Canvas development sites are limited to FSU's faculty, instructional staff, and support staff. To request a Canvas development site, please [fill out our webform][1]: [https://odl.fsu.edu/canvasdev][1]. We will review all requests and reply within one full business day. When prompted to login, make sure to use yo...
Canvas gives you many options for communicating with your students - through [Announcements][1], [Conversations][2] (internal Canvas messaging tool similar to email), [chat][3] (communication in real time), and [web-conferencing][4]. _**Please note: we do not recommend using chat because its messages are not private.*...
## Cases where a Canvas course site is a good fit 1. If your organization site is an academic organization that provides information, announcements, and/or surveys to participants and/or enrolls users each term using automatic enrollments. 2. If your organization site is a course of some sort, i.e. student orienta...
Canvas allows you to integrate video and other types of media into your content pages within the Rich Content Editor. You can also add caption files to videos using this tool. _Please note that the following instructions only apply to videos directly uploaded into your Canvas page via the Canvas Media Tool - these inst...
If you're interested in including music or podcasts in your Canvas course, you have a few options, such as [using Kaltura to host files][1] as well as [directly uploading those files to Canvas][2]. Another option available to you for including media in your Canvas pages is to embed a Spotify player into your Canvas pag...
The best way to change your name in Canvas is to adjust your preferred name in other FSU systems so that your desired name will be reflected consistently across FSU systems. Once you see the change reflected on [your FSU MyProfile page][1], approximately 24-48 hours later your updated name should then display consisten...
This issue only impacts assignments that use [Turnitin's LTI integration][1]. Assignments that use the more streamlined [Turnitin Direct][2] integration are not affected. There is a known issue with Turnitin submissions not appearing in the Canvas SpeedGrader or Gradebook and only appearing in Turnitin's Assignment In...
You may [add participants to your organization manually][1], [send participants a secret URL join code][2], or [contact ODL to set up batch enrollments][3] for very large groups. ## Option 1: Add participants manually 1. Click **People** on the navigation menu. ![][4] 2. Click the **+ People** button to add pe...
In order to export your New Gradebook from Canvas, you will want to navigate to **Grades** from the Course Navigation Menu. From here, select **Actions** in the upper left of the New Gradebook, and then select **Export **from the drop-down menu. The New Gradebook can only be exported as a .csv file. ![][1] Further re...
## FAQs 1. [Can I customize my course site in Canvas?][1] 2. [Can I edit or customize the course navigation menu in my Canvas course site?][2] 3. [What settings and features are available at the course level?][3] 4. [How do I import the default Home page into my course from Commons?][4] 5. [How can I conn...