Resources
Workshops
Workshop Information
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
Guides and Training Videos
For Instructors
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
- Course Content & Organization
- Assessments
- Collaboration Tools
- Accessibility
- Settings and Other Administrative Tasks
- UChicago Library
- UChicago Box in Canvas
- Use Gradescope in Canvas
- Use Hypothesis in Canvas
- 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
- UChicago Voices in Canvas
- Use Zoom in Canvas
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)
For Students
Online Documentation
- Using Panopto in Canvas
- UChicago Box in Canvas
- UChicago Voices in Canvas
- Use Gradescope in Canvas
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.
For Organization Site Leaders (Faculty and Staff)
If you wish to create a new organization site, please go to our Canvas Organization Site page for steps and resources.
Canvas Mobile Apps
Canvas has a number of mobile apps for different audiences and purposes. The “Canvas by Instructure” app can be used by both instructors and students to access course content, notifications, to-do list, inbox, and calendar; view and post announcements and discussion board posts; take quizzes; and view assignments and grades. The “Canvas Teachers” app allows instructors to edit and grade course assignments, and communicate with students.
Android Devices
To use, launch the app, search for University of Chicago, then log in with your CNetID and password.
iOS Devices
To use, launch the app, search for University of Chicago, then log in with your CNetID and password.