Instructor Guidance for Canvas

Your Canvas site is the primary point of contact that students will have when reviewing course material and completing/submitting assignments--for an Ecampus class, of course, it is their primary point of contact with the class materials and with you. It's therefore essential that Canvas sites meet certain basic requirements. 

Buttons

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SP3q66bDVzlVt4aOcLWf_vapUxZoHRQ5 Links to an external site.

Creating Canvas Courses

Most of us create our course by copying over content from a previous term (our own or another instructor's version of the same site: talk to your (A)DTLE for help on this or any course creation concerns! If you decide to create a new course "from scratch" here are templates for online and in person classes that can be helpful: https://learn.oregonstate.edu/canvas/canvas-faculty-tools/canvas-templates 

Links and Embedded Content

When creating content in Canvas, faculty can place links to materials directly in the content and embed videos directly into the page. These can help tie course content together and help students stay focused on the course. Use the instructions below to learn more.

• Create a video using Kaltura Capture Links to an external site. and embed the video in Canvas Links to an external site.
• Upload a document file to Canvas Links to an external site. and link to the document in Canvas content Links to an external site.
• Upload an image file to Canvas Links to an external site. and embed the image in Canvas Links to an external site.

Discussions and Groups

For large courses, you may want to break up the class into smaller groups for more manageable discussions. To achieve this in Canvas, you must first create student Groups in Canvas. It is easiest to create these groups randomly. Additionally, since groups are static after they have been formed, it is best to wait until after the add/drop date for the term has passed before creating your groups. Learn about creating Canvas Groups and then creating Group Discussions below.

• Automatically create groups Links to an external site.
• Manually create groups Links to an external site.
• Create group discussions Links to an external site.

Canvas Quizzes

Canvas quizzes are quizzes students take through Canvas. Most Canvas quiz questions are automatically graded. Learn the basics of Canvas quizzes using the information below.

• Getting started with Canvas quizzes
• Question types available
  • Multiple choice Links to an external site.
  • True/False Links to an external site.
  • Fill-in-the-Blank Links to an external site.
  • Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks Links to an external site.
  • Multiple Answers Links to an external site.
  • Multiple Drop-down Links to an external site. (can be used for Likert scale Links to an external site.)
  • Matching Links to an external site.
  • Numerical Answer Links to an external site.
  • Formula (simple formula Links to an external site. and single variable Links to an external site.)
  • Essay Links to an external site.
  • File Upload Links to an external site.