Table of Contents Canvas Student Guide
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- Introduction Links to an external site.
- Announcements Links to an external site.
- Assignments Links to an external site.
- Calendar Links to an external site.
- Chat Links to an external site.
- Collaborations Links to an external site.
- Conferences Links to an external site.
- Conversations Links to an external site.
- Course Navigation Links to an external site.
- Discussions Links to an external site.
- ePortfolios Links to an external site.
- Files Links to an external site.
- Global Navigation Links to an external site.
- Grades Links to an external site.
- Modules Links to an external site.
- Pages Links to an external site.
- People and Groups Links to an external site.
- Profile and User Settings Links to an external site.
- Quizzes Links to an external site.
- Rich Content Editor Links to an external site.
- Web Services Links to an external site.
Introduction
- How can I use Canvas on my mobile device as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I sign up for a Canvas account as a student? Links to an external site.
Announcements
- How do I view Announcements as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an announcement in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit an announcement in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete an announcement in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an external RSS feed to an announcement as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to the Announcements RSS feed as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to an announcement as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I like a reply in a course announcement as a student? Links to an external site.
Assignments
- 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 view the rubric for my assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit an online assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I view the rubric for my external tool assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a text entry assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I know if I have a peer review assignment to complete? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a peer review to an assignment? Links to an external site.
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed assignments? 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 upload a file from Google Drive as an assignment submission in Canvas? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a cloud assignment with Google Drive? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a file from Microsoft Office 365 as an assignment submission? 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 submit a cloud assignment with Microsoft Office 365? Links to an external site.
- How do I communicate with my instructor about assignments? Links to an external site.
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I use DocViewer in Canvas assignments as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission? Links to an external site.
- How do I view rubric results for my assignment? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Roll Call Attendance report as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses? Links to an external site.
Calendar
- How do I use the Calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an event to my calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a to-do item in the Calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I duplicate an event in the Calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view a group calendar? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I sign up for a Scheduler appointment in the Calendar? Links to an external site.
Chat
- How do I use Chat as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use inline chat as a student? Links to an external site.
Collaborations
- How do I view Collaborations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Google Docs collaboration as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Google Drive collaboration as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a collaboration as a student? Links to an external site.
Conferences
- How do I use Conferences in a course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a conference in a student group? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a conference in a student group? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a conference in a student group? Links to an external site.
- How do I record a conference in a student group? Links to an external site.
- How do I start a conference in a student group? Links to an external site.
- How do I join a conference in a course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Conferences interface as a participant? Links to an external site.
- How do I take a poll in a conference as a participant? Links to an external site.
- How do I view closed captions in a conference as a participant? Links to an external site.
- How do I use shared notes in a conference as a participant? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the multi-user whiteboard in a conference as a participant? Links to an external site.
Conversations
- How do I use Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I find my unread messages in Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I filter conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I star a conversation as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to a message in Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to a user in a group in Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to all course users in Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a file to a message as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I attach a media comment to a message as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I privately respond to one individual in a group message as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to submission comments in Conversations as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I forward a message from a conversation as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a conversation as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a message from a conversation as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I archive a conversation as a student? Links to an external site.
Course Navigation
- How do I use the Course Home Page as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Course Activity Stream as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I drop a self-enrolled Canvas course? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Syllabus as a student? Links to an external site.
Discussions
- How do I view Discussions 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 subscribe to a discussion podcast as a student? 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 peer review discussion to complete? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a course discussion as a student? Links to an external site.
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussions? Links to an external site.
- How do I subscribe to a discussion 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 change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read as a student? 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 reply to a discussion as a student? 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 embed an image in a discussion reply 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 edit or delete discussion replies as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion as a student? Links to an external site.
ePortfolios
- How do I use the ePortfolio Getting Started Wizard as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a new ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I organize my ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a new ePortfolio section as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I organize my ePortfolio pages as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit the default page in my ePortfolio section as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a new page in my ePortfolio section as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I preview a page in my ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add rich text content to my ePortfolio page as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add HTML/embedded content to my ePortfolio page as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I retrieve assignments from previous courses in my ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a file or image to my ePortfolio page as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I enable comments in my ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I download the contents of my ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How can I share a private ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I make my ePortfolio public as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete my ePortfolio as a student? Links to an external site.
Files
- How do I use Files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my user files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view course files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view group files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I move and organize files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I rename a file as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a folder in Files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a file to my user or group files? Links to an external site.
- How do I preview a file as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload ZIP files as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a file or folder as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I download a single file as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I download a folder in ZIP format as a student? Links to an external site.
- What types of media files can I upload in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Google Drive files in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Microsoft Office 365 files in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
Global Navigation
- How do I log in to Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Dashboard as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view course cards in the Dashboard as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Dashboard List View as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a to-do item in the Dashboard List View as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the Global Activity Stream as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Canvas courses as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I customize my Courses list as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my institution's Public Course Index as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I get help with Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I log out of Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- Why can't I access my Course as a student? 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 Learning Mastery scores in the Grades page? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Learning Mastery scores in the Grades page with the updated layout? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Grades page? Links to an external site.
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my grades in a concluded course? Links to an external site.
Modules
- How do I view Modules as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I mark a content page as done for a module requirement? Links to an external site.
- How do I choose an assignment path in a module? Links to an external site.
- How do I view course content offline as an HTML file as a student? Links to an external site.
Pages
- How do I view Pages as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a new page in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I change a page name in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a course page as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a page in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete a page in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a PDF to a page in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I link to other pages in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I embed a video in a page in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a file link in a page in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I view the history of a page in a group? Links to an external site.
People and Groups
- How do I use the People page in a course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my course analytics as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view all groups in a course as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my Canvas groups as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I join a group as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I leave a group as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a group as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a file to a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I start a collaboration in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a discussion in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I close a discussion for comments in a group? Links to an external site.
- How do I manage groups as a student group leader? Links to an external site.
Profile and User Settings
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a profile picture in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I change the settings in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I change the language preference in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I change my login password as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I merge my user account with an account using the same email address as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I change my default email address in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I reset my password as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view course content offline as an ePub file as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I generate a pairing code for an observer as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I set up multi-factor authentication for my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- What feature options can I enable in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I manage new features in my user account as a student? Links to an external site.
Quizzes
- 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 take an assessment in Quizzes.Next? Links to an external site.
- How do I take a quiz where I can only view one question at a time? Links to an external site.
- How do I take an assessment where I can only view one question at a time in Quizzes.Next? Links to an external site.
- How do I answer each type of question in a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I answer each type of question in Quizzes.Next? Links to an external site.
- How do I resume a quiz that I already started taking? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I view quiz results as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view my assessment results as a student in Quizzes.Next? Links to an external site.
- How do I know if I can retake a quiz? Links to an external site.
- How do I know if I can retake an assessment in Quizzes.Next? Links to an external site.
- How do I submit a survey? Links to an external site.
Rich Content Editor
- How do I add and modify text in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I use the HTML view in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I embed images from the web in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I embed images from Flickr Creative Commons in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a hyperlink in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a hyperlink or embed a file from Google Drive into the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload a video using the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I record a video using the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I upload an audio file using the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I record audio using the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add captions to an external video as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I add captions to new or uploaded videos in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I create a caption file using the subtitle creation tool as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I view captions in a video as a student? Links to an external site.
Web Services
- How do I connect to web services outside of Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to Delicious as a web service in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to Google Drive as a web service in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to Twitter as a web service in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to Skype as a web service in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.
- How do I connect to LinkedIn as a web service in Canvas as a student? Links to an external site.