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Canvas Resource Centre

Canvas is the learning management system at Ontario Tech University. Canvas lets instructors upload content, communicate with their students, assign quizzes and assignments, mark and maintain a gradebook for each class. Canvas includes a variety of customizable course creation and management tools, course and user analytics and statistics, and internal communication tools. 

This self-service Resource Centre contains helpful articles created by Canvas and by the TLC that can help you perform some of the essential tasks in Canvas. Browse through the material based on what you would like to do, or take a look at our quick links to get started.

If you still have questions after reviewing these guides, please submit a support ticket online

Getting Started With Canvas

Getting Started With Canvas

Course Setup

Course Setup

Content

Content

Communication

Communication

Assessments

Assessments

Grading

Grading


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Getting Started

Canvas is the learning management system for Ontario Tech University. These resources can help you login to the system, navigate to your courses, and manage your user preferences and account. Canvas is located at learn.ontariotechu.ca

 


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Course Setup

Setting up your course is the first step to using Canvas. Addressing some important setup items before loading in your content will make the process smoother for you and your students. In particular, we recommend hiding grade totals and setting grading policy to manual at the start of every course, in alignment with Ontario Tech University policies.

 


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Content

One of the most powerful way to use Canvas is to deliver content to your students. Canvas has a full range of content that can be used, from standard HTML pages to rich multimedia to a virtual classroom. Organize your content in modules so students can easily find content week-to-week.

 


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Communication

Canvas gives instructors a variety of ways to communicate with their entire classes or with individual students. Discussion boards can also be a way to connect students virtually to a variety of learning activities and topics.

 


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Assessments

Canvas offers powerful, customizable ways to deliver assessments to your students. Assign work individually or as a group with Assignments, or create quizzes, tests, and exams using Quizzes. The New Quizzes engine is also under development, for launch in Summer 2023.

 


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Grades

Canvas allows instructors convenient ways to collect assessments, use rubrics, offer feedback, and record grades.