Canvas: Ready Your Course for Start of Term
Ready Your Course for Start of Term
Create or import your content
Set your Grade Posting Policy
Review Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions
- Verify activities are published –including modules and contents within modules.
- How do I publish or unpublish an assignment as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I publish or unpublish a discussion as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I publish or unpublish a page as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I publish or unpublish a quiz as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I publish or unpublish a module as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- Verify assignments and quizzes are set with the desired grade posting policy.
- Verify dates and times. 11:59 pm is the last minute of the day, 12:00am is the first minute.
- Verify instructions are correct and well formatted.
- Verify points possible are correct.
- Verify submission type (for assignments).
- Verify number of attempts is correct (for quizzes).
- Verify assignment groups are set up correctly.
- How do I create an assignment shell in an assignment group? Links to an external site.
- How do I move or reorder an assignment group? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an assignment group in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups? Links to an external site.
- How do I create rules for an assignment group? Links to an external site.
- How do I add a group set in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit a group set in a course? Links to an external site.
- Verify assignments are weighted correctly.
- Verify discussions are ordered logically.
- Verify quiz options are correct.
Review Course Details
- Verify total points possible in the gradebook is correct.
- Review the Syllabus for accuracy
- Verify all links.
- Customize course navigation links. Hide unneeded links such as Files, Pages and Outcomes.
- Verify modules are logically ordered and published.
- Verify module "lock until" dates are correct.
- Verify module requirements and prerequisites are set correctly.
- Verify the course home page is set correctly.
- How do I use the Course Home Page as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- What layout options are available in the Course Home Page as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I change the Course Home Page? Links to an external site.
- How do I show recent announcements in the Course Home Page? Links to an external site.
- Use the "Preview" option in each quiz to check for errors.
- Use "Student View" to review the entire course.
Final Preparations
- Publish your course. Announcements and Inbox messages only send when the course is published.
- How do I use the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I find my unread messages in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I send a message to all course users in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to a message in the Inbox as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- How do I add an announcement in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I edit an announcement in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delete an announcement in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I allow or disallow announcement replies in a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I reply to an announcement as an instructor? Links to an external site.
- Use FSC to e-mail your students about canvas.ubc.ca, Canvas support and Canvas 101.
Additional Resources for Instructors: Canvas Instructor Guides
UBC Okanagan Centre for Teaching and Learning Canvas Directory
Updated October 2020