Index
A
- account settings
- adjusting / Adjusting your account settings
- new e-mail address, adding / Adding a new e-mail address
- cell phone number, adding for SMS text notifications / Adding a cell phone number for SMS text notifications
- general settings, editing / Editing your general settings
- registered services, using / Using registered services
- notification preferences, customizing / Customizing your notification preferences
- Add Another Answer button / Adding questions to your quiz
- Add People button / Adding participants to the course
- Add Question Bank button / Managing question banks
- Add Questions button / Adding questions to your quiz
- Administrator (Admin) / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
- announcements
- posting / Posting announcements
- Announcements feature
- about / Posting announcements
- another course
- content, importing from / Importing content from another course
- apps
- integrating, into course / Integrating outside apps into your course
- Assessment
- rubrics, using for / Using Rubrics for Assessment
- Assignment / Assignment
- assignment
- adding / Adding assignments and content
- creating / Creating an assignment
- editing / Editing an assignment
- publishing / Updating and publishing an assignment
- updating / Updating and publishing an assignment
- assignment availability / Assignment availability
- assignment groups
- creating / Creating assignment groups
- weighting / Weighting assignment groups
- Assignment List layout / The Assignment List layout
- Assignments
- rubrics, adding to / Adding Rubrics to Assignments
- assignment types
- creating / Creating different types of assignments
- Assignment / Assignment
- Discussion assignment / Discussion
- Quiz assignment / Quiz
- external tools, enabling / External tools
- Not Graded assignment / Not Graded
B
- basic formatting / Basic formatting
- BlackBoard / Exporting your course
C
- Canvas
- Announcements feature / Posting announcements
- using, on mobile devices / Using Canvas on your mobile devices
- URL / Downloading and configuring the mobile app, Life and career skills
- help, finding within / Finding help within Canvas
- connecting, to Education in 21st Century / Connecting Canvas to education in the 21st century
- Canvas accounts
- Institution-specific Canvas accounts / Institution-specific Canvas accounts
- Free for Teachers Canvas accounts / Free for Teachers Canvas accounts
- Canvas Apps / Information, media, and technology skills
- Canvas Community Forums
- exploring / Exploring the Canvas Guides and Community Forums
- questions, asking in / Asking questions in the Community Forums
- response, providing to questions in / Responding to questions in the Community Forums
- Canvas dashboard
- navigating / Navigating Canvas – the dashboard
- Canvas Guides
- exploring / Exploring the Canvas Guides and Community Forums
- browsing / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
- searching / Searching the Canvas Guides
- Canvas Guides menu
- Mobile Guides - Canvas by Instructure / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
- Mobile Guides - MagicMarker / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
- Mobile Guides - Polls for Canvas / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
- Mobile Guides - SpeedGrader / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
- Canvas mobile app
- downloading / Downloading and configuring the mobile app
- configuring / Downloading and configuring the mobile app
- features, using / Using the features of the mobile app
- course, navigating within / Navigating your course within the mobile app
- messages, viewing within / Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app
- messages, sending within / Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app
- To Do feature, using of / Using the To Do feature of the mobile app
- notifications, accessing within / Accessing your notifications within the mobile app
- profile, viewing within / Viewing your profile within the mobile app
- Help feature, finding within / Finding help within the Canvas mobile app
- Canvas Network / Life and career skills
- Canvas Pricing Information
- obtaining / Obtaining Canvas pricing information
- cell phone number
- adding, for SMS text notifications / Adding a cell phone number for SMS text notifications
- collaborations
- about / Creating Collaborations
- creating / Creating Collaborations
- editing / Editing or deleting Collaborations
- deleting / Editing or deleting Collaborations
- Collaborations feature
- Conference / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- conference
- starting / Starting and facilitating your conference
- facilitating / Starting and facilitating your conference
- default / Starting and facilitating your conference
- video chat / Starting and facilitating your conference
- meeting / Starting and facilitating your conference
