Analytics (Vendor Guides)
Below are the vendor guides for Course Analytics.
For more help, please contact canvas@yale.edu.
Canvas @ Yale Help Site
Topics
- Academic Continuity - Course Support Resources 4
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Setting Up Your Course Site
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- Publishing and Unpublishing Your Course
- Copying Content from One Canvas Course Into Another Canvas Course
- Changing Your Course Name and Course Number in Canvas
- Creating a Custom Link in Your Course Navigation Using the Redirect Tool
- Posting Your Syllabus in Canvas
- Unlocking Courses in Past Terms to Add Users
- Viewing What Students See in Your Course
- Changing Course Participation Dates in Your Canvas Course
- Setting Up Student Accommodations in Canvas
- Setting Your Favorite Courses
- Restoring Deleted Items in Canvas
- Quick Start Guide for Instructors
- Organizing Your Canvas Course
- Organizing Your Course Navigation
- Understanding Courses in Past Terms
- Understanding Canvas @ Yale Umbrella Sites
- Using Course Reserves in a Canvas Course
- Requesting a Canvas Sandbox
- Identifying Discussion Sections in Your Canvas Course
- Changing Your Course Visibility
- Course Import Tool (Vendor Guides)
- Courses and Sections (Vendor Guide)
- Settings (Vendor Guides)
- Global Navigation (Vendor Guides)
- Course Navigation (Vendor Guides)
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Getting Started with Zoom
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- Resolving Zoom Errors (Error 2216 / Error 1001)
- Logging into the Zoom Application Using Your Yale Credentials
- Linking a Personal Zoom Account Using a Yale Email Address to a Yale Zoom Account
- Recording Zoom to the Cloud for Proctoring
- Adding a Passcode / Waiting Room to Your Canvas Zoom Meetings
- Setting Up Your Zoom Account
- Configuring Your Microphone / Speakers / Camera in Zoom
- Using Breakout Rooms in Zoom
- Logging into the Zoom App from Your Smartphone / Tablet Using Your Yale Credentials
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User Management
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- Adding / Removing Users in Your Course
- Editing User Roles in Your Course
- Photo Roster: Overview
- Photo Roster Interface Overview
- Creating Manually Created Course Sections
- Course Roles and Permissions
- Creating Groups in Your Course
- Understanding the Groups Page
- Viewing Student Group Site Pages
- People Tool versus Photo Roster
- Restricting Teaching Fellow’s Access to Specific Sections
- Accessing Group Sites
- Activating the Attendance Tool
- People (Vendor Guides)
- Roll Call / Attendance (Vendor Guides)
- Groups (Vendor Guides)
- Profile and User Settings (Vendor Guides)
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Assignments
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- Creating an Assignment
- Creating a Discussion Board
- Grading Assignments Using the SpeedGrader
- Duplicating an Assignment
- Building Assessments in Canvas
- Setting Lock / Availability Dates
- Creating a Media Recording Assignment
- Introducing New Quizzes
- Turnitin: Viewing the Similarity Report / Originality Score (Instructor Guide)
- Turnitin: Assignment Settings Options
- Turnitin: Creating a Turnitin Assignment
- Due Dates versus Display Dates
- Checking a Canvas Activity in Student View without Releasing It to Students
- Creating Weighted Assignments Groups
- Creating an Ungraded, No-Submission Assignment (Reading Assignment)
- Assignments (Vendor Guides)
- Quizzes (Vendor Guides)
- New Quizzes (Vendor Guides)
- Discussions (Vendor Guides)
- Rubrics (Vendor Guides)
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Grades
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- Submitting Audio / Video Feedback to a Student
- Utilizing Anonymous Grading
- Grading Assignments Using the SpeedGrader
- Understanding Gradebook Views and Filters
- Using the Grade Posting Policy
- Importing Grades into Gradebook
- Gradebook Overview and Features
- Changing Grading Schemes / Grade Letter Ranges
- Accessing the SpeedGrader from the Gradebook
- Gradebook (Vendor Guides)
- SpeedGrader (Vendor Guides)
- Pages 1
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Files Management
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- Understanding Files and File Storage Quotas in Canvas
- Uploading a File to Your Course
- Sharing LibGuides in a Canvas Course
- Preventing Files from being Downloaded when using Google Drive (EliApps) or Box
- Embedding Box (Cloud Storage) into a Canvas Course
- Deleting Files / Folders from a Course
- Using the Rich Content Editor
- Uploading / Linking a File in Canvas Content
