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Requesting Canvas User Sponsored Identities for Guests to Access Canvas @ Yale
Updated onArticleFaculty, students, colleagues, and other community members from outside of Yale University may need access to Canvas @ Yale course sites as they are participating officially or unofficially in a course. Please follow these steps to request either a single Canvas User sponsored identity or bulk Canvas User sponsored identities for non-Yale users.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management User Management
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Canvas Updates for Fall 2024
Updated onArticleNotable changes to Canvas @ Yale environment, last updated 07/26/2024.
General Information Updates & Known Issues Fall Updates
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Personal Pronouns in Canvas
Updated onArticleA user's pronouns are set locally in Canvas through an individual's Canvas profile. When enabled, your pronouns will appear next to your name in the following areas in Canvas @ Yale: Act as User Page Assignment Creation Menu Assignment Peer Review Page Comment Fields Course Sections List Discussions Inbox People Pages (Account, Course, and Group) Student Context Card SpeedGrader User Navigation Menu User Profile User Settings
Accessibility & Inclusion Inclusivity Your Canvas @ Yale Identity
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Modifying Your Canvas Account Notification Settings
Updated onArticleWithin Canvas @ Yale, you can modify your account notification settings to determine how frequently you receive email notifications from your Canvas @ Yale course sites. Your account-level notification settings are your default notification preferences, which will be used in all Canvas courses. You are able to set your notification preferences at the course-level as well.
General Information Canvas @ Yale Settings Notification Settings
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Modifying Your Canvas Course Notification Settings
Updated onArticleWithin Canvas @ Yale, you can modify your notification preferences to determine how frequently you receive email notifications from individual Canvas @ Yale course sites. Your account-level notification settings are your default notification preferences, which will be used in all Canvas courses.
General Information Canvas @ Yale Settings Notification Settings
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Merging Canvas Course Sections into One Course Site (Section-Merge Umbrella Site)
Updated onArticleMerging Canvas course sections allows you to move section enrollments from individual courses and combine them into one course. This feature is helpful for instructors who teach several sections of the same course and only want to manage course data in one location. Instructors can allow students to view users in other sections or limit them to only view users in the same section. Section names do not change when they are merged, the section is just moved to another course.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Course Administration Settings
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Panorama: Points of Contact by School
Updated onArticleEach school at Yale University has their own points of contact that you can reach out to with questions or for additional help with accessibility concerns regarding the design and facilitation of your course content. Please see below for your school's point of contact.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Canvas @ Yale External Applications Panorama
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Panorama: Downloading Alternative Formats
Updated onArticlePanorama, in addition to providing Accessibility Scores to course materials for instructors to improve their course accessibility, also provides instructors and students with the option to download course materials in alternative formats. Alternative formats provide users with the ability to access the content in otherwise unavailable accessible formats such as Braille. There are numerous options for users to download the available alternative formats of a file upload in a Canvas course. Below are the details for each option, as seen from a student's perspective.
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Panorama: Viewing and Understanding a File's Accessibility Score
Updated onArticlePanorama is an external tool integrated into Canvas that scans the course content you have added to your course site, and assigns it an “accessibility score," which instructors can use to assess and understand the level of accessibility their course materials have, as well as clear instructions for what needs to be done for the course material to become more accessible.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Canvas @ Yale External Applications Panorama