Links to Canvas videos, resources, and instructional pages.
Canvas / VCCS Webinar Recordings
You can copy course content such as assignments, modules, pages, and discussions from previous or current Canvas courses into existing courses.
Please only copy specific content and not the whole course.
Click the Select Content button.
Then choose what you wish to import.
Go to the following link for instructions: Select specific content to import
Instructors can hide totals in students' grade summaries. By default, totals are visible to students. For courses using weighted assignment groups, assignment group totals are also hidden from students.
OR instructors can decide to show these to students by turning this off.
In Course Navigation, click the Settings link.
Details about this option are located on the Canvas Community page.
Students may be able to see their grades on the dashboard in the Canvas Student App.
What do all the icons mean on the Grades page?
Below are some basic instructions to get your course up and running quickly.
Simple steps, with clear screen shots to help you.
Do you want to create a "column" in your gradebook for Mid-Term Grades, a manual grade of any kind, or for a final letter grade? Follow these directions: Creating a Grade Column for Total Points (Non-Weighted) Gradebook
An excellent resource for interactive tutorials: How To Canvas
Set Up Your Course in 7 Easy Steps
Course Combine Request Form
Please fill out this Google form to request to have multiple sections of the same course combined into a single section. This must be done prior to the term start date. Since requests are processed in batch in the order in which they were received, please indicate on the form if these needs to be done immediately.
List of items to start the semester off right:
Review your Gradebook for any items that carry forward:
Here are some checklists to use when finishing up the semester in Canvas.
https://infocanvas.upenn.edu/2020/05/18/end-of-semester-checklist/
https://canvas-support.emory.edu/use/end-semester.html
https://esail.tamu.edu/faculty-services/canvas-support/canvas-end-of-semester-checklist/
https://www.instructure.com/resources/blog/canvas-tips-and-tricks-end-semester-wrap
https://blogs.chapman.edu/academics/2023/12/18/end-of-semester-canvas-checklist-2/
Double check all grades: https://learn.canvas.cornell.edu/process-checklist-grading/
Course Conclusion:
Courses in Canvas are set to automatically conclude based on the end dates of the term in the system. When a course concludes, it goes through some changes. The course enters a Read Only mode for users. The End Date used is dependent on the term settings for that semester. You can view your course settings under Settings within a course. By default, courses are set to conclude for Students on the same end date set in SIS.
Student View:
When a course concludes for students, the course will move from their Active Course Menu to their Prior Course Menu. To enter the course, they will need to click on “View All Courses” under the course menu or use the Grades link.
They will no longer be able to submit assignments, post discussions or utilize Canvas tools within that course. They can still see their assignments, course resources, feedback, quiz results and grades. It is important to take steps to protect course information you do not want students to continue to have access to after the end date.
Current Term Settings in Canvas:
The terms are set in SIS. These dates determine when a course can be accessed by the different user roles. Courses enter a concluded (read only) state for students once the course end date has been reached. These dates are set for the term as DCC / VCCS determines the best access time frames for courses. Instructors can request the Course start and end dates be altered for a particular course by sending an email to canvas@danville.edu.
As the end of the semester approaches, it's time to start thinking about wrapping things up. Here are some important tasks to complete before the semester ends:
Finalize Grades within Canvas:
Assign a score of 0 to all ungraded assignments.
Backup of the grade book.
Exporting your course content (if you wish)
We recommend exporting your course structure at the end of the semester if you’ve made changes since it started. This process will create a file that contains information about your course shell, such as assignments, content pages, quizzes, modules and files. THIS WILL NOT EXPORT STUDENT WORK OR INTERACTIONS.
Do you know that your Syllabus can be front and center? Students will not miss it! Just embed it on a page! Already loaded in your courses, this option is set and ready for you to complete. It is available in all new courses. Follow the instructions below, and you will have an embedded document.
Learn about structure and organization.
With online courses, it is important that students always have a clear understanding of what is expected of them and how they should properly progress through the course. This is also important for any materials that are distributed via Canvas for traditional face-to-face courses, but for online students, a course lacking sufficient guidance and information can be particularly stressful and problematic for both the student and the instructor.
Chunk your content: https://www.uab.edu/elearning/news/faculty-best-practices-news/chunking-module-content
Start off with a Zero Module: https://kb.wisc.edu/instructional-resources/120266
Example of a Module 0: https://topr.online.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mod0_Rupert.html