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  1. Tips & Best Practices for Setting Up Online Exams

    Tips: Exam Preparation Tricks for Upping Your Exam Integrity in Canvas Exam Policies to Know Tips: Exam Preparation Communicate We recommend the use of Canvas Announcements to communi...
  2.  How to Use Announcements

    Create new announcement Go to the announcements page Click the “add announcement” button on the top right of the page Add content Write a title and content for the announcement  Select whom in...
  3. Modify the Course Navigation Menu

    What to know The course navigation menu is a series of links on the left side of your course that help you and your students access different course areas or integrated external tools.  Depending on the structure of your course,...
  4. Change the Course Home Page

    What to know The Course Home Page is the first view your students will see when they enter your course. You can change your Course Home Page to different layout options: the Recent Activity Dashboard, Pages Front Page, the Co...
  5.  How to Manage Notification Preferences

        Link contact email Go to “settings” under your account icon The “ways to contact” section defaults to sending notifications to the email address on file with Harvard Click “Add Email Address” to register...
  6. Canvas Start-of-Term Launch Checklist

    Canvas Start-of-Term Launch Checklist Clear, bite-sized steps to get your course ready for a new term. Follow the list, track your progress, and keep tuning your course toward excellence. Interactive Checklist ...
  7. Canvas Layouts

      What to know DEFAULT LAYOUT WILL BE DISPLAYED Or choose one from the layouts below (optional) SUBMIT A REQUEST Use a Canvas request form to have a new layout applied CUSTOMIZE FREELY Thes...
  8. Access Concluded Canvas Course Sites

        What to know Course sites are archived after the end of a term. Archived sites no longer appear on your dashboard, but remain accessible to you. Access prior term course sites Access Gradebook ...
  9. Build Modules

    What to know Modules organize course content. Organize content by weeks, units, or a different organizational structure. Each module can contain files, discussions, assignments, quizzes, and other learning materials. ...
  10. 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. General Canvas Directions Available from and Available Until Win...