Canvas Instructor Guide
The Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) serves as the LMS for Jacksonville State University. All courses (face-to-face, blended/hybrid, and online) are housed within Canvas. The information on this page is derived from the Canvas Instructor Guide.
Canvas Access
Canvas is JSU's official Learning Management System (LMS). Current faculty, staff, and students may access Canvas at any time. Students gain access to Canvas courses on the first day of each semester as indicated by the JSU Academic Calendar.
- Go to the Canvas login page: https://jsu.instructure.com
- Choose “Forgot Password?”
- Enter your JSU email (for example, user(at)stu.jsu.edu or user(at)jsu.edu)
- Watch for reset password email at your JSU email
- Login with the new password at the Canvas login page
- Username = full JSU email (for example, user(at)stu.jsu.edu or user(at)jsu.edu)
Tips:
- If you do not receive a reset password email, try searching in your email reader for an email from notifications@instructure.com.
- Canvas Tutorials for Students
- Custom Student Tutorials
- Canvas for Students Demo Course
- Canvas Tutorials for Instructors
- Custom Faculty Tutorials
- How do I accept an invitation to join a Canvas course as an instructor?
- How do I sign up for a new Free-for-Teacher Canvas account as an instructor?
- How can I use Canvas on my mobile device as an instructor?
- How does Canvas work as a supplement to face-to-face courses?
- How do I embed a Guides lesson inside a Canvas course?
- How do I view analytics for an individual student in New Analytics?
- How do I view average course grade analytics in an interactive chart graph in New Analytics?
- How do I view average course grade analytics in a data table in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the course average chart graph with an assignment, section, or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the course average data table with an assignment, section, or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to all students based on specific course criteria in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to an individual student in New Analytics?
- How do I view weekly online activity analytics in an interactive chart graph in New Analytics?
- How do I view weekly online activity analytics in a data table in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the weekly online activity chart graph with a section or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I compare the weekly online activity data table with a section or student filter in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to all students based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?
- How do I send a message to an individual student based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?
- How do I view and download reports in New Analytics?
- How do I use the Announcements Index Page?
- How do I view and sort announcement replies as an instructor?
- How do I add an announcement in a course?
- How do I attach a file to an announcement in a course?
- How do I edit an announcement in a course?
- How do I delete an announcement in a course?
- How do I add an external RSS feed to an announcement as an instructor?
- How do I subscribe to the Announcements RSS feed as an instructor?
- How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course?
- How do I allow or disallow announcement replies in a course?
- How do I reply to an announcement as an instructor?
- How do I allow students to like replies in a course announcement?
- How do I like a reply in a course announcement as an instructor?
- How do I copy an announcement to another course?
- How do I send an announcement to another instructor?
- How do I use the Assignments Index Page?
- How do I publish or unpublish an assignment as an instructor?
- What is the difference between a Canvas Assignment and a Canvas Activity?
- What assignment types can I create in a course?
- What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
- How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates as an instructor?
- How do I create an assignment?
- How do I create an assignment shell in an assignment group?
- How do I move or reorder an assignment group?
- How do I add an assignment group in a course?
- How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups?
- How do I create rules for an assignment group?
- How do I create an online assignment?
- How do I add an assignment using an external app?
- How do I add or edit details in an assignment?
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment?
- How do I limit submission attempts for an assignment?
- How do I exclude an assignment from the course's final grades?
- How do I add an assignment that includes anonymous grading?
- How do I enable anonymous instructor annotations in student submissions?
- How do I add a moderated assignment to be graded by multiple reviewers?
- How do I give extra credit in a course?
- How do I move or reorder an assignment?
- How do I import SCORM files as an assignment?
- How do I delete an assignment?
- How do I duplicate an assignment?
- How do I copy an assignment to another course?
- How do I send an assignment to another instructor?
- How do I assign an assignment to everyone in a course?
- How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?
- How do I assign an assignment to a course section?
- How do I assign an assignment to a course group?
- How do I view differentiated assignments with different due dates in a course?
- How do I add a grading scheme to an assignment?
- Can a student resubmit Canvas assignments?
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment?
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment?
- How do I use peer review assignments in a course?
- How do I create a peer review assignment?
- How do I manually assign peer reviews for an assignment?
- How do I automatically assign peer reviews for an assignment?
- How do I view student peer review comments as an instructor?
*Using the Attendance tool is not recommended.
- How do I use the Roll Call Attendance tool in a course?
- How do I edit the Roll Call Attendance assignment?
- How do I create a roll call seating chart using the Attendance tool?
- How do I take roll call using the Attendance tool?
- How do I use Roll Call Attendance badges in a course?
- How do I run Roll Call Attendance reports in a course?
- How do I use the Calendar as an instructor?
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course as an instructor?
- How do I add an event to a course calendar?
- How do I add and duplicate an event in the Calendar as an instructor?
- How do I add an event to my calendar as an instructor?
- How do I add an assignment from the Calendar?
- How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar?
- How do I set a different event date for each section in a course calendar?
- How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar as an instructor?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar as an instructor?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook as an instructor?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook.com as an instructor?
- How do I add a Scheduler appointment group in a course calendar?
- How do I view or edit a Scheduler appointment group in a course calendar?
- How do I remove students from a Scheduler appointment in a course calendar?
*Please contact Online@JSU if you need assistance copying content into your Canvas course. Some course import options can only be performed by Canvas administrators.
- How do I use the Course Home Page as an instructor?
- How do I use the Course Navigation Menu as an instructor?
- How do I manage Course Navigation links?
- What layout options are available in the Course Home Page as an instructor?
- How do I change the Course Home Page?
- How do I use the Course Activity Stream as an instructor?
Discussions
- How do I use the Discussions Index Page?
- How do I create a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I create a group discussion in a course?
- How do I duplicate a discussion in a course?
- How do I publish or unpublish a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I edit a discussion in a course?
- How do I delay posting a discussion until a specified date in a course?
- How do I move or reorder a discussion in a course?
- How do I assign a graded discussion to everyone in a course?
- How do I assign a graded discussion to an individual student?
- How do I assign a graded discussion to a course section?
- How do I assign a graded discussion to a course group?
- How do I reply to a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as an instructor?
- How do I change discussion settings to manually mark discussion replies as read as an instructor?
- How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread as an instructor?
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion as an instructor?
- How do I subscribe to a discussion as an instructor?
- How do I enable a podcast feed for a discussion in a course?
- How do I pin a discussion in a course?
- How do I delete a discussion in a course?
- How do I use peer review discussions in a course?
- How do I create a peer review discussion?
- How do I manually assign peer reviews for a discussion?
- How do I automatically assign peer reviews for a discussion?
- How can I require students to reply to a course discussion before they see other replies?
- How do I edit or delete student discussion replies in a course?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as an instructor?
- How do I allow students to create a course discussion?
- How do I allow students to attach files to a course discussion?
- How do I allow students to edit and delete their own discussion posts in a course?
- How do I allow students to like replies in a discussion?
- How do I close a discussion for comments in a course?
- How do I use Files as an instructor?
- How do I view my user files as an instructor?
- How do I view course files as an instructor?
- How do I view group files as an instructor?
- How do I move and organize my files as an instructor?
- How do I rename a file as an instructor?
- How do I create a folder in Files as an instructor?
- How do I upload a file to a course?
- How do I preview a file as an instructor?
- How do I upload ZIP files as an instructor?
- How do I bulk upload files to a course?
- How do I delete a file or folder as an instructor?
- How do I download a single file as an instructor?
- How do I download a folder in ZIP format as an instructor?
- How do I restrict files and folders to students in Canvas?
- How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file?
- How do I set usage rights and user access for a course file folder?
- How do I edit an HTML file in a course?
- What types of files can be previewed in Canvas?
- What types of media files can I upload in Canvas as an instructor? *Do NOT upload a video file directly into Canvas. Video files must be uploaded into Kaltura or imported from another source (YouTube, OneDrive Google Drive, Dropbox, etc).
- How do I view my Google Drive files in Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I view my Microsoft Office 365 files in Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I log in to Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as an instructor?
- How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view global activity for all my courses in the Recent Activity Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view the Global Announcements page as an instructor?
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as an instructor?
- How do I view all my Canvas courses as an instructor?
- How do I view my instructor groups in Canvas?
- How do I customize my Courses list as an instructor?
- How do I get help with Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I log out of Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I use the Gradebook?
- How do I use grading periods in a course?
- How do I arrange columns in the Gradebook?
- How do I filter columns and rows in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the Total column in the Gradebook?
- How do I sort and display student data in the Gradebook?
- How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook?
- How do I view grades for inactive or concluded student enrollments in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the Notes column in the Gradebook?
- How do I view the Unpublished Assignments column in the Gradebook?
- How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?
- How do I sort an individual assignment column in the Gradebook?
- How do I change the color for a grading status in the Gradebook?
- How do I use posting policies in a course?
- How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook?
- How do I select a grade posting policy for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I post grades for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I hide grades that were previously posted in the Gradebook?
- How do I change the status of a submission in the Gradebook?
- How do I send a message to students from the Gradebook?
- How do I download all student submissions for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I upload all student submissions for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I enter grades for an individual assignment as a specific grading type in the Gradebook?
- How do I get to SpeedGrader from the Gradebook?
- How do I curve grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I set a default grade for an assignment in the Gradebook?
