LibGuides: CCPCS Technology Help Guides: Canvas

High School Students & Teachers

Blasting Off With Canvas
Complete this online learning module to become familiar with Canvas.

Canvas Help Guides

Canvas
Canvas is our High School Learning Management System (LMS), where teachers upload assignments for students

Instructure Global Navigation Training Guide New to Canvas? These training guides familiarize instructors with Canvas's navigation menus.
Canvas Video Guides
Canvas Instructor Guides (Online)
Canvas Instructor Guide (Comprehensive PDF)
Canvas Course: Instructor Orientation This is a self-paced Canvas Instructor Orientation course designed to familiarize instructors with the basic need-to-know tools and features of Canvas in an effort to prepare them for course design and delivery.
Canvas Engagement Strategies This group is a place where you can share your Canvas experiences and learn how others are leveraging Canvas, from Rollout, through Onboarding, and on to continued engagement!
Canvas FastTrack Series The "Canvas FastTrack Video Series" is a quick video guide for teachers to help with the alignment of Canvas tools with SAMR and the ways to perpetually increase user engagement!
Canvas Student Guides (Online)
Canvas Student Guide (Comprehensive PDF)

CCPCS Canvas Training Doc SY1617
This google doc includes curated links to Canvas training most relevant for Capital City teachers.
Edit the Syllabus Description for your Course
Manually Add Instructors to your Course
Use Files to ensure access to important course documents As an instructor, Files allows you to store files and assignments within Canvas. You can upload one or multiple files, view all details about your files, preview files, publish and unpublish files, set usage rights, and restrict access to files.
Publish your Course!
Introduce your students Canvas

Copy content from another Canvas course
Change the Section Name of your Course
Cross List a Section in a Course
Import File of Archived Course These directions let you copy content from last year’s classes into your new courses. In order to do this, you will need the .IMSCC file, which is the Canvas Course export file.
Mastery Pathways Training Libguide
This libguide includes resources used to train staff on how to complete Mastery Pathways in Canvas.
Share a Resource to Canvas Commons
Use Canvas Modules to organize course content Modules allow instructors to organize content to help control the flow of the course. Modules are used to organize course content by weeks, units, or a different organizational structure. Modules essentially create a one-directional linear flow of what students should do in a course.
Reorder and hide Course Navigation Links you will not use As an instructor, you can control which links appear in Course Navigation. By default, all links are enabled for all courses. Please note that links cannot be renamed.
See what a Student Sees with Student View
Invite families to be Observers in a Course

Search these guides to find out how to use all of the features of Canvas on your Moblile Apps, and online.