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  1. Filter and Sort in Gradebook

    You can filter and sort columns in the Gradebook according to your preference.  The option to filter columns affects all assignments within the filter.  You can also have a preset arrangement or manually arrange columns. Filter Arrange ...
  2. Exam Language Tips

    To help you get started with creating clear directions for your students about the nuances of Canvas Quizzes, we've provided you with some base text that you can customize for your needs. General Canvas Directions Available from and Availa...
  3. Creating a Sandbox Site with a Basic Instructure Canvas Account

    We cannot create course sites before the Extension and Summer Schools have set up the course catalog and registrar system.  You can create a sandbox site yourself by setting up an outside Instructure Canvas account and build out things ther...
  4. Zoom links on your Canvas course site

    Don't post Zoom links anywhere Posting Zoom links on a Canvas Syllabus page (or inside of a syllabus) is prohibited for security reasons. More about Zoom Bombings .   Zoom is in the Canvas navigation A link to Zoom meetings is provided in th...
  5. Course Emailer

    The Course Emailer can be used to send email to an entire class or a class section using your default email client (like Outlook) instead of the built-in messaging system in Canvas.  The Course Emailer also displays the individual email addresses ...
  6. Building an Exam in Canvas? Use New Quizzes!

    From the Quizzes page, click the button for "+ Quiz".  In the dialog box, choose "New Quizzes" and click the "submit" button.  Enter your exam name and click the "build" button to start adding questions to your exam. Why Ne...
  7. ActiveClass Configuration

     While ActiveClass has been retired as of January, 2025, we have other discussion tools that might do the trick. ActiveClass is a topic-based graded discussions tool that must be configured individually by creating a new external to...
  8. Teaching Your Asynchronous Students

    Teaching Your Asynchronous Students At Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, we have courses in which all online students are synchronous and a few courses with all asynchronous students. We also have courses that have both asynchrono...
  9. Yellowdig Resources

    Basic How To Guides Advance Features & FAQs Share with your student the Yellowdig How to and Support Guides in the Student Pocket Guide.  Basic How To Guides Posting and Commenting Pinning a Post to Top Search...
  10. Content Link Error Notification

    This setting alerts you when a student clicks a link to unpublished content, content with permission errors, or a broken link. Step 1. Click "Account on the global navigation menu and select "Notifications". Step 2. Locate "Alerts" ...