: weight in the course grading scheme. This grade is calculated with the 05:23: calculate based only on graded assignments checkbox selected in the sidebar. 05:29: The total grade is calculated by adding all the assignments according to their weight 05:33: in the course grading scheme both graded and ungraded assignments. 05:37: To view the total grade deselect the sidebar check box the 05:41: grade at the top of the sidebar will reflect your total grade. 05:46: The sidebar shows the information about how your grades are calculated. 05:50: If your assignment groups are weighted, the sidebar will show the breakdown of weighted 05:55: assignment groups. 05:57: Assignment groups will always display as a percentage if your instructor allows 06:01: you to view total grades. You can see a breakdown in the points. 06:04: You've earned versus the total points possible. 06:08: If your course does not use assignment groups, your total grade can be displayed in 06:12: points or percentage. If your total grade is displayed in points, 06:16: you can view your overall grade percentage. 06:19: Again, your instructor May restrict you from viewing your total grade. 06:24: If your institution restricts viewing quantitative data, your total grade 06:28: is displayed using a grading scheme usually letter grades. 06:32: Again, your instructor May restrict you from viewing your total grade. 06:37: If you have more than one course you can use the course drop-down menu to view grades 06:41: in other courses. If your grades page shows assignments and 06:45: learning Mastery headings you can also view your standards based scores in 06:49: the learning Mastery link. 06:52: This guide covered how to view my grades in a current course.

Changing Contrast for Visibility in the Canvas Interface

The WU default contrast setting for Canvas may make some aspects (like the My Media tab) difficult to see (circled below). You have the option to change the default contrast setting for higher visibility.

Example of default contrast

To change your contrast setting, click on "Account" in the universal Canvas menu at left. In the pop-out menu that appears, toggle the switch at the bottom to "Use High Contrast UI," then reload the page.

Locating the option to switch to high contrast

Your default Canvas view will have changed to a high contrast setting. This setting will remain selected unless you switch back to the default view, you will NOT need to do this each time you sign into Canvas.

Example of high contrast

Customize your Dashboard

You can choose which courses you see listed on your Dashboard. See directions on Canvas's online guide:

Videos on Canvas Basics

00:06: How do I use the Dashboard as a student? 00:09: In Global Navigation, click the Dashboard link. 00:13: The Dashboard is your landing page in Canvas. Depending on your institution, your Dashboard may default to one of three views: Card View, List View, or Recent Activity View. 00:26: Card View: displays course cards for quick access to all your favorite courses (the same courses display in the Courses link from the Global Navigation Menu). 00:36: List View: displays all course to-do items in an agenda view. 00:41: Recent Activity View: displays all recent activity for all courses. 00:46: The Dashboard may also include global announcements, which are announcements created by your institution. To remove the announcement from your dashboard, click the Remove icon. 00:57: If you dismiss a global announcement, you can view dismissed announcements on the Global Announcements page. 01:04: To change your Dashboard view, click the Options menu and select your preferred viewing option. 01:10: When set to Card View or Recent Activity View, the Dashboard also includes a sidebar. The sidebar includes a To Do list, upcoming assignments, links to recent feedback, and buttons for creating a course or viewing grades. 01:25: This guide covered how to use the Dashboard as a student.

