Basic Operation
Use the list of concepts below to self-evaluate your level of operational understanding. If you are familiar and comfortable with the utility and implementation of most or all of these items, you are (at least) at the (basic/intermediate/advanced) level of operational understanding.
- 3 Components of the Canvas User Interface Dashboard, Global Navigation , and the SideBar
- Logging into Canvas
- Logging out of Canvas
- Identifying components of the Dashboard (pdf)
- Global Navigation The Global Navigation Menu is located on the left side of every page in Canvas.
Settings and Notifications
- Course Navigation
- Manage Navigation menu items
- Reordering and hiding Navigation links
- Editing your profile
- Adding your profile photo
- Modifying and adding your contact methods
- Setting Notification preferences
- Files
- Uploading Individual Files
- Uploading Zipped Files
- File Renaming
- Moving Files and Locking Files
- Creating and Organizing Folders
- Dragging and Dropping Files
- Pages
Pages are where you can put content and educational resources that are part of your course but dont necessarily belong in an assignment, or that you want to refer to in multiple assignments. This is a place where you can include text, video, and links to your files. You can even make links to other pages. Pages can also be used as a collaboration tool where you can create class wikis and set specific user access for each page. Canvas keeps the entire history of the page so you can see how it changes over time. - https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-1916
- Defining Pages and Why you would use it
- Using the Page Tools
- Deleting a Page
- Creating a New Page
- Understanding the differences between pages and files and when to use it
- Modifying a Page
- Course Homepage
- Where is the course homepage
- Changing the course homepage
- Copying Course Material from a Master Course Space
- Using the Import Wizard
- Selecting the Content and Adjusting dates
- Creating an Announcement
For further information, please contact:
Rosalia Reyes-Webb
Learning Technology Specialist
Educational Technology Services
301-405-0309
Rosalia5@umd.edu