Canvas Tour: Teachers

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For Teachers

Instructional Technology Coordinator, Arlington Public Schools

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Welcome this is meant to be a broad overview of Canvas. For more details see the Canvas community Instructor Guides.

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MODULES

ASSIGNMENTS

Click on the icons below to learn more about Canvas

Global Navigation

This sidebar is called the GLOBAL NAVIGATION. You can access your account information, dashboard, courses, groups, calendar, inbox, and Canvas Studio from this location.

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Global Annoucement

This is a GLOBAL ANNOUCEMENT. These are used for school wide annoucements. After you are done viewing the message you can click the X to hide it.

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Course Card

This is a COURSE CARD and how you can enter your classrooms. If it is under "published" students can see it, if it is at the bottom of the page in "unpublished" they cannot.

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To Do

This is your TO DO list. You will see student work to grade, and assignments to complete for classes you are a student in.

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Coming Up

Your COMING UP list shows future events and assignments on your Canvas calendar

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Learn More About Dashboard

Videos

About the Canvas DashboardCanvas Dashboard for ParentsOrganizing Your Canvas DashboardGlobal Navigation

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https://youtu.be/gkJwEyPlewc

https://youtu.be/Ii1yBBKsP6Q

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Course View

Lets look insidea course

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Course Navigation

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This is the COURSE NAVIGATION. If you can see the eye symbol with a slash that means students do not see that link in their course navigation. If the symbol is absent, student can see that link in the course navigation.

Course Status

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This is the COURSE STATUS zone. You can publish or unpublish your course. You can also Import course content, choose a homepage and start annoucements here. You can also alter your course settings from here.

Student View

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See your course how students see it by clicking STUDENT VIEW

Course Settings

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You can edit more details about your course in the settings pages. In the next pages we will go deeper into the settings tab to customize your course

On the COURSE DETAILS page you can change the course card, place annoucements on your home page, and create a link so people can join your class--helpful for club and sport classrooms.

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On the NAVIGTATION tab you can edit the order of the course navigation and add/remove items from the list.

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On the APPS tab you can add LTI's. Common ones you add as a teacer:EdpuzzleCanvaFlipgridRedirect

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Learn More About Courses

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Course SettingsUpdating Course SettingsPages and Setting a Front pageCourse Navigation and the Redirect ToolPeople Tab in Course Navigation

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https://youtu.be/AZ_-nIf3oUg

https://youtu.be/NnalSrLuKV0

https://youtu.be/4ToEr1vGHMc

https://youtu.be/a-NYf3P2ydQ

https://youtu.be/kM7yXz9qu6Y

Calendar

Make sure the calendar box is marked here to view the events on the calendar. You can view 10 calendars at a time.

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Calendar

Copy the Calendar Feed URL to your Office365 calendar to have Canvas events show up in Office365

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Calendar

Add an event to the calendar by clicking the + sign. Assignments automatically get added to the calendar.

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Learn More About Calendar

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CalendarScheduling on Canvas Calendar as a StudentAppointment Groups in Canvas for Teacher

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https://youtu.be/jLgMla3-Xuc

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https://youtu.be/08Y-zxy-3S8

Inbox

In Canvas inbox you can send messages to students in your classes. When you message students from the Canvas grade book students receive those messages here. Messages in the Canvas inbox get forwarded to your @pwcs.edu email.

Canvas InboxCamp Canvas:InboxCanvas for Student: InboxCanvas for Parents: Inbox

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https://youtu.be/n94XkI9cuFQ

https://youtu.be/N0CaENJ0Vbk

https://youtu.be/TP_SAEhs060

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Studio

In Canvas Studioyou can record videos for students

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Studio

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You can upload a video or record within Canvas Studio

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You can create collections of videos and share them with colleagues or students.

Learn More About Studio

Videos

Camp Canvas: StudioCanvas Student Screen RecordingEmbedding From StudioCanvas Walkthrough Screen Record with StudioCanvas Walkthrough Video Lecture with StudioCanvas Walkthrough Podcast with Canvas Studio

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https://youtu.be/G9fwQ4wCYyQ

https://youtu.be/yGPWLn6Po0M

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Module Icons

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Assignments are shown as a page being written on with a pencil. https://youtu.be/4---b6cP9-4 https://youtu.be/6w6q1viEiEM https://youtu.be/uqMJSgpq7KU

Quizzes are represented by a flying rocket icon. https://youtu.be/glSuqV3lsbg https://youtu.be/ZVRcyfsBPk4

External URL/tools are depicted by a ‘chain-link’ symbol.

A paperclip icon is used to represent Files. Any item attached to a module from Files will be represented by a paperclip. https://youtu.be/v9sa7MZcCdg

Pages are represented by a page with writing on it, and a folded top right-hand corner. https://youtu.be/4ToEr1vGHMc https://youtu.be/vDx8j60XKVo

Discussions are represented by an icon made up of two speech boxes. https://youtu.be/C_NbaisL7c8

Assignment Types

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Commons:Find and Share Canvas Content

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Commons

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Groups

When you create a student group it creates a "groups" space for those students. They can create pages, discussions, add files, and start collaborative documents.

Camp Canvas: GroupsCamp Canvas: People

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