00:07: How do I use the calendar as a student? 00:10: In global navigation click the calendar link 00:14: The calendar spans all courses and displays information for each of your enrolled 00:18: courses and groups in the navigation bar. 00:21: You can choose to view the calendar in week month or agenda view 00:25: the view ichoose dictates the style of the calendar window by 00:29: default the calendar appears in month view. 00:33: The sidebar shows a quick view calendar your list of courses in 00:37: groups and undated items for your courses and groups. 00:42: Each calendar view shows any assignments or events that have been added to the calendar 00:46: you can add events including recurring events and 00:50: to-do items to your personal calendar at any time in the navigation bar by 00:54: clicking the add button. 00:56: Each personal course and Throop calendar is identified by a separate 01:00: color that populates the calendar view Associated calendar 01:04: items for each course or group display when selected in the calendar view. 01:09: By default the first 10 course in group calendars will be selected and appear 01:13: in the calendar view to hide a calendar. 01:16: Click the box next to the name of the calendar calendars that are not 01:20: active within the calendar view display is faded text. 01:24: Expanding undated items link will show you a list of events and assignments 01:28: that are not dated the assignments and events will be differentiated by 01:32: icons and by the personal course or group calendar color. 01:37: In the month you click the arrow buttons to move from month to month to 01:41: view events for the current date clicks it today button. 01:46: To view a specific date click the month link 01:50: Then enter a date in the date field or select a date from the calendar. 01:55: Assignments are shown with an icon next to the assignment title the icon 01:59: reflects the assignment type. 02:02: Discussion 02:05: Assignment 02:08: Quiz 02:11: Or events 02:14: 9 graded items with a to-do date May display in the calendar for a course. 02:19: Each item on the calendar is color-coded to match. 02:21: The courses are calendars in the sidebar. 02:25: Give you full details for an assignment or event hover over the item. 02:30: Calendar assignments can also be crossed out which is a simple way to keep track 02:34: of assignments assignments are crossed out. 02:37: Once the assignment has been submitted however assignments that have been 02:41: awarded a grade but do not contain an actual submission will not be crossed out. 02:46: All the events display the events icon and do not include a specific event time. 02:51: If you want to extend an all-day event across multiple days have her 02:55: over the edge of the event until you see a black Arrow drag your event 02:59: across all required dates in the current month. 03:03: Assignments are shown with an icon next to the assignment title the icon 03:07: reflects the assignment type. 03:10: To view the calendar by week. Click the week button the week view shows 03:14: all calendar items by date and time note that some assignments. 03:18: Maybe do it 11:59 p.m. Which appear at the bottom of the calendar 03:22: view? 03:24: All day events appear at the top of the calendar week these events. 03:27: Do not include a specific event time. Like in the month view 03:31: if you want to extend an all-day event across multiple days hover 03:36: over the edge of the event until you see a black Arrow drag your event 03:40: across all required dates in week view. 03:43: You can only drag your event to the end of the week that you are viewing. 03:48: Have you all your calendar items in an agenda format? Click the agenda button? 03:54: If your institution has enabled schedule her appointment groups, you can sign up for 03:58: an appointment in the calendar sidebar. 04:01: This guy covered how to use the calendar as a student.

00:07: What is the canvas student app? 00:10: Students can access their courses and groups from the dashboard. 00:14: Courses and groups include the same navigation items that can be viewed in the browser 00:18: version of canvas. 00:20: Students can view details on assignments, quizzes, and discussions, and 00:24: submit these items from the app. 00:27: Students can use the navigation bar to access their dashboard. 00:29: Calendar, to-do list, notifications, or inbox. 00:36: Students can manage their canvas account. Using the student app students 00:40: can manage their files, display course, grades, get help from canvas, 00:44: support change users and log out of the app. 00:49: This guide covered the canvas student app.

00:07: Discover how to stay updated on important announcements within the instructure application. 00:13: Chad is a course tool that is available to all students in the course. 00:17: Chats cannot be limited to specific students. 00:20: Instructors can use the chat tool to allow students to contact them. 00:24: When online create Virtual Office hours conduct group discussions 00:28: or study sessions. All users in the course can also access 00:32: the chat history. 00:34: This guide covered chat.

00:07: How do I use files? 00:09: The basic functionality within files is the same within each files location, 00:13: but some features May differ according to feature area. 00:18: The left panel shows all folders for Quick Navigation. 00:20: Some folders may be housed within other folders to expand 00:25: all folders. Click the arrows next to the folder name. 00:29: When you click the name of a folder all contents within the folder you are viewing 00:33: display in the right panel. You can also click folder names in the right 00:37: panel to view folder content. 00:40: For each file you can view the name of the file the date the file was created 00:44: the date the file was modified the name of the person who modified the file 00:48: if Modified by another user and the size of the file. 00:53: Files are sorted alphabetically to sort files. 00:56: Click the name of any column heading. 00:59: You can also view the published status for your user files. 01:03: Depending on the file area files may contain several options to manage files. 01:09: Search for files files is fully searchable by file name. 01:13: Add a folder add a new folder to files to store files. 01:17: Folders can also house other folders. 01:20: Upload a file upload a file to files. 01:24: Change the state of the files can be published unpublished 01:28: or include a restricted status? 01:32: To select a file click the name of the file. 01:34: You can also select multiple files at the same time by holding the Command 01:38: MAC or control PC key. 01:43: When a file is selected files displays the file toolbar at the top of the 01:47: window. Depending on the files area. 01:49: The toolbar may contain several options to manage the selected files 01:54: preview the file restrict access to the file download 01:58: the file move the file or delete the file. 02:03: You can also manage some or all options for a selected file within the files options 02:07: menu. 02:09: Course files and group files May display a column for usage rights If 02:13: enabled the column displays the usage rate copyright for the file. 02:18: Files that do not contain a usage right display as a warning icon. 02:23: To change the usage rate for a file in group files. 02:25: Click on the usage right icon for that file. 02:30: This guide covered how to use files.

