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How Academic Canvas @ Yale Course Sites are Made (Departmental Registrar Resource)
Updated onArticleOfficial academic course sites are created in Canvas automatically based on the course offerings and registration enrollments managed by the student information system (SIS), Banner.
General Information Canvas @ Yale Admin / Registrar Canvas @ Yale Registrar Resources
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Using the Email Lists Tool
Updated onArticleThe Email Lists Tool is a tool that generates an email address for Instructors and TAs to use to connect with the users in their course. The email addresses provided by this tool can only be emailed by the official Yale email addresses of the instructors and TAs listed within the course site.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Communication & Notifications
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Creating a Custom Link in Your Course Navigation Using the Redirect Tool
Updated onArticleYour course may need a link to an external resource that your students access / reference many times throughout the semester. A quick and easy way to provide them access is by adding that resource in your course's Navigation menu by using the Redirect Tool.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Managing Course Materials
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Adding / Removing Users in Your Course
Updated onArticleFor official course sites, students that have enrolled in the course through the registration system will be added to your course site automatically. Users you need to add to your course site manually may include:
- Teaching Assistants / Teaching Fellows
- Guest Lecturers
- Unofficially auditing students (official auditors should register officially with the registrar)
- Students who are on a wait-list
- Students who made revisions to their registration
- Guests from other institutions
- Guests from other institutions will need to have an account created for them in Canvas before you can add them to your course site. To request a guest account, please complete the Guest Account Request Form.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management User Management
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Term Dates Vs. Course Dates & Concluding / Resetting Courses
Updated onArticleThis article describes the differences between term dates and course dates. It also provides details and instructions on concluding and resetting courses
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Course Administration Settings
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Posting Your Syllabus in Canvas
Updated onArticleThe Canvas Syllabus tool is a useful way to articulate your course objectives, structure, and expectations to prospective students during enrollment and students enrolled throughout the semester. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate three ways you may want to add your course syllabus content to Canvas.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Instructor Getting Started Guides Getting Started with Canvas
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Canvas Groups: Overview
Updated onArticleThe Canvas Group Sets / Groups tool allows instructors to split students up into smaller working groups for collaborative assignment work and discussions. When you set up the groups, each group is provided a “Group Site” with various tools that they can use to facilitate collaboration. Instructors can create and assign Canvas Discussion and Canvas Assignment activities to a group set for the purpose of collecting and monitoring group work.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Discover Instructional Tools Collaboration Tools
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Filtering the Courses List
Updated onArticleThe Courses list, found in the Global Navigation menu, can sort courses at the top of each column to make it easier to sort and find specific courses you may be looking for.
Student Student Getting Started Guides Using Canvas