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  1. Content Link Error Notification

    What to know This setting alerts you when a student clicks a link to unpublished content, content with permission errors, or a broken link.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 se...
  2. View a Course as a Test Student Using Student View

    What to know Student View lets you experience your course the way that your students do.  You will see only what you, as the instructor, allow your students to see. Note Each Canvas course has a separate T...
  3. 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...
  4. Copying Announcements

    What to know Announcement text from prior courses can be copied to current course and reused. Links must be realigned to the current course. Copying Announcements Updating Links Note Images will...
  5. Opencast Video Embed Tool

    Using the OpenCast Embed Tool in Canvas Demonstration video for embedding an OpenCast hosted video in a DCE Canvas site Watch Video (2:47) ...
  6. Canvas Scheduler

    Canvas Scheduler is part of the calendar and creates appointment groups (collection of individual appointments) that students can sign up for. You may use it to:  create office hours  schedule TA sessions  assign presentation times and host oth...
  7. Add Content in Canvas

    What to know Canvas content creation works similarly across all areas of the site where there is a rich content editor. Tip: to revert to a previous version of a page, visit our guide on Pages revision . ...
  8. Canvas Layouts

    What to know The Default Homepage Layout (shown below) will display on all new CANVAS sites. Your existing layout will display when course content is copied from a prior CANVAS site. Choose an alternative layout (opt...
  9. What's New in Zoom?

    Updated June 9th 2026 General Accessibility Hosts and Co-Hosts Apps Video, Effects, and Virtual Background Share Screen Other General Added...
  10. Unpublished and Published Statuses

    What to know As an instructor, you have the ability to release content to your students at your pace. Unpublished Gray icons indicate unpublished content. Unpublished content exists in a “draft state” an...