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Canvas Tutorials

This category comprises of all of our guides, tutorials, and FAQ collections about Canvas, the learning management system at St. Petersburg College.

Ignite AI

This section contains articles about the Ingite AI feature in Canvas.

Ignite AI in Canvas

Roll Call Attendance

This section includes information about how to use Roll Call to take attendan...

Roll Call Attendance in Canvas

Yuja Panorama

Articles demonstrating how to use Yuja Panorama inside of Canvas.

Making PDFs Accessible with YuJa Panorama’s OCR Tool
Frequently Asked Questions about YuJa Panorama Accessibility Checker
YuJa Panorama Accessibility Checker

D2L Related
How to Save your ePortfolio Work Before Leaving SPC

Backpack Badges
New! Badges through Parchment Digital Badges

Simple Syllabus Guides for Canvas
Simple Syllabus for Canvas
Simple Syllabus Import from Standard on Canvas
Simple Syllabus FAQ for Canvas
Get Started Using Simple Syllabus

Folio: Creating and Showcasing Portfolios and Resume
Getting Started: How to Add a Project in Canvas Folio (Portfolium)
Canvas Folio for Faculty Getting Started

Canvas Courses
How to Create Groups using CSV File Import
Publishing a Course in Canvas
How to Assign Due Dates in Canvas
SPC Types of Courses in Canvas
How to Register for Faculty-On-Demand Workshops (Canvas)
Canvas Course Copy Instructions
See all 13 articles

Canvas FAQs
Canvas Gradebook Icons What Do They Mean?
Student Persona
How to Submit an Idea to Canvas
How to Give a Student Access to a Course that has ended in Canvas
How to Text or Call a Student from Canvas
Publisher Contact List for Faculty
See all 16 articles

Panopto for Canvas
Embedding a Panopto Video
Panopto in Canvas
Your Panopto Account and the Panopto Website (Canvas)
Uploading a Video to Panopto
How to Create a Video Assignment in Canvas
How to Fix Broken Panopto Video Links in Canvas
See all 9 articles

Canvas Extended Time
Canvas Extended Time Accommodations

Canvas Inbox
Canvas Inbox and Best Practices
How to Change Canvas Inbox to Microsoft Outlook Email Notifications
Sending an Inbox Message to All Students in your Canvas Course
How to Mass Delete Inbox Messages in Canvas
Canvas Inbox

Student View
View a Canvas Course as a Test Student

Modules

Barnes and Noble First Day in Canvas
Modules in Canvas

Files and Folders
Uploading to Canvas
Restrict Files & Folders in Canvas

Rich Content Editor
Add course media files to Canvas quiz questions
Rich Content Editor

Canvas Commons
Canvas Commons

Canvas Collaborations
Collaborations for Groups in Canvas

Canvas Groups
Using Groups in Canvas
Groups in Canvas

Canvas Rubrics
Canvas Discussions: How to Ensure Rubric Grades Transfer to the Gradebook
Rubrics in Canvas

Canvas Calendar
Setting Up Virtual Open Lab and Office Hours in Canvas Calendar

Canvas Set Up
Canvas Bad Request Chrome: Solution
How to Add Apps and External Content to Canvas
Using the Canvas Customization Requests Feature
Using Discussion Checkpoints to Boost Student Engagement
How to Change your "Preferred Name" in Canvas
Terminology Differences MyCourses and Canvas
See all 9 articles

Canvas Announcements
Editing and Deleting Announcements in Canvas
Adding Announcements in Canvas
Share Announcements with Multiple Courses and Instructors
Announcements in Canvas

Canvas Assignments
Using Peer Review in Canvas Assignments
How to Release an Assignment to Specific Students
What are Assignments in Canvas?

Canvas Pages
Canvas Terminology- Features & Functions
What Are Canvas Pages?

Canvas Grading
Basic Grading Set Up in Canvas
Extra Credit: How to do it in Canvas
Canvas Gradebook Quirks: A Faculty Guide to Accurate Calculations
The Gradebook Help Center: Links and Resources
New Hidden Grade Indicator
Canvas Midterm Progress Reports
Grades not appearing in Gradebook
See all 20 articles

Canvas Quizzes
Question Banks
Canvas New Quizzes
Canvas Quizzes and Late Submission Policy Issue
How to Use Stimulus in Quizzes
Course Copy Missing Images - Ensure Image Visibility Across Courses Instructions
Add an Extra Attempt or Reopen a Quiz
New Quizzes in Canvas
More Advanced Features for Canvas Quizzes
See all 7 articles

Canvas Discussions
Canvas Discussions - Editing & Managing
Canvas Discussions - Reading and Replying
Canvas Discussions - Creating Discussions

Templates for KB Guides
Lightboard Teaching Tool Guide