- webinar / Starting and facilitating your conference
- lecture assistant / Starting and facilitating your conference
- lecture / Starting and facilitating your conference
- Conference feature
- synchronous meetings, setting up / Setting up synchronous meetings using Conferences
- setting up / Creating a conference
- Conferences tool / Learning and innovation skills
- configuration, Canvas mobile app / Downloading and configuring the mobile app
- content
- importing, from another course / Importing content from another course
- adding / Adding assignments and content, Editing an assignment – adding content
- embedding / Embedding content
- content, adding
- Grading type / The grading type
- Submission Type drop-down menu / The Submission Type drop-down menu
- Group assignments / Group assignments
- Peer reviews / Peer reviews
- assignment availability / Assignment availability
- assignment, updating / Updating and publishing an assignment
- assignment, publishing / Updating and publishing an assignment
- content, embedding
- Insert/Edit Table feature / The Insert/Edit Table feature
- Link to URL feature / The Link to URL feature
- Unlink feature / The Unlink feature
- Embed Image feature / The Embed Image feature
- Insert Math Equation feature / The Insert Math Equation feature
- Record/Upload Media feature / The Record/Upload Media feature
- embedded services / Embedded services
- conversations
- organizing / Organizing conversations
- marking unread / Marking conversations as unread
- starring / Starring conversations
- sent messages, viewing / Viewing sent messages
- archiving / Archiving and unarchiving conversations
- unarchiving / Archiving and unarchiving conversations
- deleting / Deleting conversations
- Conversations feature
- communicating through / Communicating through Conversations
- layout / Learning the layout of Conversations
- message, composing / Composing and sending a message
- message, sending / Composing and sending a message
- message, sending to multiple users / Composing and sending a message
- about / Learning and innovation skills
- Conversations tool / Life and career skills
- course
- planning / Planning your course – from syllabus to screen
- participants, adding to / Adding participants to the course
- testing, with Student View / Testing your course with Student View
- publishing / Publishing your course
- navigating, within Canvas mobile app / Navigating your course within the mobile app
- apps, integrating into / Integrating outside apps into your course
- Course Statistics, viewing for / Viewing Course Statistics
- benefits, of exporting / Exporting your course
- exporting / Exporting your course
- course analytics
- using / Using Course Analytics and Course Statistics
- viewing / Viewing Course Analytics
- course calendar events
- adding / Adding course calendar events
- Course Calendar tool / Life and career skills
- course home page layout
- choosing / Choosing a course home page layout
- Recent Activity Dashboard layout / The Recent Activity Dashboard layout
- custom-designed content page layout / The custom-designed content page layout
- Course Modules layout / The Course Modules layout
- Assignment List layout / The Assignment List layout
- Syllabus layout / The Syllabus layout
- Course Modules layout / The Course Modules layout
- Course Setup Checklist
- exploring / Exploring the Course Setup Checklist
- course statistics
- Course Statistics
- viewing, for course / Viewing Course Statistics
- Create a Module button / The Course Modules layout
- Create Module button / The Course Modules layout
- custom-designed content page layout / The custom-designed content page layout
D
- Discussion assignment / Discussion
E
- Edit button / Editing an assignment, Discussion
- Edit Settings button / Editing your general settings
- Education
- Canvas, connecting to / Connecting Canvas to education in the 21st century
- embedded services / Embedded services
- Embed Image feature / The Embed Image feature
- EtherPad / Creating Collaborations
- existing Outcomes
- finding, for usage / Finding existing Outcomes to use
- external tools
- enabling / External tools
F
- features, Canvas mobile app
- about / Using the features of the mobile app
- course, navigating / Navigating your course within the mobile app
- message, sending / Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app
- message, viewing / Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app
- To Do feature, using / Using the To Do feature of the mobile app
- notifications, accessing / Accessing your notifications within the mobile app
- profile, viewing / Viewing your profile within the mobile app
- Help feature, finding / Finding help within the Canvas mobile app
- Files tab
- about / The Files tab
- File Uploads option / The Submission Type drop-down menu
- Find Questions button / Adding questions to your quiz
