Courseworks (Canvas)
General
- Does the CTL support CourseWorks?
- What is CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- Where do my students go for help with CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- Which browsers and which mobile devices does CourseWorks (Canvas) Support?
- How do I request a collaboration site or a project site?
- How do I use the calendar function?
- If I post my notes on CourseWorks does Columbia University get the copyright or does it remain with the instructor?
- How do I add scanned material to my course site?
Setting Up Your Course
- How can I see a list or pictures of my students in Courseworks?
- What are the basics for setting up my course?
- How do I add my syllabus?
- How do I add Textbooks into my Course in CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- How do I copy content from another CourseWorks (Canvas) course?
- What are the capabilities for each role in my course?
- What should I do if I get an error when viewing a tool in CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- How do I create groups in Canvas?
- How do I add a guest to my CourseWorks (Canvas) course site?
- How do I manage my course navigation links?
- How do I add users (TAs, Students etc) to my course?
- How can I see photos of students in my course?
- Can I see what a student sees?
- What are Student Groups?
- How do I use the People page as an instructor?
- How do I change the name of my course site?
- Where do I see the names of students' advising deans?
- Where do I see student UNIs in Canvas?
- How can I drop students who are not attending my class from the class roster?
- How do I add library reserves to my course?
Managing Course Content
- What is the storage limit for files in Canvas?
- How do I use the Files tool in CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- How do I restrict files and folders permissions in Canvas?
- Is Canvas HIPAA Compliant?
- How do I upload a file to my course in CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- How do I create an Assignment in CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- How do I use Files as an Instructor?
- How do I upload zip files as an instructor?
- Do I still have to use WebDav to bulk upload files?
- Can I use HTML files in CourseWorks?
- Can I create an HTML page in Courseworks (Canvas)?
- Can Students Upload Files?
- How do I create a homepage?
- Can I use Youtube in my CourseWorks Site?
- Can I Hide files so that only instructors can see them?
- How do I download files from the Files tool?
- Is there a way to add items to the course navigation menu on the left that are not visible to the outside world?
- How do I add web links (URLs) to my Files and Resources?
Assessing Students
- How do I view student activity in my course?
- How do I change the grading scale for my course?
- How do I grade student assignment submissions?
- Can I download my student's assignments and grade them?
- Can I create ungraded assignments?
- How do I give my students extra credit?
- What are Grades and Gradebook?
- How do I use the gradebook in Canvas
- How do I add or edit points for assignments?
- How can I download my roster in CourseWorks?
- How do I hide grades until ready to share with students?
- What is the New Gradebook?
- How can I use the New Gradebook to provide clear, actionable and timely feedback to students?
- How can I use the New Gradebook tool to help me grade my students’ performance in a time-efficient manner?
- Can I add extra columns to the Gradebook?
Communicating With Students
- How do I send notifications for new files I upload to Canvas?
- How do I access my evaluations (old and current)
- What is the difference between Mailtool, Announcements, and Chat in CourseWorks?
- How do I create a discussion
- How do I set my Courseworks notification preferences?
- How do I host my class if we can’t meet in person?
- How do I use the Conferences tool in Canvas?
- How do I send an email to my students in CourseWorks (Canvas)?
- How do I create an Announcement?