Canvas for Students
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Below are some helpful links for students regarding Canvas.
Announcements
- How do I view Announcements as a student?
Assignments
- How do I view Assignments as a student?
- How do I filter assignments by type as a student?
- How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I view the rubric for my external tool assignment?
- How do I submit a text entry assignment?
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit an assignment on behalf of a group?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I upload a file from Google Drive as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I submit a Turnitin assignment?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
- How do I communicate with my instructor about assignments?
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
- How do I view Turnitin results for my assignment submission?
- w do I view rubric results for my assignment?
Calendar
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course as a student?
- How do I use the Calendar as a student?
- How do I view the Calendar iCal feed to subscribe to an external calendar as a student?
- How do I add a personal reminder to the Calendar as a student?
- How do I view a group calendar?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Outlook as a student?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar as a student?
- How do I sign up for a Scheduler appointment in the Scheduler page?
Course Navigation
- How do I use the Course Home Page as a student?
- How do I use the Course Activity Stream as a student?
- How do I drop a self-enrolled Canvas course?
- How do I use the Syllabus as a student?
Discussions
- How do I view Discussions as a student?
- How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion?
- How do I submit a peer review to a discussion?
- How do I know if I have a peer review discussion to complete?
- Where can I find my peers' feedback for peer reviewed discussions?
- How do I subscribe to a discussion as a student?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as a student?
- How do I reply to a discussion as a student?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I like a reply in a course discussion as a student?
Global Navigation
- How do I log in to Canvas as a student?
- How do I use the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as a student?
- How do I view course cards in the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I use the Global Activity Stream as a student?
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view my Canvas courses as a student?
- How do I customize my Courses list as a student?
- How do I view my institution's Public Course Index as a student?
- How do I get help with Canvas as a student?
- How do I log out of Canvas as a student?
- Why can't I access my Course as a student?
Grades
- How do I view my grades in a current course?
- How do I view my Learning Mastery scores in the Grades page?
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Grades page?
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature?
- How do I view my grades in a concluded course?
Modules
- How do I view Modules as a student?
- How do I mark a content page as done for a module requirement?
- How do I choose an assignment path in a module?
- How do I view course content offline as an HTML file as a student?
Profile and User Settings
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as a student?
- How do I add a profile picture in my user account as a student?
- How do I change the language preference in my user account as a student?
- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as a student?
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as a student?
- How do I add an additional email address as a contact method in Canvas as a student?
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as a student?
Quizzes
- How do I view Quizzes as a student?
- How do I take a quiz?
- How do I answer each type of question in a quiz?
- How do I resume a quiz that I already started taking?
- How do I submit a quiz?
- How do I view quiz results as a student?
- How do I know if I can retake a quiz?
Rich Content Editor
- How do I use the HTML view in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed images from the web in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I embed images from Flickr Creative Commons in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create a hyperlink in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create a hyperlink or embed a file from Google Drive into the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I upload a video using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I record a video using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I upload an audio file using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I record audio using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I add captions to an external video as a student?
- How do I add captions to new or uploaded videos in Canvas as a student?
- How do I create a caption file using the subtitle creation tool as a student?
- How do I view captions in a video as a student?