You can use the ‘List view’ on your Canvas Dashboard to see a list of all of your events, assignments and tasks in a linear, itinerary format. You can also add to-do items to your list and even find Zoom links very easily.
To change your Dashboard view on Canvas to the List view:
Take a look at the video below to find out more:
Changing your avatar in Outlook is simple, and it’s an easy way to personalise your emails and make your communications easy to recognise.
Watch our Tech Tip to find out how to change your avatar in Outlook.
Adding an avatar to your Canvas account is a great way to personalise any communications you send out. It’s really helpful for students too, because it helps students to recognise your messages.
It takes a couple of minutes to add a picture to your Canvas account, and you don’t need to add a picture of yourself – it can be an avatar, drawings or artwork if you prefer.
Follow the steps below to add a picture to your Canvas account.
In this tech tip for staff, I’ll show you how to edit subtitles directly within Planet eStream. This is useful to make quick edits and changes to existing captions.
Watch the video above or follow the intructions below.
In our previous tech tip, What’s the difference between Sections and Groups on Canvas?, we outlined the differences between sections and groups in Canvas, and the powerful ways you can use these tools on your course.
We’ve prepared two videos for you to start setting up sections on your course and using them to create announcements, assignments and events for specific sections on your course.
If you’d like further help, please contact us at LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk
There is a text alternative to the information presented in the video below.
Groups are like a smaller version of your course and are used as a collaborative tool where students can work together on group projects and assignments.
As an instructor, use groups to:
For more information about Groups, visit the Canvas Guides group section (Links to an external site.).
Sections in Canvas are used to segment the class list for administrative purposes, typically based on teaching fellow assignment or meeting time.
Once you create sections, you can:
The Canvas Guides (Links to an external site.) have answers to frequently asked questions about sections.
Using the Canvas Calendar, Syllabus and To Do list is an easy way to keep students engaged with your course.
The Syllabus and student ‘To Do’ list show a summary of any course items that have a date or time assigned to them. For example an assignment will have a due date, so this will automatically appear in a student’s Syllabus and ‘To Do’ list. Items which can be given dates include assignments, pages, calendar events and quizzes.
The Canvas syllabus page includes the Course Summary which shows all content with dates across your course. This is a great way for students to gain an overview of the course and what is required of them. It can be accessed from the course navigation menu or the syllabus (course dates) button if you have one on the course home page.
As a staff member your ‘To Do’ list will be different from the student’s. For example your list may show that you need to Grade an assignment, where the student’s list will show that they need to submit. If groups or individuals have different due dates these will display accordingly to the user. Staff can check the student ‘To Do’ list of a test student simply by entering student view when on the course homepage.
Population of the ‘to do’ list happens automatically when you add content with dates into your course. To assign a date and time to any page in your course, when editing the page, simply tick the ‘add to student To Do’ checkbox and add a date and time before saving the page.
Dates are added to other items during the setup process, for example when creating an assignment. Follow the guides below to setup these items which will then appear in the Syllabus Course Summary and ‘To Do’ lists.
For help using any of the Canvas features above, please contact us at LTHelp@gsa.ac.uk
