how do you make your course available to the students in canvas

This page contains simple instructions to make your Canvas course available to students. You must do this in order for students to be able to enter the course site. Before you begin, login to Canvas and view your Dashboard. Click Publish on the course card you would like to make available. The course is now available.

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Can I add someone to my Canvas course?

You can manually add other guests, such as faculty, TAs, librarians, industry experts or observers, to your Canvas course when they have a UW NetID or a Google account ID. From within your Canvas course, in the course navigation, click People. Near the top of the page, click +People.

How do I create an exam in canvas?

• To show answers immediately after quiz is submitted, leave the “Show” and “Hide” fields blank.
• To create a date range to display the answers, set a start date in the “Show” field and an ending date in the “Hide” field.
• To always show answers after a specific date, set a date in the “Show” field.

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How do I add users to a canvas course?

Instructors: Add a Guest to your Course

• Add users with Google or Microsoft email accounts directly. ...
• Create and use a unique student ID. ...
• Make a publicly accessible Grid (view only) If you want to provide the general public access to your Grid, you can opt to make your Grid accessible to any user ...
• Additional Resources. ...

How to add requirements and prerequisites in canvas?

Requirements and Prerequisites in Canvas allow you to put conditions on what must be completed in your course, and in what order, before other content is accessible. For example, the student must complete an assignment and pass an exam in Module 1, before accessing Module 2. Adding Requirements. To use prerequisites, you must first define the ...

Why can't my students see my Canvas course?

A course site isn't visible to students until the instructor manually publishes the Canvas site. If the semester/term has already started and you are definitely registered for the course, contact your instructor and ask them to publish the course. You may have previously set your Courses List to show other courses.

How do I make my Canvas course public?

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How do I make content available on Canvas?

Please contact your Canvas administrator or Canvas Support for assistance.Open Settings. In Course Navigation, click the Settings link.Open Course Details. Click the Course Details tab.Confirm Course Visibility. In the Visibility options, confirm the course visibility is set correctly. ... Update Course Details.

What is the public course index in Canvas?

The Public Course Index is ideal for instructors who would like to make their course syllabus visible prior to the start of the semester or during the add/drop period. In addition, programs and departments may offer self-enrollable student resources courses for their academic program.

Finding and Understanding Canvas Publication and Availability Settings

You are probably familiar with the publication settings in Canvas, but you might not be familiar with exactly what they do.

What Is the Best Way to Handle Publication and Availability?

While the exact settings you use may vary based on your course and needs, here is a rule of thumb:

Confirm Existing Assignment

In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link [1]. Then verify that the assignment is listed on the Assignments page [2].

Confirm Assignment Status

Check the assignment's publish status icons. A circle with a checkmark icon indicates that the assignment is Published [1]. A circle-backslash icon indicates that the assignment is Unpublished [2]. Students can only view published assignments.

Confirm Module Status

If you use modules in your course, in Course Navigation, click the Modules link.

Five ways to make your Canvas course more accessible

Ensuring that your Canvas course is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a topic that might cause some slight discomfort if brought up at a dinner party.

1. Headers

Headings (titles for sections) provide structural hierarchical information for a document. Typically we make visual headers by bolding and enlarging some text. While that helps the users who can see, it does not assist visually challenged users.

2. Links

When linking text, be sure to make the link text descriptive enough to detail the destination; not just a “click here.” Links should be longer than a single word, so that users with motor control disabilities will not have difficulties clicking the link. To add links when writing in your Canvas course, see this guide.

3. Images

If you want to use an image that conveys something important in your course, but is not fully explained in the main body of your written text, you may wish to use alternative text (ALT text). Penn State’s Accessibility site explains what ALT text is, “ALT Tags are invisible descriptions of images which are read aloud to blind users on a screen reader.

4. Mobile friendly

Northwestern students, like many institutions, are using their mobile phones or tablets to access materials. Incredibly, 58.8% of our students use the Canvas mobile app daily to access their course content. Taking this into account, one of the easiest ways for students to access content in your Canvas course is through the modules.

5. Documents

Using headers, images ALT text, and descriptive links will work when you are creating your own documents in many different applications including Microsoft Word. Penn State’s Accessibility site has some great guides to get you started making your documents accessible to students.