Canvas Faculty Resources

Winter 2019 courses will be archived on March 1, 2021. After this date, these courses will no longer appear in your Canvas account. 

Useful Resources

Export a copy of your course

Download a copy of your gradebook 

• Text-based Guides

  • Canvas Course Removal Dates for Faculty [pdf]

    Canvas Quick Guide For Instructors [pdf]

    Canvas Instructor Guides

    Publish or Unpublish Course Contents on Canvas

    Downloading Grades [pdf]
    
    How to extend time and attempts in Canvas quiz

    Combining Canvas Courses

    Copy a Canvas Course

    Student Context Card

    Canvas Outcomes for Assessment

    Personalize a Canvas Course - Home Page

    Customizing the Canvas Course List

    Adding Closed Captions to a Video on Panopto

    Publishing/Unpublishing a Course

    Syncing the Canvas Calendar

    Information on Notifications/Default Settings

    Discussions Redesign [pdf]

    How to edit a discussion in a course

    How to add External App in Canvas

    Redirect Tool

    Canvas App: Android Guides

    Canvas App: iOS Guides

    Canvas App: MagicMarker

    Canvas App: Polling

    Import SJSU Template to Course in Canvas

• Video-based Guides

  • How to create quizzes in Canvas

    Copy a course in Canvas

    View Course Analytics

    Access course files in Canvas

    Gradebook in Canvas

    Discussions in Canvas

    Profile Settings

    Announcements in Canvas

    Modules in Canvas

    Creating Assignments in Canvas

    Creating pages on Canvas

    Change Canvas homepage layout

    Creating a Rubric in Canvas

    Creating Outcomes in Canvas

    Syllabus tool in Canvas

    Creating Collaborations in Canvas

    How to Use Panopto with Canvas

    Adding Closed Captions to a Video on Panopto

    Mastery Paths Overview
    
    How to use SpeedGrader
    
    DocViewer Overview
    
    Notification Settings Overview
    
    Groups Overview
    
    Inbox Overview

• Additional Resources

  • Sample Courses in Canvas

    Updating Grades

    Canvas Application Program Interface (API)

    Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)

    Integrating Library Course Reserves in Canvas

    Library Resources for Canvas

    Custom Course Request Form

    Clear Your Browser's Cache

    Canvas Tips and Tricks [pdf]

Download Adobe Reader