Canvas Student Guide
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Introduction
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Editing my Profile
- How do I access my Profile and Settings?
- How do I edit my Profile?
- How do I add a Profile picture?
- How do I change my Full Name, Display Name and Time Zone?
- How do I change my login password?
- How do I add an additional email address in Canvas?
- How do I add my cell phone number to Canvas to receive texts?
- How do I set my Notification Preferences?
- How do I configure Canvas Notifications in Facebook?
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Discussions and Announcements with Instructors and Peers
- How do I create a new Discussion?
- How do I start a Discussion with my Group?
- How do I reply to a Discussion post?
- Why can't I see other responses to the Discussion?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a Discussion reply?
- How do I insert an image file in a Discussion reply?
- How do I subscribe to a course podcast?
- How are Announcements listed?
- How do I view an Announcement feed?
- How can I get Announcements on Facebook?
- How can I get Announcements on my phone?
- How can I get Announcements on Twitter?
- How can I get Announcements through my email?
- How do I subscribe to an Announcement Feed?
- How do I reply to an Announcement?
- How do I create an Announcement?
- How do I add an external (RSS) feed to my Announcement?
- How do I delete an Announcement?
- How do I edit an Announcement?
- How do I link to course content, files, and images in my Announcement?
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Conversations with Instructors and Peers
- How do I adjust my Notification Preferences for Conversations?
- How do I access the Conversations Inbox?
- How is my Conversations Inbox organized?
- How do I find my unread messages in Conversations?
- How many messages are in this Conversation?
- What do comments from the SpeedGrader™ look like inside Conversations?
- How can I tell which course this Conversation belongs to?
- How do I privately respond to an individual in a larger Conversation?
- How do I forward a message from a Conversation?
- How do I delete a message from a Conversation?
- How do I unsubscribe myself from a Conversation?
- How do I archive a Conversation?
- How do I compose a message?
- How do I send a private message to my instructor?
- How do I send a private message to an individual?
- How do I send a message to multiple individuals?
- How do I start a Conversation with a Student Group?
- How do I send a message to my class?
- How do I delete a name from the To: field?
- Where is my original message in this Conversation?
- How do I attach a file to a message?
- How do I attach a media comment to my message?
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Using the Rich Content Editor
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Submitting Online Assignments
- What are Assignments?
- How do I view Assignments?
- How can I view my Assignments for only one course?
- What are the different Assignment types?
- How do I group Assignments by type in a course?
- How do I download Assignment instructions?
- How do I view the Rubric for an Assignment?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I upload a file to my Assignment submission?
- How do I add multiple files to my Assignment submission?
- How do I add images to my Assignment?
- How do I add media to my assignment?
- How do I know when I have turned my assignment in?
- How will I know when my Instructor has graded my Assignment?
- How do I view instructor comments?
- How do I view Rubric results for my Assignment?
- How do I communicate with my Instructor about Assignments?
- How do I submit an Assignment in behalf of my Group?
- What is a peer review Assignment?
- How do I submit a peer review to an Assignment?
- How do I submit a Turnitin Assignment?
- How do I view Turnitin results for an Assignment?
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Giving and Receiving Feedback
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Taking Quizzes
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Joining Course Collaborations
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Uploading, Viewing and Sharing Files
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Creating ePortfolios
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Using the Calendar
- What is the Calendar?
- How do I view the Calendar?
- How do I filter my Calendar view by course?
- How do I add a personal reminder to my Calendar?
- Where can I find the Calendar iCal feed?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar Feed using Outlook?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar Feed using Google Apps for Education?
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Interacting with People and Groups
- Who are the People in the course?
- What are Student Groups?
- How do I view Groups?
- How do I join a Student Group?
- Which Groups am I enrolled in?
- How do I create a Student Group?
- How do I store and share Files within my Group?
- How do I start a Discussion with my Group?
- How do I share a whiteboard with my Group?
- How do I send a message to a group?
- How do I chat in real time with my Group?
- How do I start a Collaboration with my Group?
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Using Chat
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Using Mobile Apps
- Will Canvas work on my mobile device?
- How do I access Canvas using a mobile browser?
- How do I download the Canvas for iOS app?
- How do I login to the Canvas for iOS app?
- How do I access Conversations on the Canvas for iOS app?
- How do I reply to a Discussion on the Canvas for iOS app?
- How do I submit Assignments on Canvas for iOS app?
- How do I subscribe to a Calendar feed on the Canvas for iOS app?