Knowledgebase
* From your Canvas course, click _Outline_ from the course menu.
* Click the _Course Outline Builder_ button in the top-right.
* A panel will appear, walking you through the steps to build your
outline. When you have completed a tab, select _Save a...
_WHAT IS THE COURSE OUTLINE BUILDER?_
The Course Outline Builder is a tool that helps instructors build
their course outlines. It collects content from instructors, and
combines that with content from the registration system and other
sources to build a...
Canvas is Not Email
*
CANVAS [HTTPS://CANVAS.OCADU.CA] IS OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
This is where your _instructors_ communicate with you about course
materials, assignments, and updates. Log in to Canvas
[https://canvas.ocadu.ca] at https:/...
WHAT IS A LARGE FILE?
* Email: Anything over 5 megabytes
* Canvas: Anything over 100 megabytes, but we support up to 500
megabytes per file
* Cloud File Sharing Services (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive): As
big as your patience and your allocati...
WHAT IS GOOGLE DRIVE?
AT OCAD U, ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE GMAIL ACCOUNTS VIA OUR AGREEMENT WITH
GOOGLE AND GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION. THIS ALSO INCLUDES ACCESS TO
GOOGLE DRIVE.
_"Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service provided
by Googl...
RELEASE SCHEDULE
Starting March 9, 2018, IT Services will perform updates to Canvas
every three weeks during the IT Services maintenance window: Fridays
before 8:30 am. Updates will occur with no downtime or disruption to
service.
Canvas at OCAD U will...
Following the Canvas upgrade on June 13, 2016, there are quite a few
enhancements, additional functionality and bug fixes. Check out the
short video below to see what is most relevant to OCAD U users. Also
listed below are details of changes most relevant...
This problem occurs when a user account hasn't yet been synchronized
with Canvas. After successfully logging in, you are immediately
redirected to a page stating that you've been logged out.
EXAMPLE:
LOGOUT SUCCESSFUL
You have successfully logged...
Canvas provides a few tools for assigning, reviewing and submitting
student grades. This article will explains how to create assignments,
review and grade assignment submissions and submit a course's final
grades.
This article will be discussing the fol...
While there is not a way to directly export course outlines to PDF
files, we recommend using the "Print-to-PDF" feature built into your
computer's operating system to created PDFs from your course outlines.
* Navigate to your course's Outline page, wi...
FALL 2014 UPDATES TO CANVAS AT OCAD U
* Draft State!
Allows content in Assignments, Quizzes, Modules, Pages, and
Discussions to exist in an unpublished (draft) state. Unpublished
content is invisible to students and excluded from grade calculations.
ht...
WHAT VERSION OF CANVAS DOES OCAD U RUN?
OCAD U runs the Community Version of Canvas, not Canvas Cloud. There
are several differences between the two versions.
FEATURE
Canvas
Community Version CANVAS CLOUD
Mobile App
No
Yes
Hosting ...
New to Canvas? Here are few tips to get started:
LOG IN
You can log into Canvas at canvas.ocadu.ca [https://canvas.ocadu.ca],
or from the OCAD U website: there is a link to Canvas on the OCADU Log
In page [http://www.ocadu.ca/my]. Log in using your OCA...
When a Canvas course is concluded at the end of the term, Canvas
removes some of the pathways for accessing student file submissions.
Student submissions are still available, they're just a bit harder to
find.
* Navigate to the course. See Where are m...
It's possible for students to embed images in discussion posts, but it
is a two-step process. This document
[https://support-its.ocadu.ca/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/GetAttachment/493/40354]
explains the steps.
As of January 2017, instructors can add the Course Reserves item to
their course navigation without having to submit a request to the
library. For more information about Course Reserves, see the Library's
resource about Course Reserves
[http://www.ocadu.c...
Instructors can add other people to their Canvas course, giving that
person access to the course content. There are a few things to keep in
mind:
* The person you are trying to add must have an OCAD U username.
* When you add people to your course,...
Canvas allows you to copy content from one course to another. This
will be helpful if you are teaching multiple sections of a course,
either at the same time or in different semesters.
For details on this, see the Canvas Guides
[https://community.canvas...
* Browse to https://canvas.ocadu.ca [https://canvas.ocadu.ca] or
follow the link to Canvas on the OCADU Log In page
[http://www.ocadu.ca/my].
