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

• 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
• Pope Tech and Canvas Accessibility
• Accessible Narrated Streaming PowerPoint Presentations

Assignments

• Canvas Student Annotation Submission Assignment
• Turnitin LTI 2.0 Canvas Plagiarism Framework
• Turnitin for Canvas (Classic Turnitin LTI 1.0 Version)
• Submit Handwritten Work to Canvas using Camscanner App and a Phone
• What are the different assignment submission types in Canvas?

Calendar

• Canvas Scheduler to Manage Appointments

Communication Tools

• Stay Up To Date with Changes Happening within Canvas
• Personal Pronouns in Canvas
• NameCoach
• Zoom old Conferzoom
• 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

• Embedding Google Docs in Canvas

Grades

• Filtering Canvas Grades to Only Show SURF Enrolled Students
• New Canvas Gradebook
• Extra Credit in Canvas

LTI Tools

• Automatically Publishing Zoom Recordings to Canvas Studio
• Perusall
• Labster online lab simulation software
• Class Climate in Canvas
• Zoom: Getting Started, Getting Help, and Using Zoom with Canvas
• PlayPosit in Canvas
• Office 365 Integration in Canvas
• Teaching with Zoom at MiraCosta College
• Accurate info about Zoom recordings
• Connecting your Canvas Course to Various Publisher Tools
• Using Library Content for Your Course
• Reading List Tool in Canvas
• Turnitin LTI 2.0 Canvas Plagiarism Framework
• Turnitin for Canvas (Classic Turnitin LTI 1.0 Version)
• Studio Online Video Learning Platform
• Proctorio
• Add NetTutor to Your Canvas Class

People

• Adding faculty evaluators, tutors, SI leaders, and community ed students to Canvas classes
• FERPA Compliance and Student Interaction in Merged Canvas Course Sections
• Add a TA or other MCC Employee to Canvas
• Canvas User Profile Names
• Personal Pronouns in Canvas
• NameCoach
• Dropped Students in Canvas – People Roster
• Canvas Student View vs MCC’s Sample Student Account
• Filtering your Roster List by Role in Canvas People
• Changing Your Sample Student Account Password

Start / End of Semester

• Canvas Start of the Semester Instructor Checklist
• Canvas End of Semester / Term
• Reset Your Canvas Course Content

Support

• Reset Your Canvas Course Content
• Student Support Guide Module from Canvas Commons
• Canvas Faculty and Student Support

 

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