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CreateandOrganizeYourContentinCanvas

Assignments,Files,PagesandModules

Assignments:
Assignmentscanbeusedto:
SetuponlinesubmissionsthatcanbequicklygradedintheSpeedGrader
Gradeonlineaswellasstudentworksubmitted"onpaper"
Setuppeerreviews

TypesofAssignments:
1. NoSubmission
2. Online
a. Textentry
b. WebsiteURLs
c. Fileuploads
d. Mediarecordings
3. OnPaper
4. ExternalTool

AssignmentIcon:

AnyAssignmentyoucreateandpublishontheAssignmentspagewillautomaticallyshowupintheGrades,
Calendar,andSyllabusfeaturessostudentscanviewthem.Thereverseisalsotrue:anyAssignmentsyou
createintheCalendarwillautomaticallyshowupintheGrades,Assignments,andSyllabusfeatures.

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CreateanAssignment:
1. Clickonthe
Assignments
linkonleftsidenavigation

2.Clickon
+Assignment

Settings:

Title
Instructions
Points
AssignmentGroup
DisplayGradeas
SubmissionType(Makethisfileupload)
GroupAssignment
RequirePeerReviews
AssigntoSETDUEDATEHEREFORITTOSHOWUPONCALENDAR

3.
SaveandPublish
orjust
Save

Nowchecktoseeifyournewassignmentisinyour
Calendar
.(ClickonCalendaronleftsidenavigation)

Also,isitinthe
Syllabus
andin
Grades
?

AssignmentIndexPage
:includesQuizzes,gradedDiscussions,andonlinesubmissions(i.e.files,images,
text,URLs,etc.)

Globalsettings
includesearchingforassignments,addinga
newassignmentgroup,andaddinganewassignment.To
weightthefinalgradewithassignmentgroups,clickthe
Settingsicon.

Theiconsandlinkstotherightoftheassignmentgroup
controltheentireassignmentgroup.

Ifassignmentgroupshavebeenweighted,Canvaswilldisplaytheweightedpercentageofthetotalassignment
score[1].Additionally,ifrulesareassignedtothegroup,Canvaswillshowthenumberofruleshoveroverthe
linktoviewtherules[2].YoucanaddanewassignmenttothegroupwiththeAddicon[3].

Youcanalsousethesettingsdropdownmenutoedit[1],delete[2],ormovetheassignment[3].

Files:
UseFilesto:
Sharecoursedocumentsandsyllabiwithyourstudents
Organizecoursedocumentsbyday,week,orunit(module)
Storepersonaldocumentsthatyoudon'twanttosharewithothers
MovedocumentsfromoneCanvascoursetoanother(AllFiles)

*FilescanbeplacedinModules,Assignments,orPages.Filesandfoldersareputinalphabeticalorderand
cannotberearranged.

*IfyouwanttorenameafileunderFiles,anditsalreadybeenaddedtoamodule,thenamewillNOT
automaticallyupdateinthemodule.Youwillhavetochangeitinbothplaces.

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Uploadafile

InCourseNavigation,clickthe
Files
link.

Clickthe
Upload
button.

Clickthetitleofthefileyouwanttoupload[1]andclickthe
Open
button[2].

SomewebbrowserswillallowyoutodraganddropthefilesfromafilewindowdirectlyintotheCanvasfile
repository.Clickthetitleofthefileyouwishtoadd[1]anddragthefiletoyouropenbrowser[2].Yourfilewill
automaticallyupload.

Ifafilewiththesamenamealreadyexistsinthefolder
whereyouareuploadingyourfile,youwillbeaskedifyou
wanttoreplaceorrenameit.
To
renamethefile
,clickChangeNamebutton[1].
Thisoptionwillcreateaduplicatecopyofthefilewitha
differentname.
To
replacethefile
,clicktheReplacebutton[2].

Pages:
Pagesareaplacewhereyoucanincludetext,video,andlinkstoyourfilesonasinglepage.Youcaneven
makelinkstootherpages.Canvaskeepstheentirehistoryofthepagesoyoucanseehowitchangesover
time.

UsetheWYSIWYGeditortoaddandformattextandimages.Youcanalsoinsertmathequations.

Toviewthe
PagesIndex
fromtheFrontPageoranyindividualpage,clickthe
ViewAllPages
button.

Clickon+Pagetocreateanewpage.

OnceyouhaveapagelistedonthePagesIndex,youcanclickontheeditwheeltodothefollowing:
Edit
Delete
UseasFrontPage(ThisoptionwillallowyoutocreateaHomepageforyourcourse.)
SharetoCommons

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Createapage

InCourseNavigation,clickthe
Pages
link.

Pagesisdesignedtoopentothefrontpageforthecourse,ifthereisafrontpage
selected.Clickthe
ViewAllPages
buttontoselectapagefromthePagesIndex.