- Free for Teachers account
- creating / Creating a Free for Teachers account
- URL / Creating a Free for Teachers account
- new course, creating / Creating a new course with a Free for Teachers account
- Free for Teachers Canvas accounts / Free for Teachers Canvas accounts
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) / Browsing and searching the Canvas Guides
G
- + Group button / Creating assignment groups
- + Group Set button / Creating user groups
- general settings
- editing / Editing your general settings
- Google Docs / Creating Collaborations
- about / Creating Collaborations
- Gradebook
- about / Using the Gradebook
- accessing / Accessing the Gradebook and entering grades
- grades, entering / Accessing the Gradebook and entering grades
- graded discussion feature / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- Grading type / The grading type
- Group assignments / Group assignments
H
- help
- finding, within Canvas / Finding help within Canvas
- finding, outside of Canvas / Finding help outside Canvas
- help, finding within Canvas
- about / Finding help within Canvas
- Canvas Guides, exploring / Exploring the Canvas Guides and Community Forums
- Canvas Community Forums, exploring / Exploring the Canvas Guides and Community Forums
- problem, reporting / Reporting a problem
- Canvas Pricing Information, obtaining / Obtaining Canvas pricing information
- feature, requesting / Requesting a feature
- Help feature
- finding, within Canvas mobile app / Finding help within the Canvas mobile app
- HTML Editor feature / The HTML Editor feature
I
- ideas, P21 skills
- about / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- global awareness / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- financial literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- economic literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- business literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- entrepreneurial literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- civic literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- health literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- environmental literacy / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- Images tab
- about / The Images tab
- Information Technologies (IT) / Finding help outside Canvas
- Insert/Edit Table feature / The Insert/Edit Table feature
- Insert Math Equation feature / The Insert Math Equation feature
- installation, YouTube App / Installing and integrating the YouTube app
- institution's Canvas site
- accessing / Accessing your institution's Canvas site
- Institution-specific Canvas accounts / Institution-specific Canvas accounts
- institutional Canvas URL
- institutions Canvas site
- course, creating / Joining a course created by your institution
- Instructure app / Using Canvas on your mobile devices
J
- Jing
- about / Creating a screencast using Jing
- used, for creating screencast / Creating a screencast using Jing
- downloading / Creating a screencast using Jing
K
- Khan Academy app / Integrating outside apps into your course
- Kindergarten through 12th Grade (K-12) / Enacting the Framework for 21st Century Learning
L
- Leave Student View button / Testing your course with Student View
- life and career skills, P21
- about / Life and career skills
- flexibility / Life and career skills
- adaptability / Life and career skills
- initiative / Life and career skills
- self-direction / Life and career skills
- social skills / Life and career skills
- cross-cultural skills / Life and career skills
- productivity / Life and career skills
- accountability / Life and career skills
- leadership / Life and career skills
- responsibility / Life and career skills
- Links tab
- about / The Links tab
- Link to URL feature / The Link to URL feature
M
- Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) / Life and career skills
- Media Recordings option / The Submission Type drop-down menu
- messages
- viewing, within Canvas mobile app / Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app
- sending, within Canvas mobile app / Viewing and sending messages within the mobile app
- mobile devices
- Canvas, using on / Using Canvas on your mobile devices
- Moodle / Exporting your course
- More Options button / Editing an assignment, Adding course calendar events
N
- navigation links
- selecting / Selecting navigation links
- new course
- creating, with Free for Teachers account / Creating a new course with a Free for Teachers account
- new e-mail address
- adding / Adding a new e-mail address
- New Question button / Adding questions to your quiz
- New York app / Information, media, and technology skills
- Not Graded assignment / Not Graded
- notification preferences
- customizing / Customizing your notification preferences
- notifications
- accessing, within Canvas mobile app / Accessing your notifications within the mobile app
