Set Up Your Canvas Course in 30 minutes or Less

[nathanatkinson]

Need to quickly get up and running with Canvas? These 7 videos will get you started with an overview of Canvas, how to build and manage a course, and how to create and manage course content. View additional Canvas Overview videos or read the Canvas Instructor Guides for additional information.

[000025722]

I am trying to set up a course as I am virtually teaching from home. On the right side of my screen I do NOT have the option for Start a New Course.

[Torisen]

Guys, as of 8/17/2020 this is the navigation and overview video and does not focus on setting up a course.  Is there a "how to set up your course" dedicated video?

when I follow the "Canvas Overview (Instructors)" link from the general guide it sends me to this exact video, which seems to be more accurate.

[brigittesalami]

I have the same problem. I cannot figure out how to set up my course. 

[zmohr]

On the top left, their is a dropdown arrow. I think it is the second video "Courses: Creation and Management"

[stephenreed]

It appears that much of CANVAS is like a highly refined adaptation of Google Classroom. I just got a better than working knowledge of Google Classroom; my students are at ease here. It will take some doing to understand and introduce the new CANVAS way of running remote.                                       

[rzabransky]

How do people without a course number get the students into their canvas?  I am a counselor. 

[CanvasDocTeam]

@Torisen and @brigittesalami,

@zmohr is absolutely right, there is a drop-down menu at the top of the video that shows a list of the 5 videos in this series. If you watch each video to the end (or just skip to the end) the next video will auto-play. Let us know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

- Nathan

[CanvasDocTeam]

@rzabransky I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to accomplish when you say "get students into their canvas". Can you please give us more detail? Are you trying to view the progress of students in their courses? Or something else? Let us know!

Thanks,

- Nathan

[CanvasDocTeam]

@stephenreed it definitely takes some hands-on time in Canvas to get the hang of things, but that's the case with learning most new things. The good news is that you're in the right place to learn about everything that Canvas has to offer. Be sure to check out the rest of our Canvas user guides at guides.canvaslms.com. Best of luck with your journey with Canvas this school year!

Thanks,

- Nathan

[CanvasDocTeam]

@000025722, 

If you don't see the Start a New Course button, your Canvas admin may have disabled that option for teachers at your school. I recommend reaching out to either your Canvas admin or your school's technical support team for help setting up a new course.

Thanks,

- Nathan

[lipschms]

Is there a way to get the instructional videos to go fullscreen? The details are pretty microscopic. Maybe I'm missing something obvious?

[AnneMH]

This set of 5 videos has been incredibly helpful as I set up my first Canvas course! 
Unfortunately, the 5th video kept flickering in and out for some reason...though the audio was fine.  It was difficult to keep focusing on it; I hope there is some way you can fix this. 

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[ScottGolem]

There are many positive things going on here. right now it is like trying to take a drink from a firehouse. I will need to get on it to turn down the water pressure. 

[Almeida]

Hi, I would like to say thank you for all your amazing work to teach me how use the Canvas.

Thanksgiving, Paula

[Em_emily1201]

hey

[26mgray]

hi guy I can't see the  videos

[26mgray]

[gravitysuksv15]

I have set up my course and it has been published.  However, I am unable to change the "visibility of the course.  The option in the settings tab is greyed out and says "If you need to make your course public please contact your administrator/support. 

I am currently using the free version as this is a project for university class.

Is there any way for the free version to allow the visibility of the course to be changed??

Many Thanks

@nathanatkinson 

[Ken79]

Perhaps it might be useful for future professors who might wish to test out or adapt Canvas LMS, provide the instructional videos for easy download.  At my university during working hours, the Internet is slow and as a result, I cannot stream these videos.  

[Marlon007]

Thank you

[26mgray]

yes 

[solaris]

Not good enough, v disappointing

[7185]

Trying to set up canvass Re not getting any messages.

[cutechihuaua76]

ok this is very hard!!!!!!!😑

[zcarmina31]

Hi. 

I am in Mexico and for my courses I use the hour from Mexico in the settings. For some reason in my computer I program the class 4pm but my students see the class in the calendar at 5mp.

Can you tell what can I do?

[NeilSUMNER]

Is there any way to make the instruction video full screen? I cannot read the text even when wearing my glasses!

[RathaSOKUNTHEA]

Dear CANVAS Team,

I am a new user of CANVAS here. After checking, I find most tools interesting plus assessment.

Do you have a video record option that I can record after I finish teaching my class?

Thank you for your answer.

Regards,

Ratha 

[RebekahMattox]

HI!

I made a big error on my course by importing another course after publishing my course.

The imported course took over my home page and initial course icon on the dashboard.

I was able to fix my home page.

But on my dashboard, I need to delete the imported course icon and replace it back with mine.

I cannot find how to edit a course icon on the dashboard.

How do I edit on my dashboard? How do I replace an image on my course icon on the dashboard?

Thanks,

R

[HabimanaAlphons]

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[HabimanaAlphons]

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[CarlosEchezuria]

I have set up my course and it has been published.  However, I am unable to change the "visibility of the course.  The option in the settings tab is greyed out and says "If you need to make your course public please contact your administrator/support. 

I am currently using the free version for a private class.

Is there any way for the free version to allow the visibility of the course to be changed?

 Thanks

[CarlosEchezuria]

When I click on Publish, It says that  I need to complete the registration sent to my email but I haven't received anything in my mailbox as such. How can it be resent? Thanks!

[drcoleenpeed]

This was very informative.  Thanks

[HabimanaAlphons]

Thank so much for helping to increase my skills and knowledge it can help me to prepare good future

[SallyFox]

A little more than 8% of people have some type of colorblindness. I'm one of them,

I found it very hard to see the red boxes you used to point out the dashboard, etc., that were probably very clear to most people. I don't know if you took colorblind people into consideration when you chose your color palette, but I had to rewind 3-4 times to catch the movement of the red boxes and figure it out.

Here's a link to related information for designers. https://99designs.com/blog/tips/designers-need-to-understand-color-blindness/

Just FYI...

Thanks for this learning opportunity to help me set up my class on Canvas.

[KortneyHaywood]

very explainatory 

[HabimanaAlphons]

Thank you for helping me it can help to increase my skills and knowledge in my life

[JeanBarbre]

Thanks. This information will be helpful. 

[HabimanaAlphons]

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