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Clickthe
AddPagebutton
.

Typeanameforyourpage[1].Addcontenttoyourpageusingthe
ContentSelector
[2].Editthecontentand
addlinksandmediausingthe
RichContentEditor
[3]orswitchtothe
HTMLEditor
.

YoucandecidewhocaneditthepagebyselectingtheWhocaneditthispagedropdownmenu[1].Options
includeonlyteachers,teachersandstudents,oranyone.

YoucanalsonotifyusersthatcontenthaschangedbyselectingtheNotifyusersthatthiscontenthaschanged
checkbox[2].

Ifyouarereadytopublishyourpage,clickthe
Save&Publish
button[1].Ifyouwanttocreateadraftofyour
page,clickthe
Save
button[2].

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Whenyourpageissavedinadraftstate,youcanreturntothepageandpublishitatanytimebyclickingthe
Publish
button[1].Thebuttonwillchangefromgraytogreen[2].

Modules:
Modulesallowyouto
organizeyourcontent
tohelpcontroltheflowofyourcourse.

Modulesareusedtoorganizecoursecontentbyweeks,units,oradifferentorganizationalstructurethatworks
foryourcourse.Withmodules,youareessentiallycreatingaonedirectionallinearflowofwhatyouwouldlike
yourstudentstodo.

Orientation
Lesson1
ReadLesson1Assignment
TakeLesson1Quiz
Lesson2,etc.

Eachmodulecancontainfiles,discussions,assignments,quizzes,andotherlearningmaterialsthatyouwould
liketouse.Youcaneasilyadditemstoyourmodulethatyouhavealreadycreatedinthecourseorcreatenew
contentshellswithinthemodules.Coursecontentcanbeaddedtomultiplemodulesoriteratedseveraltimes
throughoutanindividualmodule.Modulescanbeeasilyorganizedusingthedraganddropfeature.Elements
withinthemodulescanalsobereorganizedbydragginganddropping.

YoucanuseModulesto:
Organizecoursecontent
byunit,day,week,topicorOutcome
Createprerequisiteactivities
thatstudentsmustcompletebeforemovingoninthecourse
Trackstudentprogress
throughasequenceoflearningactivities

TIP/Trick:):
Thefollowingactionswillduplicate
thepresenceof
theitem(inModules),nottheactualitem:
1. Usingaddtoaddapage,
2. Chooseanexistingpagefromthelist.

*Thiswillnotallowyoutoquicklycreatepageswithsimilarcontent.Yourejustaddinganinstanceofthatpage
tothatModule.

Calendar:
Asaninstructor,usetheCalendarto:
Viewandcreateactivitiesinyourcourseaswellaseventsandpersonalreminders
Filterthecalendarviewtoonlyseespecificcalendars
QuicklyaddAssignmentstoablankcourse.FillinthedetailsofthoseAssignmentslater
AdjustthedatesofAssignmentsthathavebeenimportedfromprevioustermsbyclickinganddragging

CopytheiCalfeedforallofyourcoursesandimportittoyourpreferredpersonalCalendar,suchas
GoogleorOutlook
ScheduleappointmentswithstudentsusingtheScheduler

Helpfultipsaboutthecalendar:
TheCalendarisusedforremindingstudentsofgradedAssignmentswithspecificduedates.Toprovide
studentswithdetaileddescriptionsofhowsynchronousclasstimewillbeused,considerusingPages
orcustomizingtheCourseHomePage.
TheCalendarautomaticallysyncswithotherfeaturesinCanvas,suchasAssignments,Syllabus,and
Grades,soifyoucreate,change,ordeletetheduedateofanAssignmentontheCalendar,itwillshow
upinalltheothersandviceversa.
TheCalendarinCanvasisaglobalfeature,meaningyoucanseeallofyourassignmentsfromallof
yourcoursesinoneplace.IfyourCalendarbecomestoocrowded,youcanfilterthenumberofevents
listedonyourCalendarbyselectingordeselectingcoursesintheSidebar.
TheCalendarisdesignedtodisplayupto10calendarsatanygiventime.Tohelpmanageuser
calendars,coursescustomizedinthecoursesdropdownmenuasafavoritecoursewillalwaysbe
listedatthetopoftheuserscalendarlistinthecalendarsidebar.

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AddaCalendarEvent
Fromwithinthecalendar,doubleclickonadateandenterdetailsoftheeventbe
suretochoosethecorrectcalendar.YoucanalsocreateanAssignmentshellaswell.Addassignmentdetails
later.

Resources:
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC2615
http://www.sou.edu/distancelearning/SOU%20DEC%20Best%20Practices.pdf

References:

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC4131
Muchofthecontentinthishandoutwas
adaptedfromtheCanvasDocTeamsCanvasGuides