Articles about the Canvas LMS

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Canvas - Assigning Alternate Assignment Due Dates to Specific Students

Course instructors can add individualized due dates to any Canvas assignment (including quizzes and graded discussions) to give specific students an extended deadline for submitting their work. These due dates are added by editing the "Assign To" settings of an assignment and adding an additional box of student-specific due dates and availability dates underneath the dates that are assigned to "Everyone".

Canvas - Calendar Guide for Instructors

The Canvas Calendar can be used to help instructors and students keep track of events, assignment due dates, and to-do items across all of their courses. This article is a collection of technical guides intended to help instructors use the Canvas Calendar.

Canvas - Calendar Guide for Students

Students can use the Canvas Calendar to view scheduled events and assignment due dates across all their courses. This article is a collection of technical guides intended to help students use the Canvas Calendar.

Canvas - Confirming Your User Account's Email Address

This document details how to confirm the email address on your Canvas account. You may need to confirm your email address to receive notifications and course invitations from Canvas.

Canvas - Contacting 24/7 Canvas Support

Canvas support is available to UWGB students and faculty 24 hours a day! Access Canvas support options by clicking the Help button in the Global Navigation Menu located along the left edge of any page in Canvas. The Help menu contains options for contacting Canvas support via live chat, phone, and email.

Canvas - Course Dates and Access FAQ and Information

A Canvas course's Settings page includes options for setting course start and end dates to control when students can access a course after it is published. This page explains the effects of these settings and an instructor's available options for controlling access to your Canvas course. A basic FAQ is followed by a deeper explanation of the settings that control Canvas course access.

Canvas - Courses Do Not Show Up / My Course is Missing

This document outlines several reasons for "missing" Canvas courses. Please also read this document if you recently dropped a course but are still enrolled in Canvas.

Canvas - Create Sandbox Template Courses in Canvas

This document can show instructors how to create a sandbox course in Canvas. A Canvas sandbox course, previously known as a "master" course, is a place for instructors to create, test, and develop course content outside of an active instructional course. Sandbox courses cannot contain Students, but content from a Sandbox course can be easily imported into an instructional course.

Canvas - Delete an Enrollment

This document details how to remove a user from a Canvas course.

Canvas - ePortfolio Gude for Instructors

This article is a collection of technical guides intended to help instructors build, manage, and share an ePortfolio in Canvas. You must be enrolled in a Canvas course to create an ePortfolio.

Canvas - ePortfolio Guide for Students

This article is a collection of technical guides intended to help students build, manage, and share an ePortfolio in Canvas. Any student enrolled in a Canvas course can create an ePortfolio.

Canvas - Extend Student Access tool

Students who are not able to complete a course before its normal end date are sometimes granted "Student Incomplete" status. Instructors in the Universities of Wisconsin Digital Learning Environment can use the "Extend Student Access" tool to directly grant those students longer access to their Canvas course sites.

Canvas - Guidelines for Combining Sections into a Single Course

Canvas supports the functionality to merge sections from two separate Canvas courses into a single Canvas course; however, there are student privacy concerns related to this practice which require the instructor to take special precautions before combining sections. This guide outlines requirements and best practices for combining Canvas courses.

Canvas - How to Sign In

This document details the steps required for UW-Green Bay Students, Faculty, and Staff to sign into Canvas at UW-Green Bay.

Canvas - Inbox Guide for Instructors

Canvas course instructors can use the Inbox tool to send messages to individual students, groups, or entire classes. Students may also send Inbox messages to their instructor or classmates. The Inbox tool works similarly to email except that messages, which Canvas refers to as "conversations", reside in Canvas instead of Outlook. The Inbox is accessed by clicking the Inbox button in the Global Navigation menu along the left side of any Canvas page.

Canvas - Inbox Guide for Students

Students can use the Canvas Inbox tool to send messages to their instructor or classmates. The Inbox tool works similarly to email except that messages, which Canvas refers to as "conversations", reside in Canvas instead of Outlook. The Inbox is accessed by clicking the Inbox button in the Global Navigation menu along the left side of any Canvas page. This article is a collection of technical resources intended to help students use the Canvas Inbox.