- How do I apply a Missing Submission policy in the Gradebook?
- How do I apply a Late Submission policy in the Gradebook?
- How do I override a student's final grade in the Gradebook?
- How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook?
- How do I import grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I publish final grades for a moderated assignment?
- How do I view the history of all grading changes in the Gradebook?
- How do I view a student's Grades page in a course from the Gradebook?
- How do I export grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook to view outcome results in a course from the Gradebook?
- How do I view outcomes or student results individually in the Learning Mastery Gradebook from the
- How do I view all groups in a course as an instructor?
- How do I add a group set in a course?
- How do I edit a group set in a course?
- How do I automatically create groups in a group set?
- How do I manually create groups in a group set?
- How do I create self sign-up groups in a group set?
- How do I allow students to create their own student groups?
- How do I automatically assign students to groups?
- How do I manually assign students to groups?
- How do I assign a student leader to a group?
- How do I message students who have not signed up for a self sign-up group?
- How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up groups?
- How do I move a student into a different group?
- How do I view content and student activity within a group as an instructor?
- How do I use the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I find my unread messages in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I filter conversations as an instructor?
- How do I star a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to a user in a group in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I attach a file to a message as an instructor?
- How do I attach a media comment to a message as an instructor?
- How do I reply to a message in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I privately respond to one individual in a group message as an instructor?
- How do I reply to submission comments in the Inbox as an instructor?
- How do I forward a message from a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I add new people to an existing conversation as an instructor?
- How do I delete a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I delete a message from a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I archive a conversation as an instructor?
- How do I use the Modules Index Page?
- How do I add a module?
- How do I publish or unpublish a module as an instructor?
- How do I duplicate a module?
- How do I copy a module to another course?
- How do I copy a module item to another course?
- How do I send a module item to another instructor?
- How do I add prerequisites to a module?
- How do I add requirements to a module?
- How do I edit a module?
- How do I lock a module?
- How do I delete a module?
- How do I move or reorder a module?
- How do I add course content as module items?
- How do I add a text header as a module item?
- How do I add an external tool as a module item?
- How do I add an external URL as a module item?
- How do I duplicate a module item?
- How do I edit module items?
- How do I remove module items?
- How do I move or reorder a module item?
- How do I use modules to view the progress of students in a course?
- How do I view course content offline as an HTML file as an instructor?
- How do I use MasteryPaths in course modules?
- How do I allow a page to be a MasteryPath module item?
- How do I add conditional content to a MasteryPath source item?
- How do I assign a conditional assignment for students to complete in MasteryPaths?
- How do I view the MasteryPaths range breakdown results for an assignment?
- How do I use the outcomes page in a course?
- How do I create an outcome for a course?
- How do I create outcome groups for a course?
- How do I import outcomes for a course?
- How do I edit or delete an outcome in a course?
- How do I edit or delete an outcome group in a course?
- How do I create custom course outcome names for students?
- How do I move outcomes and outcome groups in a course?
- How do I find an existing outcome to add to a course?
- How do I align an outcome with a question bank?
- How do I find Learning Standards to add to a course-level outcome?
- How do I view all aligned items and artifacts within an outcome?
- How do I view the outcomes results report for an individual student in a course?
- How do I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook to view outcome results in a course?
- How do I view outcomes or student results individually in the Learning Mastery Gradebook?
- How do I use the Pages Index Page?
- How do I publish or unpublish a page as an instructor?
- How do I create a new page in a course?
- How do I change the name of a page in a course?
- How do I edit a page in a course?
- How do I duplicate a page in a course?
- How do I copy a page to another course?
- How do I delete pages in a course?
- How do I upload a PDF to a page in a course?
- How do I link to other Canvas pages in a course?
- How do I set a Front Page in a course?
- How do I add a page to the student To-Do list as an instructor?
- How do I create a file link in a page in a course?
- How do I view the history of a page in a course?
- How do I use the Microsoft Immersive Reader when viewing a page as an instructor?
- How do I use the People page in a course as an instructor?
- How do I view a user's profile in a course as an instructor?
- How do I record the last day a user attended a course?
- How do I view a summary of all my student interactions in a course?
- How do I view my course interactions with an individual student?
- How do I view the course access report for an individual user?
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I change the settings in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I add a profile picture in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I select personal pronouns in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I change the language preference in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I change my default email address in my user account as an instructor?
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor?
- How do I manage notifications for a single course as an instructor?
- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as an instructor?
- How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I view a QR code to log in to the Canvas mobile apps as an instructor?
- How do I change my login password as an instructor?
- How do I reset my password as an instructor?
- How do I enable the high contrast user interface as an instructor?
- How do I use the Quizzes Index Page?
- How do I publish or unpublish a quiz as an instructor?
