Faculty Manuals - Part 1 of 2

Please find below the links to the Canvas platform user manuals for the Faculty Team

• Link to Training Session on November 8, 2019 Video Recording
• Link to Training Session on November 8, 2019 Video Recording Transcript
• Link to Training Session Chat Transcript
• Canvas Guide and Resource for Support Team (in PDF for Download)

Canvas Guides and Resources

• Overview of Canvas Interface
• How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?
• How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an instructor?
• How do I get help with Canvas?

• Modules and Course Content
• What are Modules for Instructors?

• How do I use Draft State in Modules?

• How do I use Files as an Instructor?
• Assignments

• How do I create an assignment?
• Pages
• How do I create a new page in a course?
• How do I edit a page in a course?
• Rich Content Editor
• How do I add and modify text in the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I add a text header as a module item?
• How do I add an external URL as a module item?

• Course Settings
• Course Navigation
• How do I use the Course Navigation Menu as an instructor?
• How do I manage Course Navigation links?
• How do I view a course as a test student using Student View?
• External Apps (LTI)
• How do I add an external app in a course?

• Personal Settings
• How do I change the settings in my user account as an instructor?
• How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor?

• Inbox / Conversations
• How do I use Conversations as an instructor?
• How do I send a message to a user in a course in Conversations as an instructor?
• How do I send a message to all course users in Conversations as an instructor?

• Calendar
• How do I use the Calendar as an instructor?
• How do I add an event to a course calendar?
• How do I add an assignment from the Calendar?
• How do I add a Scheduler appointment group in a course calendar?

Accessibility and Design Resources

• Accessibility within Canvas
• General Accessibility Design Guidelines
• How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor?
• Canvas Terminology
• Instructional Designers Blog
• InstUI: Instructure’s Style Guide 2.0 [Blog Post]
• instructure-ui: https://instructure.design/

HTML Whitelist for the RCE: https://s3.amazonaws.com/tr-learncanvas/docs/Canvas_HTML_Whitelist.pdf