Resources

Workshops are open to all faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, and staff who manage Canvas courses.

• View our current workshop offerings | past workshop offerings
• View our workshop descriptions
• View our workshop schedule
• Learn about our custom on-demand workshops for academic departments.
• Workshop handouts
  • Intro Workshop Handout (PDF)
  • Copying Course Material Between Canvas Sites (PDF)
  • Assignments and Gradebook: Assignment (PDF) | Gradebook (PDF)
  • Collaboration Tools for Creative Assignments in Canvas: Google Apps, Blogs, & Wiki Pages: Workshop Slides
  • Discussions: Discussions (PDF)
  • Groups: Groups (PDF)
  • Media Tools: Media Tools (PDF)
  • Online Quizzes and Surveys: Online Quizzes and Surveys (PDF)
  • Speedgrader and Rubrics: Speedgrader (PDF) | Rubrics (PDF)

Online Documentation

• Creating a Canvas Course Site
• Canvas – FAQs for Instructors
• Adding Students, TAs, Co-Teachers and Sections to Canvas
• All Canvas Instructor Guides
  • Communicating with Students
    • Announcements
    • Inbox
    • Chat
  • Course Content & Organization
    • Files
    • Modules
    • Pages
    • Rich Content Editor
  • Assessments
    • Assignments
    • Discussions
    • Grades
    • Rubrics
    • Quizzes
    • Speedgrader
  • Collaboration Tools
    • Collaborations
    • Conferences
    • Groups
  • Settings and Other Administrative Tasks
    • Calendar
    • Course Navigation
    • Settings
    • Analytics
• 2-Page Reference Cards & Special Topic Handouts
  • Copying Course Material Between Canvas Sites (PDF)
  • Communicating with Students in Canvas (PDF)
  • Manually Adding Students and Teachers in Canvas
  • Organizing Your Canvas Course Site (PDF)
  • Online Discussions as a Pedagogical Tool (PDF)
  • Content Pages in Canvas (PDF)
  • Canvas for Language Learning (PDF) | HTML
  • Library Course Reserves in Canvas
  • Using Technology for Teaching and Learning: Some Examples (PDF)

• UChicago Box in Canvas
  • Enabling UChicago Box in Canvas
  • Using UChicago Box in Canvas
  • Linking to UChicago Box Documents in Content Pages and other Content Area
  • Linking to UChicago Box Documents in Modules
• Use Gradescope in Canvas
  • Use Gradescope via Canvas (Faculty)
• Use Hypothesis in Canvas
  • Use the Hypothesis-Canvas Integration
• Using Panopto in Canvas
  • Use Panopto to Record a Video 
  • Manage Panopto Media Content and Add It to Canvas
  • Use Panopto to Collect Student Video Assignments in Canvas (Instructors Only)
  • Download a Zoom Video and Upload It to Panopto
  • Create and Edit In-Video Quizzes (Instructors Only)
  • Use Advanced Panopto Functions (Instructors Only)
  • Panopto Documentation for Non-Canvas Users
  • Migrate Your Content from Kaltura to Panopto
  • Request a Panopto Departmental Folder
  • Use Panopto Statistics
  • Use the Panopto Player
  • Use Panopto for Teaching Remotely FAQ
• Using Poll Everywhere in Canvas
  • Poll Everywhere User Guides
• UChicago Voices in Canvas
  • Connecting and Giving Students Access to Your Course Blog
• Use Zoom in Canvas
  • Use the Zoom-Canvas Integration

Video Guides

• Canvas Tutorial Video Series on Vimeo
• Canvas Video Guide community catalog

Self-Paced Course

• Learning Canvas 2021 for Instructor course from UChicago LinkedInLearning (CNetID Log-in)

Sample Courses

Here are a few selected courses that make use of Canvas features successfully to facilitate teaching and learning. They also serve as examples of a few ways a Canvas course can be organized. Click on the course title link, and log-in with your CNetID and password to view the courses as a student.

Online Documentation

• Canvas – FAQ for Students
• All Canvas Student Guides
• Chalk-to-Canvas: Similarities and Differences (PDF)
• Accessing Library Course Reserves on Canvas

• Using Panopto in Canvas
  • Use Panopto in Canvas as a Student
• UChicago Box in Canvas
  • Using UChicago Box in Canvas
• UChicago Voices in Canvas
  • Logging into Course Blog through Canvas
• Use Gradescope in Canvas
  • Use Gradescope via Canvas (Students)

Self-Paced Course

• To join the self-paced Learn Canvas for Students course, log-in to Canvas, go to the dashboard, and follow the links on the announcement to self-enroll. Or, go to All Courses, search for Learn Canvas, and click on the course link.

If you are a leader of a Chalk organization site and wish to migrate its content, please review our Organization Site Migration Overview (PDF) document for options and procedures.

If you wish to create a new organization site, please go to our Canvas Organization Site page for steps and resources.

To use, launch the app, search for University of Chicago, then log in with your CNetID and password.

• Download Canvas by Instructure app for Android Phones and Tablets
• Download Canvas Teachers app for Android Phones and Tablets
• Canvas by Instructure Android Guide
• Canvas Teacher Android Guide

To use, launch the app, search for University of Chicago, then log in with your CNetID and password.

• Download Canvas by Instructure app for iOS Phones and Tablets
• Download Canvas Teacher app for iOS Phones and Tablets
• Canvas by Instructure iOS Guide
• Canvas Teacher iOS Guide

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