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    • Canvas for Faculty/Staff/TAsLearning management system
      • Profile and Account Settings
        • Canvas Avatars
        • Creating a Canvas Profile
        • Setting Notification Preferences
      • Course Design and Setup
        • Start-of-Term Canvas Checklist
        • Universal Design in Canvas
        • Adding People to Canvas
        • Create a Custom Canvas Homepage
        • Course Import Tool
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          • Course Dashboard Images
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      • Canvas Calendar
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        • Turnitin LTI for Facutly/Staff/TAs
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        • How Do I Use Respondus as an Instructor?
      • Discussions
      • Grading & Evaluating Work
        • End-of-Term Grading Checklist
        • Submit Final Grades to Courses InTouch
      • Analytics in Canvas
      • Communicating with Students
        • ISC ClassLists (Use to Email Students)
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    • Canvas for StudentsLearning management system
      • Profile and Account Settings
        • Canvas Avatars for Students
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        • Notification Preferences
      • Canvas Sites and Course Materials
      • Canvas Calendar
        • Signing Up for Appointment Groups
      • Submitting Assignments
        • Turnitin LTI for Students
      • Group Work for Students
      • Exams and Quizzes
        • How Do I Use Respondus as a Student?
      • Discussions
      • Communications for Students
        • BlueJeans
        • Zoom
    • BlueJeansVideoconferencing
    • iThenticateOriginality checking for faculty/researchers
    • LibGuidesEmbedded library guides in Canvas
    • PanoptoVideo management & class recordings
    • PiazzaDiscussions/Q&A forum
    • Poll EverywhereIn-class polling
    • RespondusSecure in-class/in-lab online exams
      • How Do I Use Respondus as an Instructor?
      • How Do I Use Respondus as a Student?
    • TurnitinOriginality-checking for assignments
      • Turnitin CPF for Faculty/TA/Staff
      • Turnitin LTI for Faculty/Staff/TAs
      • Turnitin CPF for Students
      • Turnitin LTI for Students
    • YellowdigDiscussions alternative
    • ZoomVideoconferencing & synchronous sessions
  • HelpKnown issues, contacts, and documentation
    • System StatusSystem status for Canvas and related teaching tools
    • Email Support Contacts
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      • Faculty/Staff/TA Help
      • Student Help
      • School-Specific Documentation
    • Additional Help ResourcesWorkshops, office hours, and help appointments
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  • PilotsCourseware pilots and getting involved
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Request a New Canvas Site

All Canvas sites are created upon request by faculty teaching courses at the University of Pennsylvania or by their TAs or support staff — ideally two months before the start of the semester. The request process differs depending on your home school and course role. Be sure to select the…Continue reading “Request a New Canvas Site”

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Canvas Production Release: July 14, 2018

Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated. Courseware Support posts highlights from Canvas’s…

23May 201823 May 2018
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NEW! Turnitin Plagiarism Framework in Canvas (CPF)

Two Versions of Turnitin Available at Penn As of May 23, 2018, Canvas at the University of Pennsylvania offers two…

21May 201818 May 2018
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Penn Summer 2018 Start-of-Term Checklist

The following are a few tips to help you get started with Canvas for the Penn Summer 2018 sessions. 1.…

New to Canvas?

Check out Canvas 101: Using Canvas at Penn for instructions, ideas, inspiration, and more!

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Submitting Grades for Spring 2018

7 May 201823 Apr 2018
As you wrap up grading for the semester, you might be wondering how you can use the Canvas gradebook to submit final grades for your courses. Although many instructors calculate…
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Video: Grading in Canvas at the End of a Term

3 May 20183 May 2018
We hope you enjoy this video geared towards faculty and TAs managing grades in Canvas using the gradebook! It shows six steps for finishing up grading in Canvas at the…
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Canvas End-of-Term Grading Checklist

1 May 201823 Apr 2018
The following checklist has been designed to help your end-of-term grading run smoothly. 1.) Download and Save the Current Version of the Canvas Gradebook It's a best practice to download…
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UPDATE: PDFs Not Displaying in Yellowdig

30 Apr 2018
Our vendor has provided the following up date on this issue: if there are spaces, underscores, or dashes in a file name of a PDF attached to a Yellowdig post,…
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May 2018 Canvas Workshops & Office Hours

30 Apr 2018
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PDFs Not Displaying in Yellowdig

27 Apr 201830 Apr 2018
PDFs attached to Yellowdig posts are not displaying. This issue has been reported to the vendor. Until this issue is resolved, Canvas discussions can be used for students to share…
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Spring 2018 Final Exam “Dos” & “Don’ts”

26 Apr 201830 Apr 2018
DOs Do publish your exam in Canvas before exam time. Please click on this link for instructions on how to publish you exam: How do I use Draft State in…
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Canvas Helps Student Accommodations for Final Exams

24 Apr 201827 Apr 2018
Learning from Experience Over the years, Courseware Support has helped instructors accommodate their students when the standard final-exam schedule conflicts with external circumstances or conditions in a student's life. If…
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Spring 2018 Dog Days: 4/30 & 5/2, 1-3PM

23 Apr 201823 Apr 2018
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Canvas Production Release: April 21, 2018

17 Apr 2018
Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated. Courseware Support posts highlights from Canvas’s production release notes, a link to these notes, and other…

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    Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018Time: 10:00am - 11:00amPresenter: Molly Bonnard Library: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Need help with Canvas? Sign Up For One on One help from a Canvas expert. Appointments are for individual users or affiliated groups (co-instructors, TAs in the same course, etc.) and are not drop-in sessions
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    Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2018Time: 11:00am - 12:00pmPresenter: Molly Bonnard Library: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Need help with Canvas? Sign Up For One on One help from a Canvas expert. Appointments are for individual users or affiliated groups (co-instructors, TAs in the same course, etc.) and are not drop-in sessions
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    Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2018Time: 10:00am - 11:00amPresenter: Molly Bonnard Library: Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center Need help with Canvas? Sign Up For One on One help from a Canvas expert. Appointments are for individual users or affiliated groups (co-instructors, TAs in the same course, etc.) and are not drop-in sessions

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