SJSU iSchool Canvas Student Tutorials

Welcome to the tutorials page for learning how to use the Canvas learning environment.

About the Tutorials

This area contains tutorials taking you through the various parts of a course site in the Canvas learning environment.

Getting Started
Canvas At-A-Glance In this short video, iSchool students are introduced to the Canvas Learning Management System.	View Video
Overview of Canvas Provides a broad overview of the Canvas environment for Students (View Video)	View Guide
Joining Student Groups Instructions for joining student groups in Canvas	View Guide
General Canvas Information
Browser Settings Supported browsers, Flash plug-in and browser privacy settings are discussed in this guide. If you are having trouble with content loading in your Canvas course please check this guide.	View Guide
Calendar Calendar is used for reminding students of graded Assignments with specific due dates. You can sync the calendar with other areas of the course. All of yur course assignments will be in one place with the calendar. (View Video)	View Guide
Dashboard The Dashboard is the first thing you will see when you log into Canvas. The Dashboard helps you see what is happening in all your courses and allows you to figure out what to do next.	View Guide
Email You can communicate with other people in your course at any time. Email will also compiles all messages sent throughout Canvas, including comments left on student assignments.	View Guide
Navigation Navigation is a series of links on your screen that help you get to where you want to go inside of the Canvas platform.	View Guide
Notifications Notification Preferences allow users to select how and when they want to be notified when various events occur within a course. (View Video)	View Guide
Using Rich Content Editor Canvas has a simple, yet powerful, word processor that is available anytime for creating new content (assignments, announcement, discussions, blogs etc.) within Canvas. (View Video)	View Guide
Profile & Personal Settings The Settings navigation link is where you can easily update and see the different users and sections. (View Video)	View Guide
Areas of a Course
Announcements Announcements allow instructors to communicate with students about course activities and post interesting course-related topics.	View Guide
Assignments Assignments include Quizzes, graded Discussions, and online submissions (i.e. files, images, text, URLs, etc.) (View Video)	View Guide
View and Save Assignment Feedback Instructors may choose to include comments directly in the assignment using annotations, or inline comments. By using Crocodocs, you are able to view and save the feedback.	View Guide
Collaborations Canvas leverages technologies like Google Docs and EtherPad allow multiple users to work together on the same document at the same time. Collaborative documents are saved in real-time, meaning a change made by any of its users will be immediately visible to everyone.	View Guide
Conferences Provides an interface for creating and accessing live meetings using the Canvas conferencing tool, as well as accessing recordings of past meetings. NOTE: not to be confused with Blackboard Collaborate	View Guide
Discussions Canvas provides an integrated system for class discussions, allowing both instructors and students to start and contribute to as many discussion topics as desired.	View Guide
Grades Grades can serve as a communication tool between students and instructors and allow instructors to track the progress of students. (View Video)	View Grades Guide
Modules Modules are a way for instructors to organize the content of your course.	View Guide
People Allows you to view a roster of participants in the course and provides easy email access to participants	View Guide
Quizzes Allows you to take online assessments for the course created by your instructor. (View Video)	View Guide

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