Canvas - Removing Courses from Your Dashboard

This document details the procedure for removing a Canvas course from your Dashboard.

Canvas - Sharing Course Content With Another Instructor

This guide details three methods for safely sharing Canvas course content with another instructor.

Canvas - Sharing ePortfolios

UW-Green Bay instructors, students, and staff that have a Canvas account can create and manage Canvas ePortfolios. Those who create Canvas ePortfolios can share their public or private ePortfolio for others to view. This guide provides you with instructions on the different ways one can share a public and private Canvas ePortfolio.

Canvas - Signing in to the Office 365 Integration

This document details how to sign in to the Office 365 integration in Canvas.

Canvas - User Account Creation for New UWGB Students, Staff, and Faculty

This document describes how new Canvas user accounts for UW-Green Bay students, staff, and faculty get created.

Canvas (Continuing Education Instructors) - Methods for Enrolling Students in a Continuing Education Course

This document details the three main methods for enrolling users as Students in a Canvas course in the Continuing Education (CE) instance of Canvas and provides advice for when each method should be used.

Canvas (Continuing Education) - Login and Password Resets for Community Members without UWGB Network Accounts

Community members can take Canvas courses offered in the Continuing Education instance of Canvas at UWGB by signing up for a UW Continuing Education Student Canvas account. These community member Canvas accounts are not tied to a UWGB network ID and reside entirely within Canvas. This document explains how these users log in to Canvas and how they can reset a forgotten password.

Canvas (Discussions) - As a student, how do I embed files in a Canvas discussion?

This article discusses how students can insert images and other files into replies in Canvas Discussions using the Rich Content Editor.

Canvas (Instructors) - Sending Final Grades to SIS

This document details how instructors can send their final grade letter values from Canvas to SIS.

Canvas (Instructors) - Uploading ScanTron results to the Canvas Gradebook

This page includes the steps for uploading scores from ScanTron results spreadsheet to an assignment in Canvas.

Canvas (Instructors) - Using Files

Instructors can upload documents and other files to a Canvas course and share a file with students by inserting a hyperlink to the file in a page or by adding the file to a module as a module item. This article is a collection of useful Canvas guide resources on using files in your Canvas course.

Canvas (Instructors) - Using the Course Media Gallery (Kaltura)

This document details how to navigate and use the course Media Gallery feature in Canvas.

Canvas (Instructors) - Using the Redirect Tool

The "Redirect Tool" in Canvas allows you to add a link as an item to your course navigation.

Canvas Badges (Badgr) - Creating an Account, Viewing Badges, and Sharing Badges

Canvas Badges (formerly Badgr) is a platform for administering and managing digital badges that integrates with Canvas. Some offices and departments may use Canvas Badges to track and award engagement in professional development activities, and some instructors may use badges in their courses to track student progress. This guide will help badge recipients set up a Canvas Badges account so they can view and share their digital badges.

Course Evaluations (Program Chairs) - Excluding a Section from the Standard Evaluation

This article describes how program chairs can add a special attribute to a section while scheduling it in CLSS that will prevent the course evaluation system from sending the standard UWGB Student Evaluation of Instruction form to the students in that section.

Kaltura - Adding Hotspots to a My Media Video in Canvas

This document details how to add hotspots to a video in your Kaltura My Media library. Hotspots are boxes that appear over part of your video during playback at a designated time. Hotspots can contain text and be set up as selectable links which can direct the viewer to a different part of the video or another website.

Kaltura - Creating an Audio File from a Video in Your My Media Library

This article details the procedure for creating an audio file from a video in your My Media library. Kaltura does not have a built-in method for creating an audio-only version of a video, but it is possible to download the video file from your My Media library and extract the audio using a free program like VLC Media Player (PC or Mac) or QuickTime (Mac only). The resulting audio file can then be uploaded to My Media as a separate audio-only media entry or distributed using another service.

Kaltura - Inserting a Video in Canvas with the Rich Content Editor

This document details how to embed Kaltura (My Media) videos in Canvas pages, assignments, discussions, quizzes, and announcements with the Rich Content Editor.

