Canvas Interface Overview

Logging in to Canvas

• Go to https://canvas.csun.edu
• Login with your University ID and Password

Profile and user settings in Canvas

Updating your profile: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-9991-4152719730
Adding email addresses and mobile numbers for notifications: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10048-4152719736
Setting notification preferences: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10029-4152719738

Navigation in Canvas

Global navigation: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10164-4152719650
The dashboard: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10180-4152719656
Customizing your Courses list: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10184-4152719654
Course navigation: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10228-415263275

The Course Home Page

About the Course Home Page: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10231-4152719700
Setting the course homepage: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10458-4152724499

Making the course visible to students

Publishing a course: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10395-415257126

Announcements

Posting an announcement: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10405-415250731
Delayed posting of announcements: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10422-415250735

Using Discussions

Important terms:

• Discussions: The Discussions function (sometimes called Discussion Boards or Discussion Forums) is an asynchronous communication tool. A course may have one or more Discussions. Discussions may be organized by subject (e.g., Assignment 2 Discussion) or chronologically (e.g., Week 1 Discussion).
• Thread or Topic: Discussions are made up of topic threads. A thread is the initial post and the entire series of replies to that post within a Discussion.
• Post: A post is a Discussion entry posted to a thread or used to start a thread. Other terms used for this include discussion board message, or discussion reply. Some instructors may call the first post in a thread a “prompt”.

Creating a discussion: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-9937-4152724374
Reading replies: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10364-415264223
Replying to a discussion: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10125-415250010
Editing or deleting a discussion reply: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10128-415299891
Creating a content page: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10935-4152724253
Uploading and managing files: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10320-4152314203

Using the Assignment tool

Creating an Assignment: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-9873-415267003
Adding or editing  the details of an assignment: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10113-415241285
Grading Assignments, quizzes and discussions:
Accessing SpeedGrader: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10079-415255020
Using SpeedGrader: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10075-415255021

Quizzes

Creating a quiz: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10933-4152724267
Viewing student results on a quiz: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10212-415276769

Modules

The modules index page: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10289-4152322062
Adding a module: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10066-415241424
Adding content to a module (assignments, content pages, files): https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10087-415241427

Other Important Tasks

Viewing the course as a student: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10058-415261153
Viewing course enrollment: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10026-415255479
Copying content from another Canvas course: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10288-415257077
Using the Conversations (Inbox) Tool: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10074-4152719677