- Linking to a Specific Canvas Activity or Canvas Tool in Canvas Content
- Inserting URL Links to External Sites in Canvas Content
- Embedding / Inserting an Image in Canvas Content
- Embedding / Recording a Video in Canvas Content
- Inserting / Viewing HTML Code in Canvas Content
- Creating a Shared Google Doc Using Canvas Collaborations
- Creating Folders in Your Course 'Files" Area
- Methods to Record, Upload, and Share Course Welcome Videos on the Media Library in Canvas
- Creating a Zip Folder to Bulk Upload Files to Canvas
- Files (Vendor Guides)
- Rich Content Editor (Vendor Guides)
- Collaboration (Vendor Guides)
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Media Library
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- Media Library (Panopto): Overview
- Creating / Uploading Media to the Media Library
- Migrating Media Library Content from One Course Folder to Another
- Recording Videos in Media Library using Panopto Recorder
- Sharing Media Library Content
- Introduction to the Media Library Tool
- Adding / Editing Captions on Media Library Content
- Moving / Copying Media Library Items / Folders
- Finding and Moving Content that was in Media Gallery (Classes*v2)
- Recording Videos in Media Library using Panopto Capture
- Methods to Record, Upload, and Share Course Welcome Videos on the Media Library in Canvas
- Sharing a Media Library Folder
- Creating / Managing a Video Assignment Folder in the Media Library
- Classroom Lecture Capture Benefits
- Embedding Media Library Content into Canvas Pages
- Creating New Media Library Folders
- Media Library Search Features
- Viewing Media Library Item / Folder Statistics and Usage
- Viewing Other Media Library Folders You have Access to
- Setting Media Library Folders to Require Content be Manually Published
- Allowing Media Library (Panopto) Access in the iOS Canvas App
- Commenting on a Media Library Item
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Poll Everywhere
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- Poll Everywhere: Overview
- Inserting and Running Poll Everywhere in PowerPoint (or Keynote) on Mac
- Logging into Poll Everywhere
- Syncing Your Canvas Roster to Poll Everywhere
- Creating Polls in Poll Everywhere
- Exporting Poll Results to Canvas Gradebook
- Configuring Your Poll in Poll Everywhere
- Installing the Poll Everywhere Desktop Application
- Inserting and Running Poll Everywhere in PowerPoint on Windows
- Adding Images and Alt-Text in Poll Everywhere
- Poll Everywhere (Vendor Guides)
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Zoom in Canvas
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- Zoom Cloud Recordings: Accessing / Downloading / Sharing via Media Library
- Scheduling Zoom Meetings within Canvas
- Adding a Co-Host / Alternative Host for a Zoom Meeting
- Enabling Zoom within a Canvas Course
- Zoom Local Recordings: Accessing / Sharing via Media Library
- Inviting Guests to Your Zoom Session
- Using the Zoom / Panopto (Media Library) Integration
- Displaying and Joining Zoom Meetings from Canvas
- A Strategy to Organize Discussion / Lab Section Zoom Schedules
- Making the most of teaching through Zoom
- Checking / Taking Attendance in Past Zoom Meetings
- Yale University Library and Zoom
- Modules 3
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Communication
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- Creating Office Hour Appointment Slots in the Calendar
- Using the Email Lists Tool
- Creating and Managing Appointment Slots in the Sign-Up Tool
- Editing / Deleting a Calendar Event
- Creating an Announcement
- Receiving Announcements and Inbox Messages Created by You
- Tools for Communicating with Your Students
- Announcements (Vendor Guides)
- Calendar (Vendor Guides)
- Inbox (Vendor Guides)
- Chat (Vendor Guides)
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Course Analytics and Feedback
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- Feedback & Accessibility Barriers Tool: Overview
- Mid-Semester Feedback: Overview
- Timing of Mid-Semester Feedback
- Disabling / Enabling the Mid-Semester Feedback Tool in Your Canvas Course
- Managing Mid-Semester Feedback Survey Questions
- Viewing / Downloading Student Mid-Semester Feedback Submissions
- Enabling / Viewing the Feedback & Accessibility Barriers Tool
- New Analytics (Vendor Guides)
- Outcomes (Vendor Guides)
- Analytics (Vendor Guides)
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Best Practices, Training, and Resources
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- Strategies for Delivering Exams / Quizzes in Canvas
- Organizing Your Canvas Course
- Instructor Notification Recommendations
- Implementing Peer Review Assessments
