Instructor Tutorials
We’ve compiled a range of tutorials to help you get started and troubleshoot common tasks. You can scroll through the full list below, or use your browser’s search function (Ctrl+F on Windows or Command+F on Mac) to quickly find a specific topic.
If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you can also utilize the Canvas Instructor Guides for more in-depth support.
Getting Started
- Customizing Course Navigation
- Edit Account Settings & Account Notification | Video
- Introduction to Canvas | Video
- Review, Organize, Edit D2L Migrated Courses
- Understanding the Canvas Dashboard
Course Setup and Configuration
- Banner and Canvas
- Customizing Account Settings
- Customizing Course Settings
- Enable or Disable Annoucements for Homepage
- Favorite or Unfavorite a Course (similar to pinning your course)
- How do I set a Front Page in a course?
- Master and Practice Courses
- Publishing & Unpublishing a Course
- Differentiate Your Courses with Nicknames
Course Mangement
- About Terms/Dates/Instructor of Record
- Bulk Adjust Due Dates and Availability Dates
- Importing/Copying Courses | Video
- Managing Files for Course and Account | Video
- Using the Course Calendar | Video
User Management
- Adding People to My Course
- Manging Course Roles and Permissions
- Remove People From My Course (including myself)
Communication & Engagement
- Using the Inbox to Email Students/Groups
- Using the Course Chat Feature to Communicate with Students
- Course Evaluations Access for Instructors and Students
Modules: Building and Organizing Content
- How Do I Use Modules in Canvas | Video
- How to Add a Quiz to a Module
- How to Add Content to a Module
- How to Add External URLs to a Module
- How to Add External Tools to a Module
- Prerequisites or Requirements for Modules
- Publish Modules
- Reorder Modules
- How can I send a module to another instructor
- Using Page for Course Content | Video
Assignments
- Add a rubric to an assignment
- Adding Hyperlinks in the Rich Content Editor (RCE) | Video
- Creating Assignment | Video
- How to embed, upload, and record Panopto Videos in Canvas
- How do I download assignment submissions?
- Publishing an Assignment
Discussions
- Creating discussions | Video
- Groups discussions
- Publish a discussion
- How to add a rubric to a discussion
- Set up and grade a discussion
Assessments
- Creating New Quizzes in Canvas | Video
- How do I moderate a student's quiz attempt in New Quizzes? (applies to a single chosen quiz)
- Item Banks in New Quizzes
- Quiz accommodations (applies to all quizzes in a specific course for a student)
Grading Setup and Management
- Create/Associate grade schemes
- Creating assignments groups & weighting gradebook
- Drop the lowest grade in the gradebook by using grading rules
- Gradebook Overview | Video
- How do I give extra credit in a course
- Managing Late Submissions
- More grading tutorials
Grading Tools and Features
- How do I hide grade "totals" in my students' grade summaries?
- Using Rubrics for Grading | Video
- Providing Feedback with SpeedGrader | Video
Grade Posting and Data Management
Collaboration & Group Work
Analytics & Course Insights
Additional Features
Third-Party Tools
- Gradescope
- iClicker
- Panopto
- Peermark
- Respondus
- StudyMate Campus
- Turnitin
- Webex
- Yuja Panorama (Accessbility Tool)
- Where to find LTIs in my Canvas Course
Service Requests (Process Time May Vary)
Still need help? Visit the Canvas Instructor Resource Page for more tutorials and answers to common questions or email canvas@montana.edu for support.