O
- online education
- resources, for conceptualizing / Conceptualizing online education
- other resources / Other online course design resources
- online learning environments
- resources, for designing / Designing online learning environments
- outcome
- creating / Creating Outcomes
- Outcome Groups
- creating / Creating Outcome Groups
- outcomes
- Outcomes feature
- about / Setting up Outcomes
P
- P21 Framework
- P21 Framework, for 21st Century Learning
- about / Enacting the Framework for 21st Century Learning
- URL / Enacting the Framework for 21st Century Learning
- core subjects / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- 21st Century Themes / Core subjects and 21st century themes
- Learning Skills / Learning and innovation skills
- Innovation Skills / Learning and innovation skills
- information literacy / Information, media, and technology skills
- media literacy / Information, media, and technology skills
- Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) literacy / Information, media, and technology skills
- life and career skills / Life and career skills
- participants
- adding, to course / Adding participants to the course
- users, managing / Managing users
- user groups, creating / Creating user groups
- Peer reviews / Peer reviews
- People button / Managing users
- profile
- adjusting / Adjusting your profile
- picture, adding / Adding a profile picture
- editing / Editing your profile
- viewing, within Canvas mobile app / Viewing your profile within the mobile app
- profile picture
- adding / Adding a profile picture
- Publish button / Discussion
- Publish Course button / Publishing your course
Q
- question banks
- managing / Managing question banks
- questions
- adding, to quiz / Adding questions to your quiz
- asking, in Canvas Community Forums / Asking questions in the Community Forums
- responding to, in Canvas Community Forums / Responding to questions in the Community Forums
- quiz
- settings, editing for / Editing the settings for your quiz
- questions, adding to / Adding questions to your quiz
- question banks, managing / Managing question banks
- Quiz assignment / Quiz
R
- Recent Activity Dashboard layout / The Recent Activity Dashboard layout
- Record/Upload Media feature / The Record/Upload Media feature
- Record Media tab
- about / The Record Media tab
- registered services
- using / Using registered services
- Reset Student button / Testing your course with Student View
- Rich Content Editor
- using / Using the Rich Content Editor
- basic formatting / Basic formatting
- content, embedding / Embedding content
- HTML Editor feature / The HTML Editor feature
- content, inserting / Inserting content using the right-side menu
- rubrics
- creating / Creating Rubrics and using Outcomes
- adding, to Assignments / Adding Rubrics to Assignments
- using, for Assessment / Using Rubrics for Assessment
S
- 21st Century Learning / Enacting the Framework for 21st Century Learning
- Save button / Selecting navigation links
- screencast
- creating, Jing used / Creating a screencast using Jing
- Select All button / Adding questions to your quiz
- settings
- editing, for quiz / Editing the settings for your quiz
- SMS text notifications
- cell phone number, adding for / Adding a cell phone number for SMS text notifications
- SpeedGrader
- about / Accessing and using a SpeedGrader
- using / Accessing and using a SpeedGrader
- student's submission, viewing / Accessing and using a SpeedGrader
- Start a New Course button / Navigating Canvas – the dashboard
- Student View
- course, testing with / Testing your course with Student View
- Student View button / Testing your course with Student View
- Submission Type drop-down menu / The Submission Type drop-down menu
- Submit button / Adding course calendar events
- Syllabus layout / The Syllabus layout
- synchronous meetings, Conference
- setting up / Setting up synchronous meetings using Conferences
T
- teaching and learning in 21st century
- resources / Teaching and learning in the 21st century
- Text Entry option / The Submission Type drop-down menu
- To Do feature
- using, of Canvas mobile app / Using the To Do feature of the mobile app
U
- Unlink feature / The Unlink feature
- Update Question button / Adding questions to your quiz
- Upload Media tab
- about / The Upload Media tab
- USA Today app / Information, media, and technology skills
- user groups
- creating / Creating user groups
- users
- managing / Managing users
V
- View User Groups button / Creating user groups
- Vimeo / Integrating outside apps into your course
W
- Website URL option / The Submission Type drop-down menu
- Weebly / Learning and innovation skills
- Wikipedia app / Information, media, and technology skills
- Wikispaces / Learning and innovation skills
- Wix / Learning and innovation skills
Y
- YouTube
- YouTube App
- installing / Installing and integrating the YouTube app