- What quiz types can I create in a course?
- What options can I set in a quiz?
- How do I import quizzes from QTI packages?
- How do I create a quiz with individual questions?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group to randomize quiz questions?
- How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank?
- How do I create a quiz with a question group linked to a question bank?
- How do I create a Multiple Choice quiz question?
- How do I create a True/False quiz question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-the-Blank quiz question?
- How do I create a Fill-in-Multiple-Blanks quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Answers quiz question?
- How do I create a Multiple Dropdown quiz question?
- How do I create Likert scale quiz questions?
- How do I create a Matching quiz question?
- How do I create a Numerical Answer quiz question?
- How do I create a Formula quiz question with a single variable?
- How do I create a Simple Formula quiz question?
- How do I create an Essay quiz question?
- How do I create a File Upload quiz question?
- How do I create a Text (no question) quiz question?
- How do I link course content to a quiz question?
- How do I create a question bank in a course?
- How do I bookmark a question bank in a course?
- How do I unbookmark a question bank in a course?
- How do I delete a question bank in a course?
- How do I move multiple questions from one question bank to another?
- How do I move/copy a question from one question bank to another?
- How do I reorder questions or question groups in a quiz?
- How do I import a question bank from one Canvas course to another?
- How can I create a quiz where students only see one question at a time?
- How do I make a quiz available before or after the due date?
- How do I assign a quiz to an individual student?
- How do I assign a quiz to a course section?
- How do I delete a quiz?
- How do I export quiz content from a course?
- How do I copy a quiz to another course?
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I make additional changes?
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I use the Moderate Quiz page?
- Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available?
- Once I publish a quiz, how can I give my students extra attempts?
- Once I publish a timed quiz, how can I give my students extra time?
- How do I manually submit outstanding student quiz submissions?
- How do I view student results in a quiz?
- How do I view a quiz log for a student?
- What options can I use to regrade a quiz in a course?
- How do I regrade a Multiple Choice quiz question?
- How do I regrade a True/False quiz question?
- How do I regrade a Multiple Answers quiz question?
- How do I create a survey in my course?
- How do I view survey results in a course?
- How do I view practice quiz results in a course?
- How do I access the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I add and modify text in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the menubar in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I insert a table using the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the HTML view in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create hyperlinks to external URLs in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create hyperlinks to course or group content in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create hyperlinks to course, group, and user files in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I edit and remove hyperlinks in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I upload and embed an image in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I embed images from Canvas into the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I manage alt text and display options for images embedded in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I upload and embed a media file from my computer in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I record media using the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I upload and embed media from an external source in the New Rich Content Editor?
- How do I embed media files from Canvas into the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I add captions to new or uploaded videos in the New Rich Content Editor in Canvas as an instructor?
- How do I view captions in a video in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I manage video options in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I upload a document in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I embed course and user documents in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I select content from an external app in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the Math Editor in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create a hyperlink or embed a file from Google Drive into the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the New Rich Content Editor as an instructor?
- How do I use course settings?
- How do I add an image to a course card in the Dashboard?
- How do I set a time zone for a course?
- How do I restrict student access to a course before or after the course dates?
- How do I enable SpeedGrader to launch filtered by student group?
- How do I use grading schemes in a course?
- How do I view grading schemes in a course?
- How do I enable a grading scheme for a course?
- How do I add a grading scheme in a course?
- How do I view grading periods in a course?
- How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page?
- How do I hide totals in my students' grade summaries?
- How do I hide grade distribution scoring details from students?
- How do I disable announcement replies for an entire course?
- How do I view course statistics?
- How do I view a course as a test student using Student View?
- How do I manage new features for a course?
- How do I get to SpeedGrader from an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion?
- How do I use SpeedGrader?
- How do I use the student list to view student submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I sort the student list in SpeedGrader?
- How do I view the details of a submission for a student in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade group assignments in SpeedGrader?
- How do I hide student names in SpeedGrader?
- How do I hide or post assignment grades in SpeedGrader?
- How do I add annotated comments in student submissions using DocViewer in SpeedGrader?
- How do I enter and edit grades in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a text entry submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a website URL submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a media recording submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a file upload submission in SpeedGrader?
- How do I audit an assessment in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a rubric in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use a non-scoring rubric to assess submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I leave feedback comments for student submissions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I download submission comments as a PDF in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use Chrome's speech recognition feature to leave a comment in SpeedGrader?
- How do I review moderated assignments in SpeedGrader as a moderator?
- How do I grade quiz questions in SpeedGrader?
- How do I adjust the point value for an entire quiz using fudge points in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade one quiz question at a time in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade a graded discussion in SpeedGrader?
- How do I view plagiarism assignments in SpeedGrader?