Canvas for Faculty
Canvas Resources
- Canvas Class Request Form
- Access through myRCC or Alternate URL: https://learn.vccs.edu/login/ldap
- Canvas Community – https://community.canvaslms.com. International community of Canvas users, great for discussions with colleagues, guides, and helpful information. Log In with your VCCS credentials.
- Canvas Instructor Guides – Generalized guides on how to use Canvas in your class.
- RCC Online Training through Hoonuit
- Click here: https://learnit.hoonuit.com/1007974/learnit?cn=rcc
- You will need to log in with myRCC credentials.
RCC Webinars
Click on the links below to view the recording for past sessions.
- Canvas Grade Book (9/16/2020)
- Getting the Most out of Canvas Studio (9/2/2020)
- Zoom, Respondus Monitor & Canvas (8/18/2020)
- Zoom Tips Update (August 18, 2020)
- Google Slides Tricks (August 5, 2020)
- Zoom Update (June 17, 2020)
- Canvas NEW Rich Text Editor (May 19, 2020)
- Outlook Web Best Practices (May 14, 2020)
- Outlook Client Best Practices (May 12, 2020)
- From Remotely Secure to Securely Remote (April 23, 2020)
- Canvas Studio Introduction (April 21, 2020)
- Canvas Quiz Creation (April 16, 2020)
- Zoom Introduction & Best Practices (April 14, 2020)
Recorded VCCS Webinars
From the VCCS (EdTech@vccs):
- Getting Started with Canvas – Click to Watch the Recording
- Intro to Canvas Part 1 Global Navigation – Click to Watch the Recording
- Intro to Canvas Part 3 Best Practices – Click to Watch the Recording
- 5 Engaging Ways to use Studio videos in your Course – Click to Watch the Recording
- Modules, Pages and Content, Oh My! – Click to Watch the Recording
- Speedgrader / Gradebook / Feedback – Click to Watch the Recording
- Assignment Groups – Click to watch the Recording
- Alright Stop, Communicate, and Listen – Click to Watch the Recording
- Organizing your Course Files – Click to Watch the Recording
- Quizzes & Question Banks – Click to Watch the Recording
- Due, Due, what can my Syllabus DO? – Click to Watch the Recording
- Canvas Commons – Click to Watch the Recording
- Quizzes.Next – Click to Watch the Recording
- How to set up Badges in Canvas – Click to Watch the Recording
- Canvas Tips & Tricks – Click to Watch the Recording
Click on Title to View recording (will open in New Window or Tab) – May need to click recording once to start.
Getting Set up for a New Semester
- Course Copy Request form [Form link]
- Copy a Canvas Course [pdf]
- Add a new Announcement
- How to use the Announcements Page
- Put Announcements on your Home Page
Video in Canvas
Studio – a built in video tool for instructors and students – Studio Guides
- Canvas Studio Introduction (April 21, 2020)
- Resource Document – Learning with Video and Studio – Best Practices
- 3 Ways to Record Lectures (Video) – Zoom, Studio, PowerPoint
- Get the Most out of Studio (Video)
- Moving from Panopto to Studio [pdf]
Content in Canvas
- New Rich Content Editor (Text Editor) [pdf]
- Adding Films on Demand videos [pdf]
- Adding Hoonuit Training videos [pdf]
- Add Zoom in your Class [pdf]
- Import Zoom Meetings to Canvas [pdf]
- Google Slides aides
- Present Slides with Captions (external)
- Keyboard Shortcuts (external)
- Accessibility Tips (external)
Resource Documents
- Working with your Course Home Page
- Using the new Quizzes.Next tool
- Working with the Gradebook and SpeedGrader
Testing in Canvas
- Reading Survey Results [pdf]
- Importing Question Banks [pdf]
- Quiz Setup and Options [pdf]
- Adding Quiz Questions
- Special Quiz Functions – Regrade and Accommodation [pdf]
- Switching Respondus 4.0 from Blackboard to Canvas [pdf]
- Respondus 4.0 Canvas Reference [pdf]
- Export a Quiz or Test to Word [pdf]
Respondus Lockdown Browser
- Enabling Respondus Lockdown Browser in Canvas [pdf]
- Lockdown Browser & Monitor Quick Start Guide [pdf]
- Lockdown Browser & Monitor – New Quizzes Edition – Quick Start [pdf]
For questions concerning Canvas, student enrollments, student usernames, etc., please contact the RCC Canvas Administrator, Timothy Hoffman or Kathy Fife via email, or call 804-333-6786.
