Canvas Faculty Resources

Winter 2019 courses will be archived on March 1, 2021. After this date, these courses will no longer appear in your Canvas account. 

Useful Resources

Export a copy of your course

Download a copy of your gradebook 

• Text-based Guides

  • Canvas Course Removal Dates for Faculty [pdf]

    Canvas Quick Guide For Instructors [pdf]

    Canvas Instructor Guides

    Publish or Unpublish Course Contents on Canvas [pdf]

    Downloading Grades [pdf]

    Combining Canvas Courses [pdf]

    Copy a Canvas Course [pdf]

    Student Context Card [pdf]

    Canvas Outcomes for Assessment [pdf]

    Personalize a Canvas Course [pdf]

    Customizing the Canvas Course List [pdf]

    Adding Closed Captions to a Video on Canvas [pdf]

    Publishing/Unpublishing a Course [pdf]

    Enabling Turnitin for Assignments in Canvas [pdf]

    Syncing the Canvas Calendar [pdf]

    Information on Notifications/Default Settings [pdf]

    Change Canvas homepage layout [pdf]

    Redirect Tool Tutorial [pdf]

    Canvas App: Android Guides

    Canvas App: iOS Guides

    Canvas App: MagicMarker

    Canvas App: Polling

    Import SJSU Template to Course in Canvas

• Video-based Guides

  • How to create quizzes in Canvas

    How to extend time and attempts in Canvas quiz

    Copy a course in Canvas

    View Course Analytics

    Access course files in Canvas

    Gradebook in Canvas

    Discussions in Canvas

    Profile Settings

    Announcements in Canvas

    Modules in Canvas

    Creating Assignments in Canvas

    Creating pages on Canvas

    Change Canvas homepage layout

    Publishing/Unpublishing a Course

    Creating a Rubric in Canvas

    Creating Outcomes in Canvas

    Syllabus tool in Canvas

    Creating Collaborations in Canvas

    Using media tools in Canvas

    Adding Closed Captions to a Video on Canvas

    Mastery Paths Overview

• Additional Resources

  • Sample Courses in Canvas

    Mastery Paths in Canvas

    Updating Grades

    Canvas Application Program Interface (API)

    Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)

    Integrating Library Course Reserves in Canvas

    Library Resources for Canvas

    Custom Course Request Form

    Clear Your Browser's Cache

    Canvas Tips and Tricks [pdf]

Download Adobe Reader