Course

Growing with Canvas


Growing with Canvas is a self-paced training course to introduce the main Canvas tools. You can self-enroll through the Canvas learning system.…

Organizing Content in Canvas


Canvas has several tools for adding content to your course: Pages: Canvas-specific pages created within Canvas or imported from Commons Files: PDFs,…

templates

Meet Canvas Commons


Commons is a learning object repository (LOR) that enables educators to find, import, and share learning resources in their Canvas courses. Commons…

Managing Your Canvas Site


Canvas has many features and tools for teaching a course. But you also need these “under the hood” functions for managing your course…

Getting Started with Canvas Basics


Course AccessTo access your PSU Canvas account, go to canvas.pdx.edu. You will be prompted to authenticate with your PSU Odin name and password. This…

Communicating in Canvas


Canvas has several ways to communicate with your students. Here are two of them: Announcements are course-wide. Inbox messages may be private…

Assignments in Canvas


Assignments in Canvas is both a specific kind of assessment and any Canvas activity associated with a grade. This video provides a basic overview:……

Student Interactions in Canvas


Student interaction plays an important role in learning and overall sense of community. Whether you’re teaching fully online, blended, or in-person,…

Discussions in Canvas


Discussions are threaded conversations on a single topic. They are asynchronous, which means participants do not have to be online at the same time,…

Using the Home Page in Canvas


When students log in to your course for the first time, they need something friendly and welcoming that orients them and explicitly communicates what…