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Canvas Quizzes
This guide will walk you through the various facets of Canvas Quizzes including creating a Canvas quiz; adding questions to quizzes and groups; creating quiz banks; and moderating quizzes for AEC (Accessible Education Center) accommodations. It will also cover grading quizzes using SpeedGrader and…
Instructor Added Questions
Starting Winter 2023, instructors can add up to two of their own questions to UO Student Experience Surveys. Instructors can add and edit their own questions before the survey opens for students. The questions appear at the end of the survey for students. To access instructions for creating and…
Add Instructor Image to Student Experience Survey
Instructors can add a small photo to be displayed alongside the links to their student experience surveys. If uploaded, the photo will be displayed to students on their landing page, making it easier to identify which surveys are for which instructors. This is especially helpful for…
Schedule When a Canvas Page will be Published
Canvas allows you to create a Page and then schedule when you'd like to publish it. This feature gives you the flexibility to create Pages in advance that then will be published automatically on the date you select. Students will only see the Page (even when it's included in a published Module)…
Setting up a Shared Document in OneDrive to be Shared in Canvas
Want to give your students a shared document to collaborate on? Use OneDrive to create your document and share it with your students in Canvas.
Canvas Academic & Community Instances
Wondering what the difference is between the Academic instance of Canvas and the Community instance? This How-To will walk you through using either instance of Canvas at the University of Oregon.
Canvas Dashboard: Adding and Removing Favorite Courses
The Canvas Dashboard can display your favorite courses. If you can't view your courses on your Canvas Dashboard, you may need to favorite the course in your Courses list. If you are seeing old courses on your Dashboard, you’ll need to unfavorite them.
Using Respondus
Respondus is a third party tool used to convert a Word document into a quiz or test bank in Canvas. This software works on PCs only and is available to all UO faculty and GEs.
Submitting a Panopto Video Assignment
Panopto is used for assignments requiring a video or audio podcast submission. Assignments includes both Canvas Assignments and Canvas Discussions. This document describes how to submit an assignment using Canvas and Panopto. For tips on recording with Panopto, please see the page Recording a…
Panopto Basics for Students
In most courses Panopto videos are used to provide required or supplemental course content. There are some courses that require a video or podcast be submitted for an assignment. The information below supports students’ use of Panopto, including troubleshooting video access issues, recording videos…