W.W. Norton Overview
W.W. Norton Accessibility Options W.W. Norton Privacy Policy W.W. Norton publishes books and educational resources for both instructors and students. Note: This application uses the same tools that Canvas already supplies at no extra cost to the student. The W. W, Notron company, however, uses a student pay mod…
Cengage Learning Mindlinks Overview
Cengage Accessibility Statement Cengage Privacy Policy Cengage Learning Mindlinks is an educational content, technology, and services application that provides instructors with tools to advance student’s engagement. It offers both print and digital textbooks, instructor supplements, online reference databases, a…
Simple things to do with a Canvas course
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Hosting Videos in Canvas
Embedding External Video Materials Although you can hyperlink to existing video content on the web, embedding it within pages on your course site makes the experience a smoother one for students. You can easily embed YouTube videos in your course site using the Rich Content Editor. You can also embed video content…
OER Commons Overview
OER Commons accessibility statement coming soon OER Commons Privacy Policy OER Commons is a freely accessible online library that allows teachers and others to search for and discover open educational resources and other available instructional materials. Adding the desired OER resources as an external URL is a…
Canvas Office365 Overview
Microsoft Office Accessibility Statement Microsoft Office Privacy Statement Office365 is a cloud-based software that allows you to work anywhere, anytime, and on any device. All students and instructors are given access through FSU. Includes Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, and much more. Instructor resources…
Canvas Examsoft Overview
No ExamSoft Accessibility statement available ExamSoft Privacy Policy ExamSoft is an embedded assessment platform designed to help instructors create, administer, and analyze exams in one place. ExamSoft has currently been installed for the Department of Psychology, Law School, Medical School, and FSU Panama Cit…
Squarecap Overview
Squarecap Accessibility Information Squarecap Privacy Policy Squarecap is an application that allows face-to-face classes to take attendance, give quizzes, and stimulate classroom participation while also integrating with your Canvas course site, including syncing grades with your Canvas Gradebook. Squarecap is …
Kaltura Playlist Overview
Videos posted in your course's Media Gallery can be further organized into playlists based on criteria of your choice. This article will show you how to put those playlists together and how to edit them once they're in place. Specifically, this overview covers: * How to create a Kaltura playlist * How to edit p…
Design Tools: Getting started
CiDi Labs Design Tools provides a powerful tool set for creating eye-catching, accessible, and informative course content in Canvas that displays well across a variety of devices. To get started with using Design Tools, we recommend you begin with pre-formed page templates. These templates can be used anywhere that y…
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11/22/2024: Canvas Outage 500 Page Error [RESOLVED] Resolved [Posted 11/22/2024 at 1:29 pm ET] At 12:43 pm on 11/22/2024 Instructure reports the incident has been resolved. For the full timeline of the error, please see the Canvas System Status Page. Monitoring At 12:34 pm on 11/22/2024 A fix has been implemented and Instructure is monitoring the results. For the full timeline of the error, please see the Canvas System Status Page. Investigating [Posted 11/22/2024 at 12:24 pm ET] At 12:15 pm on 11/22/2024 Canvas has experienced an outage of service. Some users may be encountering 500 page errors in Canvas. Instructure is currently investigating the issue. For the full timeline of the error, please see the Canvas System Status Page.
11/20/2024: Hypothes.is Scheduled Maintenance and Outage Saturday Pending [Posted 11/20/2024 at 2:04 pm ET] Saturday, November 30th from 3:00 to 5:00 am ET Hypothes.is At 3:00 to 5:00 am ET on Saturday, 11/30/2024, Hypthes.is will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance. During this time, the platform will be unavailable.
11/19/2024: Some Canvas Users Experiencing a 500 Error [RESOLVED] Resolved [Posted 11/18/2024 at 9:55 pm ET] At 9:55 pm on 11/18/2024 Canvas reported the situation has been fully resolved. For the full timeline of the error, please see the Canvas System Status Page. Monitoring [Posted 11/18/2024 at 9:36 pm ET] At 9:36 pm on 11/18/2024 Canvas implemented a fix to the 500 error some United States users were experiencing in Canvas. To ensure the fix was successful they remained monitoring the situation. For the full timeline of the error, please see the Canvas System Status Page. Investigating [Posted 11/18/2024 at 9:06 pm ET] At 9:06 pm on 11/18/2024 Canvas was aware and started investigating a reported error of some United States users experiencing a 500 error while in Canvas. This error seems to have impacted some students by kicking them out of their exams. For the full timeline of the error, please see the Canvas System Status Page.
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