MCC Canvas Tutorials & Articles
A collection of MCC specific tutorials & articles can be found below, or search for a topic in the search box in the top right corner of this website. The official Canvas Guides are a great source of tutorials on all Canvas features for instructors. You may also be interested in MiraCosta’s general Canvas Information & Resources page.
Accessibility
- Pope Tech and Canvas Accessibility
- Microsoft Word 365 Accessibility
- PowerPoint Accessibility
- Google Docs Accessibility
- Google Slides Accessibility
- STEM Concept
- Complex Data & Graphs Concept
- 6 Tips for Creating Accessible Course Content
- Structure Concept
- Color Concept
- Tables Concept
- Links Concept
- Images Concept
- Canvas Accessibility
- Captions and Audio Descriptions Concept
- Accessible Narrated Streaming PowerPoint Presentations
Assignments
- Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.3 (new standard)
- Turnitin Canvas Plagiarism Framework
- Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.1 (classic old standard)
- Canvas Student Annotation Submission Assignment
- Submit Handwritten Work to Canvas using Camscanner App and a Phone
- What are the different assignment submission types in Canvas?
Calendar
Communication Tools
- Stay Up To Date with Changes Happening within Canvas
- Personal Pronouns in Canvas
- NameCoach
- Selectively Subscribing to a Canvas Discussion Board
Content / Course Design
- How to Copy Individual Items to another Canvas Course or Share them with another Instructor
- Student Support Guide Module from Canvas Commons
- Using Library Content for Your Course
- Reading List Tool in Canvas
- DirectShare in Canvas (NEW)
- Course Visibility Options
- Considerations in Leaving Blackboard and Moodle
- Copying into Canvas from Blackboard or Canvas
- Validate your course links in Canvas
- Accessible Narrated Streaming PowerPoint Presentations
Google Docs
Grades
- Filtering Canvas Grades to Only Show SURF Enrolled Students
- An Option for Sending Out Midsemester Reports
- New Canvas Gradebook
- Extra Credit in Canvas
LTI Tools
- Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.3 (new standard)
- Turnitin Canvas Plagiarism Framework
- Turnitin for Canvas LTI 1.1 (classic old standard)
- Labster Online Lab Simulation Software
- Zoom: Getting Started, Getting Help, and Using Zoom with Canvas
- Adding NetTutor to Your Canvas Class
- Course Evaluations in Canvas
- Pronto for mobile-friendly communication with students
- Connecting your Canvas Course to Various Publisher Tools
- PlayPosit in Canvas
- Perusall
- Studio Online Video Learning Platform
- Automatically Publishing Zoom Recordings to Canvas Studio
- Office 365 Integration in Canvas
- Teaching with Zoom at MiraCosta College
- Accurate info about Zoom recordings
- Using Library Content for Your Course
- Reading List Tool in Canvas
People
- Changing Your Sample Student Account Password
- Adding Faculty Evaluators, TLC Staff, Community Ed Students, Substitute Instructors, and TAs to Canvas classes
- Dropped Students in Canvas – People Roster
- FERPA Compliance and Student Interaction in Merged Canvas Course Sections
- Canvas User Profile Names
- Personal Pronouns in Canvas
- NameCoach
- Canvas Student View vs MCC’s Sample Student Account
- Filtering your Roster List by Role in Canvas People
Start / End of Semester
- Canvas Start of the Semester Instructor Checklist
- Reset Your Canvas Course Content
- Canvas End of Semester / Term
Support