Deliver and organize your course content by easily adding new or existing items to Canvas modules for a streamlined learning experience.
Create visual clarity and engagement using custom icons that guide learners and elevate your course design. This article reviews how to customize your course by creating buttons.
Canvas LMS Collaborations provide an easy way to integrate real-time and asynchronous group work into your in-person classes. This tool allows you and your students to co-edit shared documents (Google Docs or Microsoft 365) directly within Canvas, eliminating the need for email exchanges and ensuring all collaboration materials are organized in one place.
Streamline your course content delivery by connecting OneDrive and Canvas for effortless sharing and collaboration. This article guides faculty on how to seamlessly integrate OneDrive documents into Canvas LMS courses. It covers steps for linking and embedding files, managing permissions to ensure student access, best practices for maintaining document security and version control, and accessibility considerations to support all learners.
This article will guide you through how to best communicate with students in Canvas. This includes student communication through grades, announcements, and email.
Simplify grading in Canvas: clear steps, smart tools, and best practices for faculty success. This article provides faculty with essential guidance on grading in Canvas LMS, including how to navigate the Gradebook, enter and curve grades, set default grades, and access SpeedGrader for streamlined evaluation.
Enhance feedback and empower learning by using the Annotation feature in Canvas SpeedGrader.
This article will guide you through ways in Canvas that students can communicate with each other and ways instructors can communicate with other instructors.
Streamline grading, stay organized, and maintain control by customizing your Canvas Gradebook to fit your teaching style. This article will guide you through customizing your Gradebook in Canvas, including dragging and dropping columns, adjusting view settings, hiding grades, and more.
This article explains how UHCL Faculty access training in the use of UHCL's designated learning management system (LMS), Canvas.
Accessible Canvas courses create inclusive learning environments that remove barriers and support success for all students.
Spark collaboration and critical thinking with Canvas tools that make active learning effortless. This article will guide you through options for collaborative active learning in Canvas.
Quickly recover deleted course content in Canvas using the hidden /undelete feature—no support ticket required!
Provide equitable access by setting up test accommodations in Canvas with extra time and flexible availability options. This article will guide you through how to add student accommodations to Classic and New Quizzes in Canvas.
This article will guide you through how to set up weighted assignment groups in your Canvas Assignments page.
The integration of Turnitin Originality with Canvas LMS enables faculty to require that student submissions are scanned by the Turnitin Originality tool to identify potential originality issues (plagiarism). This article assumes that you already have one or more Turnitin-enabled assignments in your Canvas course(s) and are ready to review the originality reports for student submissions.
Students access Canvas via go.uhcl.edu.
Explains how to add videos to Canvas from Echo360.
Explains how to upload an MP4 video file from your device to your Echo360 account.
This article will guide you through how to change the nickname of a course in your Canvas Dashboard.
Learn how to customize your Canvas course navigation menu to create a streamlined, student-friendly experience. This guide walks you through enabling, disabling, and reordering menu items so students can easily access essential tools while reducing clutter.
Learn how to access and import the UHCL BUS Resources from the Canvas Commons into a Canvas course.
Grade smarter, not harder by harnessing the power of rubrics in Canvas.
Bring your interactive lessons to life in Canvas with Articulate Storyline. Articulate Storyline lessons can be integrated into Canvas LMS by exporting the content as a SCORM package and importing it into your course shell.
Canvas LMS is a powerful platform for delivering online and hybrid courses. One of its most effective tools for organizing content is Modules. Modules allow faculty to structure learning materials in a clear, logical sequence, helping students navigate the course with ease and stay on track.
The Canvas Gradebook simplifies grading and feedback, helping faculty track student progress and maintain transparency. This article will guide you through setting up additional options in the Gradebook. This includes adjusting the late policy deduction, Gradebook view, and color adjustments.
Learn about the DIY, IDT-assisted, and vendor-provided training and resources for new Canvas instructor users.
This article describes three options in the Canvas SpeedGrader that instructors can use to provide more meaningful and engaging feedback on tests, assignments, and activities.
This article provides an in-depth look at the Canvas Moderate Quiz feature, designed to help instructors manage and adjust quiz settings for individual students.
Streamline grading and uphold academic integrity by integrating Turnitin with Canvas assignments and the Gradebook. This article will guide you through the meaning of the different colors and icons used by Turnitin in the Canvas Gradebook.
Empower students to improve by using SpeedGrader’s Reassign feature when a student’s submission fails to meet expectations.
UHCL is committed to delivering high-quality, accessible online learning experiences that meet the needs of diverse learners. Developing a new online course requires thoughtful planning, adherence to best practices, and collaboration with support teams. This guide outlines the process and resources available to faculty for creating a 100% online course.