Working in Canvas

Add your Profile Picture and Biography

Adding your profile picture and a biography is a great way to share with your Instructor and your classmates a little about you! Follow the instructions in "How do I edit my profile in my user account as a student" Links to an external site. to try it now!

Assignment Types

The following are a few of the many different assignment types that you as a student may have to submit in Canvas.

• file upload
• text entry
• website URL
• media

There are also Turnitin assignments, discussions, and quizzes.

• How do I submit an online assignment? Links to an external site.
• Assignment Submission Video for Students Links to an external site.
• How do I submit a Turnitin Assignment?

Turnitin LTI Tool for Canvas - How Students Submit a Document to a Turnitin Assignment Links to an external site. from Turnitin Links to an external site. on Vimeo Links to an external site..

• Discussions: How do I reply to a discussion as a student? Discussion Video! Links to an external site.
• Quizzes: How do I take a quiz? Links to an external site.

Other Canvas Features

There are many other features that you might be required to use as a student.

• Peer Reviews: Submit a peer review to an assignment Links to an external site. and where can I find my peers' feedback for an assignment Links to an external site.or submit a peer review to a discussion Links to an external site. and where can I find my peers' feedback for a discussion. Links to an external site.
  
• For Collaborations you will need to: Connect to Google Drive as a Web Service in Canvas as a Student Links to an external site.
• Conferences: How do I use Conferences in a course as a student? Links to an external site.

My Student Gradebook

• How do I view my grades in a current course? Links to an external site.
• How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature? Links to an external site.

Downloading, Installing, and using Respondus LockDown Browser

LockDown Browser will not display quizzes and exams properly when using Windows XP. Windows XP does not support anything higher than Internet Explorer 8. Android-based tablets such as Samsung, Google Chromebooks, and Microsoft Surface with Windows RT are not supported for use with LockDown Browser. You cannot use LockDown Browser on a cell phone. Your anti-virus software must allow the install of LockDown Browser to successfully install this feature.

LockDown Browser is installed on the campus library computers!

Your Instructor will provide you with the link to download the Respondus LockDown Browser if he/she plans to have you use it to take your quizzes.

• Click on the quiz title and click on "Take the Quiz" button to get to the download link.
• Navigate to your download folder on your pc and right click on the LockDown Browser executable file and select "Run as Administrator" to complete the installation process.
• A LockDown Browser icon will then appear on your desktop. For MAC users, LockDown Browser will be located under applications. Close all applications and double-click the icon and log in to Canvas, navigate to your quiz and take the quiz.

You can use LockDown Browser with an iPad. Check with your Instructor to make sure he/she has enabled the iPad feature in the LockDown Browser settings.

• Download and install the "LockDown Broswer" app from Apple iTunes (requires iOS 7 or higher).
• Close all other applications and make sure you are hard plugged into an outlet.