Kaltura - Kaltura MediaSpace Go (KMS Go) app for mobile devices

UW System Digital Learning Environment (DLE) users can now access their Kaltura media through the Kaltura MediaSpace Go app for mobile.

Kaltura - Mediaspace service overview

Kaltura MediaSpace is the video portal for University of Wisconsin System institutions participating in the Digital Learning Environment (DLE). Instructors, students, and staff can use it to easily upload, store, stream, and share (or restrict) videos. Many of these video features are also available through Kaltura's Canvas integration, but Mediaspace allows users to manage or publish their media outside of Canvas.

Kaltura - My Media and Canvas

This document details an overview of how to use the Kaltura My Media video tools within Canvas to upload, create, and embed videos.

Kaltura - Uploading Video from a Smartphone

Kaltura (My Media) is the recommended service for uploading and sharing media (audio and video) in Canvas. This document details methods for uploading video that was recorded on an iPhone or Android phone to your My Media library so it can be shared in a Canvas page, discussion post, or assignment submission.

Kaltura - Using the Kaltura Capture Desktop Recorder

This guide documents the steps that UW-Green Bay instructors, students, and staff can use to create recordings with the Kaltura Capture app and upload them to My Media. Recordings can include any combination of screen recording, webcam video, and audio—including all three at once.

Kaltura - Using Video Player Controls

This document describes how to use the controls on the Kaltura video player to adjust the playback experience.

Kaltura (Canvas) - Downloading a Video from Your My Media Library

Instructors, students, and staff can create and upload videos to the Kaltura My Media service, which can be accessed within Canvas. Users may wish to download a local copy of their own recording for offline viewing or archival purposes. This guide documents the procedure for downloading a video from your My Media library in Canvas.

Kaltura (Canvas) - Uploading Videos

Kaltura is the video portal for University of Wisconsin System institutions. Instructors, students, and staff can use it to easily upload, store, stream, and share (or restrict) videos in Canvas.

Kaltura (My Media) - Creating Video Quizzes (Detailed Guide)

This document goes over the basics of Kaltura Video Quizzes, how to create one, and how to make a Canvas assignment video quiz.

Kaltura (My Media) - Getting an Embed Code from My Media

This document details how to get the embed code for a video (to share on a web page, for example)

Kaltura (My Media) - Upgrading a Video Embed to the New v7 Player

This guide details the steps for updating an embedded Kaltura My Media video in Canvas to use the newer "v7" video player.

Kaltura (Students) - Kaltura Capture Guide for Students

This guide provides instructions for students on how to use the Kaltura Capture app on a personal computer to make recordings that include screen capture and/or webcam video that can be uploaded to the My Media service and shared in Canvas.

PlayPosit (Canvas) - Create a New Bulb

UW-Green Bay instructors can use PlayPosit to create interactive videos, called "bulbs", and assign those bulbs to students in their Canvas courses. UWGB PlayPosit users can create bulbs from videos in their Kaltura My Media library or videos that are publicly shared on YouTube or Vimeo. After selecting a video source, the user can add interactions to the bulb to turn their video into an engaging learning experience. This guide provides instructions for creating a new PlayPosit bulb in UWGB's Ca

PlayPosit (Canvas) - Creating a Peer Review Assignment (Instructor Guide)

PlayPosit Peer Review Assignments enable instructors teaching in Canvas to assign an asynchronous activity where students are tasked with submitting a video and then reviewing the video submissions of the peers in their small group. The structure of a PlayPosit Peer Review Assignment helps avoid some technical issues that students commonly encounter when working with video and empowers students to leave feedback right within the video player as timestamped comments. This article details the proc

PlayPosit (Canvas) - Peer Review Assignment Guide for Students

This article provides guidance to students participating in a PlayPosit Peer Review video assignment within a UW-Green Bay Canvas course.

Turnitin (Canvas Instructors) - Using the Assignment Similarity Checker

Turnitin is a "similarity" checker that can be enabled for Canvas assignments. By enabling Turnitin for an assignment, you can see how much original text Turnitin believes a student's submission contains. Please note that Turnitin is often referred to as a plagiarism checker. This is not 100% accurate, hence their marketing around "similarity." We recommend you actively check any student submissions that you're concerned about.