Canvas Crash Course
New to Canvas?
We've created a "crash course" profiling the basic Canvas settings that new Canvas instructors are often interested in using, such as:
- Customizing the course menu
- Posting Announcements
- Adding a Syllabus and course due dates
- Providing course content for students in Modules
- Setting up the gradebook via Assignments
- Publishing your course
- Using the Canvas Inbox to message students
Canvas Resources
Here are specific Canvas resources to help you launch your course, per the crash course video:
- Customizing the course menu
- Announcements
- Modules
- Assignments (aka how to create your Gradebook):
- Publishing your course
- How do I publish a course? Links to an external site.
- How do I change the start and end dates for a course section as an instructor? Links to an external site. (use this to publish a course pre-term in order to send out Announcements and Inbox messages to students)
- Using the Inbox to send messages to students
Help with Canvas
You have a few options if you need real-time assistance in setting up your course:
- Canvas 24/7 Faculty Support:
- 24/7 Phone Support: 833-507-7237 (faculty only)
- Live Chat: look for the Live Chat link in the Help menu.
- contact the Online Learning Center
- email: onlinelearning@swccd.edu
- visit: The OLC is open different days and times, depending on the time of year. Please call or check the OLC web site Links to an external site. for updated hours.
Another option to help faculty new to Canvas learn more about Canvas is SWC's self-paced Intro to Teaching with Canvas course.
Lastly, be sure to check out the Faculty Resources hub, accessed from the Canvas Global Navigation menu. All of our best faculty resources are collected for you here!