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Show Announcements on Home Page
This guide will show you how to change your Settings to show Announcements on the Home page of your course.
How to Start a Zoom Meeting From Canvas
This guide will help you start your Zoom meeting from Canvas. If you need general Zoom support not specifically using Canvas, such as account or licensing information, software updates, integrations with other software (Outlook), and using the HIPAA client please see these…
How to Schedule a Zoom Meeting in Canvas
Zoom meetings and office hours for courses can be scheduled in Canvas. To begin, if you don't see Zoom Meetings on the Course Navigation menu you will need to add it. Scheduling your Zoom meetings in Canvas will provide a clickable link on the Syllabus page and the Calendar for the course. If…
Creating and Using Canvas Pages
The Pages feature in Canvas allows users to present content and educational resources in one place. Pages allow users to frame content within greater course goals and break content into relevant smaller sections.
Anonymous Grading Feature
Canvas supports anonymous grading of assignments, quizzes, and papers.
Grading an Assignment with SpeedGrader
SpeedGrader is the Canvas grading tool. SpeedGrader is associated with every assignment and provides you with a strong diverse tool set to provide rich feedback to students.
Grading a Quiz with SpeedGrader
Using SpeedGrader to evaluate and grade quizzes that have essay and short answer questions.
Comparing Instructor & Student Gradebook Views
This page provides views of the Gradebook for Instructors, and also shows what students see in their view of Grades. Note that the student view is different, and it is helpful to remind them where to find the feedback you provide in SpeedGrader as well as the annotations made on their…
Grading a Discussion with SpeedGrader
When you make your discussion graded you will be able to view each student's response and their replies to their classmates in the SpeedGrader interface. You will also be able to grade their post and comments within SpeedGrader.