Listed below is help from both Auburn and Canvas. If you have a suggestion for a help video or have other questions, please call us at 844-5181 or e-mail us at img@auburn.edu. You can also open a ticket within Canvas by clicking Help at the top right.

General Help

• A Glossary of Terms
• Canvas Roles
• Getting Started
• Canvas Video Tutorials
• Canvas User Guide (Instructors)

Recommendations

• PC or Mac
  • Use Firefox (other browsers work, but Firefox works the best)
  • Update Flash (needed to upload files, record/play video, preview files, etc)

Help from Auburn

• Clear Your Browser's Cache
• Import Content from Blackboard (PDF Version)
• Cross List Courses in Canvas (PDF Version)
• Add a Teaching Assistant (PDF Version)
• Access Student View in Canvas
• Download the Gradebook (PDF Version)
• Import Grades from a Spreadsheet, including Grades from a Scantron
• Use the Media Recording Tool
• Find out your Canvas ID
• Change Your Avatar (PDF Version)
• Import the Canvas Calendar into Outlook (PDF Version)
• Require the Respondus Lockdown Browser (PDF Version)
• Move Files (PDF Version)
• Allow Student Attachments in Discussions (PDF Version)
• Extra Time During Quizzes for Specific Student(s) (PDF Version)

Canvas and Third-Party Services

• iClickers
  • Using iClicker with Canvas (PDF)
  • Publish Your Students' iClicker ID
• Panopto
  • Add Panopto As a Module (PDF Version)
    • The URL needed to integrate with Canvas is:

      http://aces.panopto.auburn.edu/Panopto/BasicLTI/BasicLTILanding.aspx

    • Contact IMG to request Creator status after integrating with Canvas: 844-5181

More Help from Canvas

 

General

• Introduction to Canvas
• Quick Start
• Homepage
• Settings
• Profile
  • Set up my Notification Preferences

Tool Introductions

• Assignments
• Assessments/Quizzes
  • Quiz Groups (Question Sets)
• Chat
• Conferences
• Discussions
• ePortfolio
• Inbox
• File Management
• Gradebook
• Learning Outcomes
• Modules
• Pages
• Speed Grader
  • Speed Grader for iPad
• Statistics
• Syllabus

Creating/Designing a Course

• Copy Content from One Canvas Course to Another
• Drag and Drop
• Embedding Images
• Student Groups

Using a Course

• Announcements
• Peer Review
• People
• Publish
  • Publish Course
  • Publish Quizzes
  • Publish Gradebook
  • Publish Assignments
• Grading
  • Extra Credit

 

Last Updated: Oct. 3rd, 2012