Canvas offers several different assignment types: Assignment, Discussion, Quiz, External Tool Assignment (e. g., Turnitin Assignment), and Not Graded Assignment. Canvas also allows for [No Submission][1] assignments (e.g., a participation grade) and [On Paper][1] assignments (e.g., in-class pop quiz) whose grades you w...
If you are [recording a new video][1] or [uploading an existing one][2] into Canvas, it is recommended that you include captions for accessibility and convenience. If you do not have a caption file to add to your video, you can make one using the Amara subtitle creation tool. ## Opening Caption Menu for Canvas Video F...
There are several options available to you to determine how your course site looks and functions. There is also a variety of content that you can add to your Canvas site. We recommend you start with the following resources: * [Canvas Best Practices][1] * [Canvas Course Setup Checklist][2] * [Course Settings Opti...
All courses will look relatively the same, making the course structure fairly uniform across all sites. However, you can customize your home page to be one of the following: * Course Activity Stream (most recent activity and interactions). * Pages Front Page (select a page in the course site to be the site's landi...
![][1] ## Video Resources These are short videos that include closed captions and transcripts. * [Using Accessible Templates (02:28)][2] Prebuilt Excel templates can help save time and improve accessibility in the content that you create. * [Making Tables Accessible (04:24)][3] Name and format tabl...
We have recently transitioned away from using and supporting Bb Collaborate as FSU's web-conferencing tool. As of **November 6, 2019, Bb Collaborate is no longer available for use university-wide. However, colleges and/or departments that currently license Bb Collaborate separately will still be able to use the tool. *...
Not sure where to start? Feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of learning how to use a new system? Fear not - here are some resources to help you get started in Canvas! We recommend starting with watching the [series of introduction videos][1] and then completing the [2-3 hour instructor basics course][2]. If you're pre...
You can encourage learning beyond the classroom with [LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)][1] -- a powerful tool offering more than 6,000 quality video tutorials. Use [LinkedIn Learning][1] to augment your teaching and guide students to dive deeper into topics. Build custom playlists and post them on your Canvas sit...
Kaltura recently added a feature that allows you to add "hotspots" to your media items. These hotspots are in-video links to either external web resources (such as an article or a reading in your course site) or other parts of the video, and can be useful for better connecting your individual Kaltura videos with your b...
For users with the **MacOS Sierra** or **MacOS High Sierra**, you will initially experience an issue when attempting to run the iClicker Classic program downloaded from our website. The issue stems from Apple's MacOS Sierra and MacOS High Sierra platforms: Neither OS version will accept a downloaded program that comes ...