00:06: How do I use the Inbox as a student? 00:09: In global navigation click the inbox link It's 00:13: the inbox blank includes the numbered indicator the indicator shows. 00:17: How many unread messages do you have in your inbox? Once you read the new 00:21: messages the indicator will disappear. 00:24: The toolbar includes global message options. 00:28: To load conversations, filter your messages by course or group and type. Filtering by type lets you filter messages by Inbox, Unread, Starred, Sent, Archived, and Submission Comments. 00:43: You can search for conversations by user in the Search by user field. 00:48: To compose a message, click the Compose icon. 00:52: Once you have selected a conversation you can use the other options in the 00:56: toolbar to Reply to a conversation reply 01:00: all to a conversation archived a conversation delete 01:05: a conversation. You can also use the more options icon 24-hour 01:09: market conversation is read or unread and star conversations. 01:15: Conversations for your selected course and Inbox filter appear in the left Inbox panel. 01:21: The Inbox is organized chronologically from newest to oldest with the newest conversations appearing on top and the older conversations at the bottom. 01:30: You can manually mark a conversation as read or unread by hovering over the conversation and clicking the circle to the left of the conversation. 01:39: To star a conversation, hover over the conversation and click the star to the right of the conversation. 01:46: When you select a conversation, all messages in the conversations thread appear in the right Inbox panel. 01:53: The conversation thread displays the title of the conversation. 01:57: Each message with in a conversation displays the names of the message participant 02:01: with the name of the sender in bold. 02:04: You can view the course name the author's personal pronouns if enabled 02:09: and the date and time the message was sent. 02:12: You can also view the message content. 02:15: To deselect the conversation click the return icon. 02:19: To reply to the latest message in a conversation. 02:21: Click the reply icon. 02:24: The reply-all forward archive star or 02:28: delete the entire conversation thread click the more options icon then 02:32: click one of the options. 02:35: You can manage an individual message within a conversation to reply 02:39: to a message with in a conversation. Click the reply icon. 02:44: To reply all forward or delete a message with in a conversation thread 02:48: click the more options icon then click one of the options. 02:53: To select multiple message conversations to Archive. 02:56: Delete Mark as read Mark as unread or Star 03:00: click the check box for each message then click the inbox 03:04: toolbar more options icon and select an option. 03:09: This guide covered how to use the Inbox as a student.

00:07: How do I manage my canvas notification settings? 00:11: In Global Navigation, click the Account link, then click the Notifications link. 00:17: On the notification settings page you can manage how you receive notifications 00:21: for your canvas account and or manage how you receive notifications for individual courses. 00:27: A banner describes the settings you are managing another Banner indicates the 00:31: times when daily and weekly notifications will be delivered. 00:35: To dismiss a banner message. Click the close icon. 00:39: By default the settings for drop-down menu displays the account option. 00:43: Account level notification settings apply to all of your canvas courses. 00:47: However, any course specific notification settings override 00:51: account notification settings. 00:55: You can view your current account level settings. 00:58: Account level notification types are listed by category. 01:01: There are notifications for course activities discussions conversations 01:05: groups scheduling and conferences. 01:10: You can also view your contact methods such as email addresses and push notifications 01:14: for mobile devices. 01:17: Each notification has a default delivery frequency setting to view the 01:21: current notification delivery frequency for a notification type and contact 01:25: method hover over the notification icon. 01:29: To view details for a notification hover the cursor over the notification 01:33: name. View details such as the activities that trigger the notification. 01:38: Each notification is set to a default setting to change a notification for 01:42: a contact method locate the notification and click the icon for 01:46: the contact method. 01:49: To receive a notification right away select the notify immediately option. 01:54: These notifications may be delayed by up to 1 hour in case an instructor makes 01:58: additional changes which prevents you from being spammed by multiple notifications 02:02: in a short amount of time. 02:05: To receive a daily notification select the daily summary option the 02:09: date and time of your daily notifications are posted in a banner at the top of the notification 02:13: settings page. 02:16: To receive a weekly notification select the weekly summary option the 02:20: date and time of your weekly notifications are posted in a banner at the top of the notification 02:24: settings page. 02:27: If you do not want to receive a notification select the notifications off 02:31: option. 02:33: Unsupported notification types display the unsupported icon. 02:36: You cannot manage unsupported notifications. 02:41: If you have enabled push notifications in the canvas student mobile app on an Android 02:45: device or on an iOS device. You can manage your settings in the push notification 02:49: column. Push notifications can only be sent to your mobile 02:53: device right away or not at all. Daily and weekly notification 02:58: options are not supported. Some categories include limited 03:02: availability for push notifications for full details about supported 03:06: notifications for push notifications refer to the canvas notifications 03:10: resource document. 03:13: If your institution uses a third-party messaging application called slack and 03:17: has enabled slack as a contact method you can add slack as a contact 03:21: method and receive direct message notifications from canvas and Slack. 03:26: Slack notifications may vary depending on your slack notification settings. 03:32: This guide covered how to manage my canvas notification settings.

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