* Enter your OCAD U username and password. This is the same username
and password that you would use to acces...
When you assign a grade, Canvas may (depending on the student's
notification settings) automatically send out a notification to that
student, informing them that the grade has been assigned. The grade
and any submission comments also become visible to the...
Canvas Quizzes have a setting called "Filter IP Addresses". You can
use this setting to prevent students from accessing the quiz unless
they are connected to a specific wifi network. Using this setting will
require your students to be on-campus and connec...
If you've accidentally deleted a file, quiz, assignment or other
course content, you may be able to restore it by following this
procedure:
* Log into Canvas
* Navigate to the Home page of your course
* Append "/undelete" to the URL in your bro...
This guide provides three approaches to setting up your course
assignments so that they are weighted properly and will result in a
correct final grade. You should choose the method that best matches
how you want to grade each assignment - out of 100...
Here is a handy video on how to submit your final grades in Canvas.
There is a transcript below the video.
NOTE: In September 2013, the grading policy was revised. The grade
submission process was updated to reflect the new policy, including
the elimina...
* When you've completed the steps in the Course Outline Builder, the
_Save & Finish_ button on the last tab will close the Course Outline
Builder and inject your outline content into the Canvas text editor.
However, this is not the last step.
* There ...
STUDENTS
* Your courses should appear in Canvas a few hours after you enroll
in them at MyOCADU [https://my.ocadu.ca/].
* If the first day of the term is more than three weeks away, some
or all of your courses may be UNPUBLISHED (learn more about
unp...
Many pages in Canvas, including the Gradebook, SpeedGrader, Modules
List and Discussions, support keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation
around the page.
If you press shift+? on a page that supports keyboard shortcuts, a
list of shortcuts will a...
With every great piece of software, there are sometimes unexpected
issues, annoyances and workarounds. Here are a few we're tracking, and
that faculty and students should know about
IT Services is aware of the following issues with Canvas. We hope to
ha...
Unfortunately, Canvas provides very minimal feedback to users that
their file for an Assignment is uploading.
BEFORE YOU UPLOAD
1. PLEASE USE A RECOMMENDED BROWSER FOR CANVAS. We recommend you use
Chrome, as it updates itself and Flash automaticall...
If you're posting Microsoft Word files on Canvas, remember that any
comment and tracked changes may be visible on the document. You can
remove these comments by following these instructions [1].
Once you upload a Word file to Canvas, you can no long...
Everyone who is a member of a course in Canvas is added with one of
the following roles:
* TEACHER: Teachers have full access to the course content and
tools. Teachers can do pretty much anything in a course.
* TA: TA's have the same access as teach...
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM: In Canvas, when following a link to a
file, instead of downloading the file, an error message appears:
"Unauthorized. It appears that you don't have permission to access
this page. Please make sure you're authorized to vi...
As a student or instructor, you have access to archived content from
your concluded courses that started September 2012 or later. This
material will be available in Canvas [https://canvas.ocadu.ca].
OCAD U started using Canvas in the 2012--2013 academic...
There are many excellent, publicly available Canvas resources:
* The Canvas Guides
[https://community.canvaslms.com/community/answers/guides/canvas-guide]
is a complete, official Canvas manual.
* The Canvas Community website offers a number of addit...
SUPPORTED BROWSERS
Canvas supports any modern, standards-compliant browser.
[https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10720]For the most part, it
doesn't matter _which_ browser you use, as long as it's up-to-date. To
be more specific, Canvas supports the...
* Go to Canvas (canvas.ocadu.ca [1]) and login using your OCAD U
username and password.
* Proceed to any of your courses within Canvas.
* There will be a link on the left hand side of the page that says
COURSE EVALUATION.
* Clicking the COURSE ...
When a course in Canvas concludes (when the term ends), instructors
can no longer use the Inbox or Announcement tools to communicate with
students in that course.
If you need to send a message to students in a concluded course, you
send an email to thei...
* Go to Canvas (canvas.ocadu.ca [1]) and login using your OCAD U
username and password.
* Proceed to any of your courses within Canvas.
* There will be a link on the left hand side of the page that says
COURSE EVALUATION.
* Clicking the COURSE ...
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