Canvas Instructor FAQs

Popular Student Questions:

Beginning of the Semester:

• Will students get a notification about New Announcements via email?

• My course is in the Published area on Canvas… but can my students see it?

  • How to Manually Make a Course Available in Canvas

• How can I easily get a list of my students' email addresses in Canvas?

• How can I update my Course Title?

Canvas General Management:

• How to Control what Courses I See In Canvas?

• How to Overwrite a File in Canvas

• Financial aid requires proof of dropped/withdrawn student participation in the course.

• How can I update my Course Title?

Canvas Courses:

Notifications:

• How can I turn on Assignment Notifications for my whole class?

Grading:

• Why don't the points show up when I grade with a Rubric?

• What about students who need to finish an Incomplete from a Blackboard Course during this transition?

• Why can’t my students see their Letter Grade in the Grades Area?

• How can I organize the Speedgrader by Groups?

Assignments:

• How to Add Extra Access to an Assignment for a Single Student/Group/Section

Groups:

• How to do "Journals" in Canvas

• Understanding Groups and Group Sets

Quizzes:

• Understanding Quiz Feedback Settings

• How do I import quizzes from QTI packages?

• How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank?