A checklist for secondary teachers to make sure their secondary Canvas courses are set up properly for the new school year. NOTE: Students' overall class grades will be calculated out of Synergy gradebook and visible in Student/ParentVUE. All assignments and assignment scores should be entered in Canvas.   "Cross List" Similar Classes (combining multiple sections of the same course) If you are cross listing sections, this needs to be done before the start of term. (instructions) Synergy Gradebook Prep - Match "Assignment Groups" Since Synergy gradebook is going to calculate your students' final grades, it is NECESSARY to ensure your Canvas "Assignment Groups" match your Synergy "Assignment Types".  See full instructions here: Syncing Assignments & Scores To Synergy ("Grade Passback") Canvas Assignment Setup Due Date: Required  Available Until Date Recommended Assignment submissions  100% Digital ("Online") 100% Paper ("No Submission") Hybrid Digital or in-person ("Online") - If an assignment has the option of submitting digitally or in person, include "text entry" as a submission option and have students note in the text box that they submitted in person. This will avoid inaccurately flagging these assignments as missing. Set up Grade Passback (GPB) in Canvas Read both of the following KB articles carefully. Many reported "issues" stem from not understanding how GPB works. Syncing Assignments & Scores To Synergy ("Grade Passback") Canvas Grade Passback - Advanced Features & "Need to Knows" Nightly Sync = ON (default)   Canvas Course Settings Hide Overall Class Grade Settings → Course Details tab → "more options" link → "Hide totals in student grades summary" should be checked. (this is the default) Show "Grades" in course navigationSettings → Navigation tab. If it is hidden, enable it. This will let students and parents see assignment scores at status information. Enable "Grade Sync" in course navigation. Same as above. This will let you as a teacher see it. Students will not see it.

On your browser click on this link https://www.ttsdschools.org/departments/technology/canvas The following page will load. Click on Student, the following screen will appear.   Enter your student email and designated password, for example : 30engstromd@ttsdschools.org The canvas screen will load after logging in

A course will not be visible to students until it is published, and once you have graded an assessment, you cannot unpublish your course. Read the steps below to learn how to publish your Canvas course. Publishing Your Course: 1. Open your course and view the Course Home Page. 2. In the sidebar, click the "Publish" button. 3. Optional: choose a Home Page. 4. Click "Choose and Publish" to publish the course. 5. The "Course Status" on the sidebar will now show as published. Unpublishing Your Course 1. Under the "Course Status", click "Unpublish" to unpublish the course. Note: Once your course contains a graded submission, you can no longer unpublish your course. Old Course Still Showing in Your Dashboard If a course from a previous term or year is still showing up in your dashboard, you will need to unstar it to remove it from your dashboard. Select 'Courses' from the lefthand menu in Canvas and then select 'All Courses' Find the old course and click on the star to remove it from your dashboard.

Video on embedding YouTube content in Canvas. If you use the link tool in the Rich Content Editor (RCE) to put a YouTube video in a Canvas page or assignment, it will open the YouTube app on the iPad. Using either of the two methods in this video, will keep the student in the Canvas app.   

Using Kami's Paid Canvas Integration 🔒 Browse to the assignment creation screen as you usually would, and in the 'Submission Type' box, choose 'External Tool' Click the 'Find' button, and choose Kami assignment: From here, you can then select Google Drive as the File Storage for the assignment, and then choose a file from the picker to use for your assignment (Kami will convert files automatically, so images, office documents, and PDFs are all OK).

Before you begin Important Disclaimer: This duplication method can only be used once per quiz, question bank, or any other course content item. Canvas has confirmed that copying a quiz or course content item more than one time may completely overwrite the original or previous copies. If you anticipate you will need to make more than one copy, we recommend exporting the quiz file from the course and then importing the quiz file as a QTI file back into the course. When importing the Canvas quiz QTI file, do not check the box titled, "Overwrite assessment content with matching IDs." Duplicating a Quiz Open the Quizzes link in your Canvas course Click the 3 dots next to the quiz you want to duplicate Click Copy to A Copy To… window will open on the right side. Type the course number you would like to copy the quiz to. You can find the course number in the web address bar. It may take a couple of minutes for the Quizzes page to update and show the new quiz.