- Best Practices / Alternatives for Canvas Course File Storage
- Supporting and Using Feedback in Your Class
- Implementing Online Discussions
- Tips on Importing Course Content
- Quick Start Guide for Instructors
- Beginning of Semester / Term Checklist
- General Canvas Accessibility Guidelines and Tips
- Training Opportunities
- Supported Browsers
- Canvas How-To Articles (Vendor Guides)
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Canvas @ Yale External Apps
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- External Application Overview
- Overview of ALLY in Canvas
- External App: Cengage Learning
- Ed Discussion: Overview
- Ed Discussion: Enabling Ed Discussion in Your Canvas Course
- Ed Discussion: Setting Up Your Course
- Ed Discussion: Getting a Direct Link to an Ed Discussion Category or Subcategory
- Ed Discussion: Creating and Managing Threads
- Ed Discussion: Managing Polls
- Gradescope: Overview
- Gradescope: Enabling Gradescope and Creating a New Course
- Gradescope: Syncing and Managing Your Canvas Roster
- Gradescope: Creating a Canvas Assignment
- Gradescope: Assignment Workflow (Vendor Guides)
- Gradescope: Logging into Gradescope Outside of Canvas
- Hypothesis: Overview
- External App: LabArchives
- LinkedIn Learning: Overview
- LinkedIn Learning: Adding Content to Canvas
- Perusall: Overview
- Perusall: Enabling Perusall in Your Canvas Course
- Perusall: Creating a Perusall Assignment
- Perusall: Copying a Perusall Course to a New Canvas Course
- PlayPosit: Overview
- PlayPosit: Adding a PlayPosit Activity to Your Canvas Course
- PlayPosit: Monitoring / Grading Student Submissions
- Poll Everywhere: Overview
- Post'Em: Overview
- Post'Em: Enabling Post'Em in Your Canvas Course
- Post'Em: Uploading and Releasing Feedback to Students through Post'Em
- Post'Em: Completing Additional Actions
- Qualtrics LTI: Overview
- Qualtrics LTI: Connecting Your Canvas Account to the Qualtrics LTI
- Qualtrics LTI: Adding a Survey to your Canvas Course
- Qualtrics LTI: Embedding Course / User Data in Surveys
- Respondus LockDown Browser: Overview
- Respondus LockDown Browser: Enabling Respondus for Your Course
- Respondus LockDown Browser: Adding Respondus to a Canvas Quiz
- Turnitin: Overview
- Turnitin: Creating a Turnitin Assignment
- Turnitin: Assignment Settings Options
- Turnitin: Viewing the Similarity Report / Originality Score (Instructor Guide)
- VoiceThread: Overview
- VoiceThread: Setting Up Non-Graded Activities
- VoiceThread: Setting Up Graded Activities from the Assignment Builder
- WordPress: Overview
- WordPress: Requesting a WordPress Blog Site
- WordPress: Removing Course Blog Links from Copied / Imported Canvas Course Content
- WordPress: Adjusting Comment Moderation Settings
- WordPress: Changing Course Blog Site Visibility
- WordPress: Course Blog User Role Overview
- Zoom: Overview
- Program / School Specific Canvas External Apps 5
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FAQ
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- Why are my TA's grades not being saved in SpeedGrader? / How do I avoid over-writing my co-graders in SpeedGrader?
- Why can't I remove some students from my course?
- What is the "Hidden Files" folder in my Files area?
- How do I allow a student extra time to (re)submit an assignment submission?
- Student essay responses in my Canvas quiz / exam are missing parts of their answer. What happened and where do I find their complete essay response?
- I'm teaching a course but do not see it on my Dashboard. Where is my course?
- I just posted an Announcement or Inbox message. Why didn't I get a copy in my Yale email account?
- How do I review my students' name pronunciations and pronouns?
- How do I find my student's residential college?
- Why is my Canvas course name different than past years?
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Instructional Tools
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- Assessment Finder Tool
- Canvas Announcements: Overview
- Canvas Assignment Tool: Overview
- Canvas Collaborations: Overview
- Canvas Discussions: Overview
- Canvas Groups: Overview
- Canvas Inbox: Overview
- Canvas Modules: Overview
- Canvas Pages: Overview
- Canvas Quizzes: Overview
- Canvas Syllabus: Overview
- Ed Discussion: Overview
- Feedback & Accessibility Barriers Tool: Overview
- Gradescope: Overview
- Hypothesis: Overview
- LinkedIn Learning: Overview
- Media Library (Panopto): Overview
- Mid-Semester Feedback: Overview
- Perusall: Overview
- Photo Roster: Overview
- PlayPosit: Overview
- Poll Everywhere: Overview
- Post'Em: Overview
- Qualtrics LTI: Overview
- Respondus LockDown Browser: Overview
- Turnitin: Overview
- VoiceThread: Overview
- WordPress: Overview
- Zoom: Overview