Instructor Tutorials
We’ve compiled a range of tutorials to help you get started and troubleshoot common tasks. You can scroll through the full list below, or use your browser’s search function (Ctrl+F on Windows or Command+F on Mac) to quickly find a specific topic.
If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you can also utilize the Canvas Instructor Guides for more in-depth support.
Getting Started
- Customizing Course Navigation
- Edit Account Settings & Account Notification | Video
- Introduction to Canvas | Video
- Review, Organize, Edit D2L Migrated Courses
- Understanding the Canvas Dashboard
Course Setup and Configuration
- Banner and Canvas
- Customizing Account Settings
- Customizing Course Settings
- Enable or Disable Annoucements for Homepage
- Favorite or Unfavorite a Course (similar to pinning your course)
- How do I set a Front Page in a course?
- Master and Practice Courses
- Publishing & Unpublishing a Course
Course Mangement
- About Terms/Dates/Instructor of Record
- Bulk Adjust Due Dates and Availability Dates
- Importing & Copying Courses | Video
- Managing Files for Course and Account | Video
- Using the Course Calendar | Video
User Management
- Adding People to My Course
- Manging Course Roles and Permissions
- Remove People From My Course (including myself)
Communication & Engagement
Modules: Building and Organizing Content
- How Do I Use Modules in Canvas | Video
- How to Add a Quiz to a Module
- How to Add Content to a Module
- How to Add External URLs to a Module
- How to Add External Tools to a Module
- Prerequisites or Requirements for Modules
- Publish Modules
- Reorder Modules
- How can I send a module to another instructor
- Using Page for Course Content | Video
Assignments
- Add a rubric to an assignment
- Adding Hyperlinks in the Rich Content Editor (RCE) | Video
- Creating Assignment | Video
- Embed Panopto Video into the Rich Content Editor (RCE)
- How do I download assignment submissions?
- Publishing an Assignment
Discussions
- Creating discussions | Video
- Groups discussions
- Publish a discussion
- How to add a rubric to a discussion
Assessments
- Creating New Quizzes in Canvas | Video
- How do I moderate a student's quiz attempt in New Quizzes? (applies to a single chosen quiz)
- Item Banks in New Quizzes
- Quiz accommodations (applies to all quizzes in a specific course for a student)
Grading Setup and Management
- Create/Associate grade schemes
- Creating assignments groups & weighting gradebook
- Drop the lowest grade in the gradebook by using grading rules
- Gradebook Overview | Video
- How do I give extra credit in a course
- Managing Late Submissions
- More grading tutorials
Grading Tools and Features
- How do I hide grade "totals" in my students' grade summaries?
- Using Rubrics for Grading | Video
- Providing Feedback with SpeedGrader | Video
Grade Posting and Data Management
Collaboration & Group Work
Analytics & Course Insights
Additional Features
Third-Party Tools
- Gradescope
- iClicker
- Panopto
- Peermark
- Respondus
- StudyMate Campus
- Turnitin
- Webex
- Yuja Panorama (Accessbility Tool)
Service Requests (Process Time May Vary)
Still need help? Visit the Canvas Instructor Resource Page for more tutorials and answers to common questions or email canvas@montana.edu for support.