CANVAS QUICK START GUIDE
ACCESSING CANVAS
- Go to https://canvas.northseattle.edu/login/canvas
- Enter your SID and password (first six letters of your last name)
ADDING ASSIGNMENTS
You can create assignments on the Assignments page. You can create an assignment shell, which is a placeholder for an assignment within an assignment group, or you can create an entire assignment with all the assignment details at the same time.
Open Assignments
In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
Add Assignment Shell
If you just want to create an assignment placeholder with a title and a date, you can create an assignment shell in an assignment group.
Assignment groups [1] house the different types of assignments you may want to keep in your course, such as assignments, discussions, quizzes, surveys, etc. If you create assignment groups in your course, students can filter their assignments page by assignment type to view the same groups.
To create an assignment shell, locate an assignment group and click the Add Assignment button [2]. Assignment shells only include fields for the assignment type, name, due date (optional), and points. You can add assignment details at any time by editing the assignment.
Add Assignment
If you want to create an assignment with all assignment details at the same time, click the Add Assignment button.
Assignment details include fields for the assignment type, name, description, points, assignment group (if desired), grade display, and submission type, and due dates. You can also specify if the assignment is a group assignment or requires peer reviews in the assignment details lesson.
GRADEBOOK
The Gradebook helps instructors easily input and distribute grades for students. Grades for each assignment can be calculated as points, percentages, complete or incomplete, pass or fail, GPA scale, and letter grades.
Only graded assignments, graded discussions, graded quizzes, and graded surveys that have been published appear in the Gradebook.
The default view in the Gradebook is to view all students at a time, but you can also view students individually in the Gradebook Individual View.
Open Grades
In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.
View Gradebook
The top of the Gradebook includes sorting options and settings you can use to organize your Gradebook [1], which will populate the select student data [2] and assignment data [3].
ATTENDANCE
Open Attendance
In Course Navigation, click the Attendance link.
View Attendance
By default, Roll Call displays the List View tab [1], which shows all students in a list format. To view the class in the seating chart format, click the Class View tab [2].
If your course includes sections, both views show a drop-down menu with the names of course section(s). To view students in a specific section, click the section drop-down menu [3]. Note that this menu displays even if your course only contains one section.
Take Attendance in List View
In the List View, you can take attendance by toggling the correct mark next to each student's name [1]:
- The green check mark icon indicates the student is present and on time
- The red X icon indicates the student is not present
- The orange clock icon indicates the student is late
- The gray no symbol icon indicates attendance is unmarked.
You can also take attendance by clicking the Mark All Present button [2].
If you need to start over or clear all attendance entries, click the Unmark All button [3].
PUBLISHING A COURSE
Remember to publish your course prior to the first day of the quarter. Courses must be published in order for students to view assignments, grades, and attendance records. Click the “Publish” button to make contents viewable to students.