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Accessing SpeedGrader
SpeedGrader is the Canvas grading tool. It allows you to quickly grade individual or group assignments, quizzes, and discussions. You can access SpeedGrader through the Assignment, Quiz, or Discussion that you are grading.
Copying Panopto Videos
Instructors have the ability to copy Panopto videos from previous courses into new Canvas courses in two different ways: batch copy or individual video copy. When the Panopto Copy tool (batch copy) is used, all the videos in the original course's Panopto folder and any subfolders are copied to the…
How to Download Canvas Modules
Using one of our learning modules, or found your own? Learn how to download and import that module into your Canvas course with 7 easy steps.
Overview of the Rich Content Editor (RCE)
This guide will show you some tips to using the Canvas Rich Content Editor. The Rich Content Editor (RCE) is the content editor that is available anytime for creating new content in features that support the editor (Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, or Syllabus).
Calendar FAQs
The following are some of the questions we frequently get asked about the Calendar in Canvas. For a full list of FAQs from Canvas, check out these Canvas Guides from Instructure: Calendar How do I add important dates to the Calendar? When creating Assignments, the Due Dates are…
Assignment FAQs
The following are some of the questions we frequently get asked about Canvas Assignments. For a full list of FAQs from Canvas, check out the Canvas Guides from Instructure.
Panopto - Adding a YouTube Video to a Panopto Video
It is fairly common for instructors to have a YouTube video embedded in a Powerpoint or Keynote slide show. For presentations in the classroom, this works very well. When converting that in-class presentation to a "voice over PowerPoint" video using Panopto, the YouTube video will not be…
Panopto Video Assignments
The ability to submit videos as assignments using Panopto Capture is available to students. Here are the steps for creating and grading Panopto video assignments. Students can learn more about submitting Panopto video assignments on the Submitting a Video Assignment How-To.
Adding a Preview Image to Panopto Videos
Panopto will display the first image in the video as the Preview Image in Panopto. This image, in many cases, is not informative about the video. In Panopto we can add a Preview Image to appear as the title for the video. Here is an example of a video with no preview image and a video with a…
Recording a Video Using Panopto Capture
You can use Panopto Capture to create a video of just yourself. To record a video using PowerPoint slides or screen capture, see our Creating Voiceover PowerPoint Videos Using Panopto document.