Canvas Tools – Learning Technologies Resource Library

Announcements – a way for instructors to communicate with students through Canvas
Assignments – a way for instructors to collect student work or track student work that was collected offline or outside of Canvas
Attendance – for manually tracking student attendance
Calendar – brings together all assignment, quiz, and discussion due dates, non-graded events, and appointments that are booked through Canvas
Chat – allows instructors and students to interact in real time
Commons – a space in which educators can find files, videos, pages, quizzes, assignments, modules, even entire courses that have been shared by other educators across the world
Conferences (BigBlueButton) – a virtual meeting tool available for groups of 100 users or less
Discussions – a way for instructors to facilitate interaction between students through discussion boards
Files – a space for organizing your course files for dispersion through Modules, Assignments, Pages, and other Canvas tools
Gradebook – a tool for easily managing students grades
Groups – a way for instructors to organize students within a course for group assignments, group discussions, or other collaborative work
Inbox – facilitates student-to-student communication without students needing to share personal email information
Modules – a way for instructors to organize course content to help control how students move through a course
New Analytics – allows instructors to view student participation, grade distribution and comparison across course, section, or student for a weekly aggregate period, and download that data as a CSV file
New Quizzes – an assessment tool that will be taking the place of Canvas Quizzes
Pages – a way to share instructional material (readings, pre-recorded lectures, etc.) with your students and work similar to a webpage
People – is used to manage course access and groups
Quizzes – a way for instructors assess student knowledge through a range of question types
Rich Content Editor – used within Assignments, Quizzes, Announcements, Discussions, and Pages to create content and add images, embedding videos, sharing hyperlinks, and adding the text of an object
Rubrics – allows you to both quicken your ability to grade students and give them feedback, as well as communicate clear expectations to students
Sections – directly reflect the enrollment groupings synced to Canvas from Faculty Center and allow instructors to differentiate content
Settings – allow you to modify the navigation of your course, course availability dates, and other coursewide settings
SpeedGrader – grading tool that allows for the markup/annotation of some file types, the use of rubrics for grading or providing feedback, and the providing of overall assignment feedback via text and/or media comments
Syllabus – an easy tool to use to communicate information about a course to students