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How do I create a media (audio or video) assignment in Canvas?

To create and successfully manage a media assignment in Canvas, use the following two documents. The first document is used by faculty to create the assignment, the second document should be added as a link in the assignment so students have the information they need to complete the assignment.

How do I create a media (audio or video) assignment in Canvas?

Can I copy (import) content from one Canvas course into another?

Yes, you can copy content from any course in which you have 'edit' permissions to any other course in which you have 'edit' permissions.

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Can I copy (import) content from one Canvas course into another?

Who can use Canvas?

OSU students are automatically enrolled in Canvas sites when they register for their classes (note that some instructors choose not to activate their Canvas course sites).

Groups and departments who want to use Canvas for training and collaboration may request a Canvas Studio site and enroll anyone with an ONID account.

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Who can use Canvas?

Can I request a new feature or tool in Canvas?

Yes, you can submit a feature request in the Canvas Community. It’s a good idea to check the Canvas Community to see if any other users have requested the same or similar feature. You may also contact the [email protected] team if you have questions about the process or would like to submit a request for a third-party integration or would like to know more about our evaluation process for integration requests.

Can I request a new feature or tool in Canvas?

Do I need to inform students that Turnitin is being used in my class

Yes, any course using this software should include a statement in the syllabus. You may use or adapt the following:

“Your instructor may ask you to submit one or more of your writing assignments to the Turnitin plagiarism prevention service via Canvas (do not submit directly to the Turnitin website). Your assignment content will be checked against Internet sources, academic journal articles, and the papers of other OSU students, for common or borrowed content. Turnitin generates a report that highlights any potentially unoriginal text in your paper. Papers that you submit through Turnitin for this class or any class will be added to the OSU Turnitin database and may be checked against other OSU paper submissions. You will retain all rights to your written work."

Do I need to inform students that Turnitin is being used in my class

Can I enter an early-term grade and contact students through Canvas?

Yes, Canvas has built a new Canvas Analytics tool that will allow an instructor to message students based on their current course grade.

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Can I enter an early-term grade and contact students through Canvas?

In analyzing an originality report, I believe I have uncovered plagiarism in a student paper. What are the next steps?

Please refer to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards . You may also wish to consult with your department head.

In analyzing an originality report, I believe I have uncovered plagiarism in a student paper. What are the next steps?

What is Gradescope?

Gradescope is a suite of tools designed to make grading more consistent, fair, and efficient. Teams can grade scanned exams asynchronously, with or without rubrics; an instructor can grade the same question in all exams (and modify grades for multiple exams simultaneously); a faculty member may review all grading by a single TA and quickly make adjustments; graders can re-use comments/feedback in multiple exams (or modify for individual students). Gradescope also allows instructors to incorporate auto-graded bubble-sheet questions in their exams and assignments; the analytics provide both summary statistics and detailed item analysis.

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What is Gradescope?

Top Hat: If students experience connectivity issues, is there something I can do to help?

For in-person classes, yes, while it isn't possible to avoid all connectivity issues, Top Hat has several features that faculty can enable or request to be enabled to help minimize student connectivity issues.

Read the article What are the Top Hat options to help with connectivity issues? on oregonstate.teamdynamix.com

For remote class sessions in Zoom, if students are experiencing issues with a low-bandwidth connection, share these tips for improving their Zoom experience.

Top Hat: If students experience connectivity issues, is there something I can do to help?

How can I change which email I receive my Canvas notifications?

Each Canvas user at Oregon State has their ONID email address set as their default Canvas email address. Your ONID email address is created from your ONID username, i.e. [email protected] The ONID email address cannot be removed from Canvas, however it is possible to add other email addresses to Canvas and turn off or adjust settings to prevent or minimize Canvas notifications to your ONID email address. If you are a faculty or staff employee at Oregon State, we highly recommend that you add your employee email address (e.g. [email protected]) to Canvas.

Adding Alternative Email Addresses to Canvas

Click the Account button in the top left corner of the main Canvas menu
Click Settings from the fly-out menu that appears
Click + Email Address in the menu on the right side of the account settings page
Enter your alternative email address into the Email Address field
Click Register Email. A pop-out notification should appear directing you to check your alternative email inbox.
Open your alternative email inbox and locate the confirmation email from [email protected]
Open the email and click the link within the email with the text "Click here to confirm this registration"
Return to your Canvas account settings page and verify that your email address text color has changed from orange to black - this indicates your email address has been confirmed

Adjusting Which Email Receives Canvas Notifications

Click the Account button in the top left corner of the main Canvas menu
Click Notifications from the fly-out menu that appears
Adjust the frequency of notifications being sent to each confirmed email address in your Canvas account
- Turn notifications off for any email address that you do not want to receive notifications.
- Review additional information on Canvas notifications

How can I change which email I receive my Canvas notifications?

Can I view grade information and Last Date of Activity (LDA) for students who have withdrawn from my course?

Yes, students who have withdrawn from your course will appear as 'inactive' students in your Canvas course.

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Can I view grade information and Last Date of Activity (LDA) for students who have withdrawn from my course?

What do sections in my merged or crosslisted Canvas courses allow me to do?

Instructors with merged or crosslisted courses in Canvas have new features in Canvas. A few of the features allow the instructor to view which section of the course a student is enrolled in and assign differential due dates to individual sections.

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What do sections in my merged or crosslisted Canvas courses allow me to do?

Can I add someone to my Canvas course?

Instructors can add an OSU individual to their Canvas course as a Canvas teaching assistant (TA), Grader, Designer, or Observer via the Add TA...* link on the course navigation menu. Instructors cannot add students to their Canvas courses. Learn how to use the Add TA... tool and the permissions of each role.

Can I add someone to my Canvas course?

Can I create a column in the Canvas gradebook for an in-class assignment?

Columns in the Canvas gradebook are directly linked to graded activities in the course. Creation of a graded assignment, graded discussion, graded quiz or a graded survey will result in the creation of an associated gradebook column in the course.

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Can I create a column in the Canvas gradebook for an in-class assignment?

Can students access a Canvas site to finish an Incomplete?

Yes, if instructors give an Incomplete, the instructor may request to have the course re-opened for the instructor and the student so they can access quizzes, assignments, etc. Please review the full documentation for details.

Can students access a Canvas site to finish an Incomplete?

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