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:…


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…