Below is a list of recommended on-demand resources created by Canvas and the Academic Technology and Outreach department. While certain resources are available via a direct link, others are housed within the Canvas Training Portal, which is accessible after logging into your Canvas account.

Recorded Trainings by MSU

  • Canvas 101
  • Canvas Migration (coming soon!)
  • Canvas Tools and Features (coming soon!)
  • Creating and Grading Content (coming soon!)

Accessing the Canvas Training Portal

Watch the video below to learn how to navigate the Training Portal.

For detailed steps, visit our full tutorial for How to use the training portal

Canvas Pathways

Pathways are collections of resources, tutorials, and activities curated to improve your proficiency in Canvas. They are available within the Canvas Training Portal. While there are many Pathways available, MSU recommends the following two options:

First Day Ready

Become “First Day Ready” by understanding all the essential features of Canvas.

Includes:

  • Opening Canvas (20min)
  • Creating a Canvas Course (70min)
  • Getting Started w/Assignments and Assessments (17min)
  • Grading and Feedback (42min)

Course Design and Accessibility

Utilize best practices in course design and evaluation by examining how to engage all learners.

Includes:

  • Best Practices for Course Design (13min)
  • Canvas Course Eval and Accessibility (33min)
  • Engaging Learners (22min)

Please use the Canvas instructor guides or the instructor training videos to see the full list of Canvas tutorials for instructors.

The Essentials: Basic to Advanced Tutorials

Use the links below to learn about the most common features in Canvas.

Basic

Assignments:

Discussion:

Gradebook:

Modules:

Pages:

Quizzes:

Announcements:

Advanced

Speedgrader:

Calendar:

Rubrics:

Inbox:

Course and Student Analytics:

External Tool Integrations (LTIs)

Bonus Features: Additional Tutorials

  • Canvas Commons: MSU has created three templates to utilize in your courses. Visit our tutorial How to Import from Canvas Commons to learn more about the options and how to access each one. 
  • Canvas Teacher App: Canvas Teacher is a mobile app that allows teachers to facilitate their courses on the go, both inside and outside the classroom. Visit our tutorial What is the Canvas Teacher app to learn more about the application and how you can use it to support your learners. 

Growing with Canvas Course

"Growing With Canvas" is a course that showcases essential features of the learning management system. You can access the course from your Canvas Dashboard. 

The Canvas dashboard displays two course cards and the global navigation menu, with the "Growing with Canvas" course card outlined in red.

Growing with Canvas has five comprehensive modules covering all aspects of using Canvas. You can work through them in order or jump around to areas of interest. You can take the final quiz to demonstrate all you've learned upon completion.