Canvas Tips
Announcements can be added to the Home Page
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In a course, click on Settings on the bottom of
the Navigation bar. Under Course Details scroll down, under Description click
on Show recent announcements on Course home page. Then put in the number you
want displayed, then Save.
To easily send an email to all students, on the Home Page,
click on New Analytics, then click
on the envelope to message all students. Or you can modify the grade, making
the range from 0 – 50% and it will only email those students. How cool!
Require students to at least click on content before moving
forward
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Click on the 3 dots next to the Module Heading,
then click on Edit, then click on Requirements.
Require that students View the page
or even mark As Read. This will create
a checklist for students.
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Teachers can then view Student Progress by following these steps.
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Select the Modules link in the Course Navigation
Menu.
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Click the View Progress button in the upper
right corner.
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Choose a student to view
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View Module Progress. What?!
Automatically drop the lowest grade for every student
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Go to Assignments, then click on the 3 dots in
the Assignment Heading, then click on Edit. Then enter the number of low scores
to ignore for each student, then Save.
In Speedgrader,
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Use the Speech Recognition button to have Canvas
type your comments.
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Use the Comment Generator to record common
feedback to use later.
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Click on the Gear icon to hide names when
grading
Support Tips
Canvas
24/7 support for faculty & students
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Click on the Help button on the bottom of the
Navigation bar, in the new window, scroll down until you see Email, Call or
Chat.
24/7 support sends an AskPGCC ticket to eLearning
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Follow the steps above, then click on Email,
then Send to School Specific Canvas Support. This creates an AskPGCC ticket
that goes to eLearning.
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Click on the Help Button, then click on Training
Services Portal 3 times! After the first time, scroll down and you’ll see
Training Services Portal below the gray box, click it for the 2nd
time. Then Training Services Portal – Enter Here will appear, click for the 3rd
time. (I didn’t create it 😊)
Then click on Authorize. Here you will find Courses, Webinars & a Live
Training Calendar. Access them using the tabs at the top of the page.
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