Canvas Basics Guide
The Canvas Basics Guide Links to an external site. introduces many of Canvas's features. From "What are Modules? Links to an external site." to "What are Announcements? Links to an external site.", the articles in the Guide are a great place to start learning about what Canvas has to offer. There are many more resources available in the Canvas community Links to an external site..
LinkedIn Learning Courses
Many full courses on how to use Canvas are available in LinkedIn Learning. For instance, sign-in to LinkedIn Learning with a OUNetID to access the following courses:
- Learning Canvas 2019 Links to an external site.
- Canvas: Tips, Tricks, & Techniques Links to an external site.
- Learning to Teach Online Links to an external site.
- Elearning Essentials: Instructional Design Links to an external site.
Advanced Tips
Duplicate Content in a Course
Several types of content can be duplicated in Canvas. For example:
- Pages Links to an external site.
- Assignments Links to an external site.
- Discussions Links to an external site.
- Modules Links to an external site.
Reuse Question Banks
Notably, Canvas Quizzes cannot be duplicated. The closes approximation to "duplicating" quiz content is by reusing Question Banks Links to an external site.. This approach allows questions to be integrated into any quiz, allowing for rapid quiz creation from the same content. Using this strategy requires question writing to take place in the Question Banks interface instead of the typical Quizzes interface.
Setup Canvas Profile
In Canvas, profiles are available to share background information with other users including field of study and research interests. Follow this guide Links to an external site. to upload a profile picture, biography, contact details, and/or links to personal or research websites.
Example Courses
Explore these courses and their use of Modules: