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Canvas course shells are made available to faculty according to the following schedule:

1. Summer Courses: March 1
2. 秋季课程:5月1日
3. 春季课程:11月. 1

If you are just starting with Canvas, you might want to take a look at the full Canvas Documentation.  Or, if you just need to find a quick answer, these are the most commonly asked questions we see.  

Common Canvas Course Setup Tasks

• First Steps in Canvas
• Create Course Materials
• 使用 Microsoft Office Features
• 分级
• 小测验
• Working with Publisher Tools
• Make Your Course Available To Students

First Steps in Canvas

• 获取K8彩乐园程序 Canvas Teacher (IOS), Canvas Teacher (Android), Canvas Student (IOS), Canvas Student (Android), 变焦, 微软团队
• 登入Canvas网址: http://una.instructure.com using your UNA username 和 Password
• 参观 How to 使用 Canvas 和 CIDILabs course  (CIDI Labs allows you to use themed templates in your course.)
• 帆布视频指南
• Canvas 使用r Guides (manuals, videos, etc.)
• 设置你的 配置文件 和 通知
• Control which courses you see in your course list
• 给 your courses nicknames
• Add an image to a course card in the Dashboard

Create Course Materials

• Upload your Syllabus into 简单的教学大纲
• Copy/import a course or course content
• Adjust Assignment Dates in Bulk
• 使用 油画工作室 to create videos (Don’t forget to generate captions!)
• 使用 模块 to organize material 如 资料、文件, 链接. 
• 复制一个模块
• 复制一个模块 item
• 创建分配. Creating an Assignment creates a 成绩单发布 列.  Be sure to select a Submission Type of “No Submission” if you do not expect students to submit work in Canvas.
• 使用 Turnitin to detect plagiarism in student submissions.
• Assign Assignments/小测验 to individual students
• Adjust Assignment Dates in Bulk
• Hide Navigation elements you don’t use
• 使用 Attendance Tool (Roll Call). Be sure to decide if you want it to count as a grade
• 导出课程  to share with colleagues

使用 Microsoft Office Features

• How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
• How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration as an instructor?
• How do I view my Microsoft Office 365 files in Canvas as an instructor?
• How do I create a cloud assignment with a Microsoft Office 365 file?
• Share OneDrive files in 模块: Click on the 模块 link, select the + icon under the desired Module, 和 choose External Tool. Click on the link for Office 365, choose the file, 和 click Attach File.

分级

• 使用 Assignment Groups (categories) 和 加权成绩
• 使用 SpeedGrader to grade 和 comment on Assignments, Discussions, 小测验.

• 使用成绩单
• Specify if grades are automatically visible to students by setting a grade posting policy.
• 使用 匿名评分 和 主持分级 特性

• 使用 Points versus Percentages in the Gradebook

• Set Default Grades for an assignment
• Set automatic grade policies for 失踪的提交 or 晚提交
• Exporting Grade to CSV/Excel
• 给 extra credit in a course

小测验

• 使用 Respondus Campus-Wide Test Generation software to create quizzes 
• 给 a student extended time to take or access quizzes 
• Create a quiz with a question group to r和omize quiz questions
• Require the Respondus Lockdown Browser or Respondus Monitor (automated proctoring) for your quizzes. (Don’t forget to add a 测试策略 和 指令 为学生)
• 请查看 Respondus Webinars 和 Product Training
• When copying a course or making changes to quizzes that use Lockdown Browser or Monitor, you must visit the Lockdown Browser Dashboard in your course to automatically update the Lockdown Browser settings.
• Once your students have taken quizzes, you can use Quiz Logs to troubleshoot/analyze their Quiz access  

Working with Publisher Tools

• 连接 Your Canvas Course with Various Publisher Tools

Make Your Course Available To Students

• Check your course content for broken 链接 with the Canvas link validator
• Once the semester starts, don’t forget to Publish your course so students can see it!
• Don’t forget to publish your 模块 及其他材料
• 给 students early access to your course or extend course availability. 即使出版了, courses open 和 close for students based on term dates, unless you change those dates.
• Send students a welcome message (Course must be published in order for students to receive messages). Choose “Send an individual message to each recipient” to Blind Carbon Copy
• View your course as a student