- Sign On: navigate to the Iowa State Homepage, locate the “Sing Ons” link on the upper right corner, use ISU Net-ID and password to log in, and select “Canvas” from the menu.
- MyApps: log into your My Apps dashboard (https://login.iastate.edu) and click the Canvas button. You may need to search for the Canvas app the first time.
- Prepare to Teach: create course shells, group course sections, and publish or conclude courses.
- Request a Course Shell: request a new-credit earning course shell or organization shell.
- Navigation: located towards the left side and provides links to frequently used areas of the course
- Add a user: invite users to join your course.
- Edit profile: add and change profile pictures in your account.
- Migrate courses: course content from previous Canvas courses into existing courses.
- Announcements: share important information with all users.
- Modules: are used to organize course content.
- Assignments: create and track graded and ungraded assignments.
- Classic Quizzes: is used to create and administer online quizzes and surveys.
- New Quizzes: an assessment tool within Canvas that is slated to replace Classic Quiz.
- Discussions: create a discussion board in which students can see and respond to their peers’ responses to a topic.
- Gradebook: view and enter grades for students by instructors.
- Teaching Using the HyFlex Model
- Syllabus Design for a Successful Semester
- Lesson Planning for Quality Instruction
- Required and Recommended ISU Syllabus Statements
- Recording Asynchronous Lectures
- Editing Past Lectures for Asynchronous Lectures
- Synchronous Lectures
- Creative Ways to Facilitate an Online Discussion
- Unconventional Methods to Using TopHat in the Classroom
- Creating Content