Canvas offers a variety of methods for creating graded course activities. Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussion Boards each offer unique, and pedagogically different, opportunities for engaging students with your course content. This guide will explain each type of Canvas graded course activity further, as well as provide the step-by-step instructions for creating them within your Canvas course site.
You can easily share files from external cloud storage platforms like YouTube, Kaltura or Google Drive by linking or embedding files in the Rich Text Editor in Canvas.
ScreenPal (formerly Screencast-O-Matic) is an intuitive, easy-to-use video recording tool that helps faculty connect and engage students in meaningful ways globally. With ScreenPal (formerly Screencast-O-Matic), you can deliver lectures, create tutorials, record your screen (screencasting), and provide personalized small group or 1:1 instruction and feedback.
Google Meet is an online meeting tool for video conferences that uses the camera and microphone on your computer or mobile device to connect you to a virtual conversation.
Webex makes it easy to collaborate with others. You can also use WebEx to record your Webex sessions so students can view them at a later date. This virtual meeting solution is available to all faculty, staff, and students on all Miami campuses. All Miami faculty and staff can have accounts and create meetings.
Have you received a Faculty Notification Letter about a student accommodation that requires extra time on timed assignments? Get step-by-step instructions for extending time on assignments in Canvas here.
Occasionally, the course navigation links in your Canvas courses are broken. This guide will show you how to repair them so that students can easily navigate your courses.
Occasionally, the hyperlinks in your Canvas courses can become broken. This guide will show you how to repair them so that students can easily navigate through your course content.