Middle school and high school health teachers will find their digital curriculum, Comprehensive Health Skills, in Canvas. Your Canvas course will be automatically created before the start of the school year. This article will cover three important steps: Adding the health curriculum to your Canvas course Activating your teacher subscription Students also need to activate their own subscription Adding Curriculum to your Canvas Course. Open Your Canvas account and click on Commons from the left-hand menu. This will load any resource that has been shared to Canvas. Find and click on the Comprehensive Health Skills curriculum for your level.  Click Import/Download from the right side of the screen. Select which course you would like to import the curriculum into. Click Import into Course. You’ll see a banner that says the import has started. Note: This takes several minutes to completely import! Activating Teacher and Student Subscriptions Open the Canvas course you loaded the health curriculum into and click on modules. One of the first Modules will be called Resources. This is where you will find the subscription activation links. Click on INSTRUCTOR - Activate Your Subscription and follow the prompts. Do not publish this link to your students Check that the Resources module and Activate Your Subscription are published with a green check mark. Students will log into your Canvas course on their devices and click the Activate Your Subscription link. They will now have access to the health curriculum

Your Goodheart Wilcox health curriculum can be accessed through your Canvas page. Prerequisite: Add the Health Curriculum to your Canvas course. Note: This process needs several minutes to fully load into your Canvas course. Activating Teacher and Student Subscriptions Open the Canvas course you loaded the health curriculum into and click on modules. One of the first Modules will be called Resources. This is where you will find the subscription activation links. Click on INSTRUCTOR - Activate Your Subscription and follow the prompts. Do not publish this link to your students Check that the Resources module and Activate Your Subscription are published with a green check mark. Students will log into your Canvas course on their devices and click the Activate Your Subscription link. They will now have access to the health curriculum

This article covers three points: Google Classroom Topics are similar to Canvas Modules Moving a Canvas assignment to Google Classroom Moving a Canvas file to Google Classroom Important note: Teachers will NOT lose access to their Canvas classes and materials. Even though we won’t be rostering students and classes into Canvas for the 24/25 school year, staff will continue to have access to Canvas and all their materials saved there.  Topics in Google Classroom are similar to Modules in Canvas Instead of organizing your material and assignments into modules like Canvas, Google Classroom uses topics under the Classwork tab. Topics can be created to help you keep material organized in many ways such as by subject, unit, or week. Students can click on the Classwork tab and see the topics if there are any posted assignments or materials. Assignments/material saved as a draft will not be visible to students. Moving a Canvas Assignment to Google Classroom Note: The district will create and roster classes in Google Classroom for you in the fall. You can set up your own Classroom to store assignments and material if you want to start transitioning from Canvas to Classroom. Once an item is in Classroom, it is easy to copy it from one class to another. You’ll need to have both Google Classroom and Canvas open in different tabs or windows.  In the Canvas tab, open the assignment that you want to move. Switch to the Google Classroom tab and open the desired class or create a new one.  Click on Classwork from the top menu. Click the Create button and choose Assignment. This will open a new assignment window, Switch to your Canvas tab and copy/paste the assignment title and instructions into the Classroom assignment If your Canvas assignment includes an attachment: In Canvas, click the download button to save it to your computer. In Classroom, click the Upload button. This will open the upload window. Click the blue Browse button Click the Downloads folder Select the file that you downloaded NOTE: The file may not have the same name as the Canvas assignment. It depends on the file’s name when you first uploaded it into Canvas. Click Open to attach the file to the assignment The attached file will show just under the assignment description. There are three options for student access to the file Students can view file They will not be able to edit the document. If they make a copy of the file, it will not be attached to the assignment Students can edit file (Not recommended) The entire class can edit the original file. They will be able to see each other’s edits. This will alter your original file without saving a blank copy. Make a copy for each student (recommended!) The original file will be preserved and each student will receive a separate copy of the file. Their copy of the file is attached to their assignment and stays organized in Classroom as well as in their Google Drive. They can edit and turn in their file without altering your original. Choose the topic if you are organizing this assignment into a category. To save this assignment for later, click the arrow next to Assign and choose Save draft. Moving a Canvas File to Google Classroom You’ll need to have both Google Classroom and Canvas open in different tabs or windows. In the Canvas tab, open the file that you want to move. Click the download link to save it to your computer. Make a note of the file name.  Switch to the Google Classroom tab and open the desired class or create a new one. Click on Classwork from the top menu. Click the Create button and choose Material. This will open a new Material window. Fill in the title and the optional description. Select Topic if you are organizing your material into groups. Click the Upload button Click the blue Browse button Click the Downloads folder Select the file that you downloaded Click Open to attach the file NOTE: Students will only be able to view material. They won’t be able to edit it unless you set it up as an assignment. Click Post to make the material available to students right away. To save it for later, click the down arrow next to Post and select Save draft.