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Here, you can find online user guides and videos that walk you through all the major functionalities of Canvas Provided by Elsevier, as well as equivalent counterpart Evolve LMS functionality.
Canvas Provided by Elsevier User Guide
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If you do not see some of the features described below, your institution may have turned off that functionality. Some institutions handle processes like student enrollment and course creation automatically at the administration level for you.
Evolve equivalents to Canvas items are listed in parentheses.
SpeedGrader help is listed in multiple sections in this guide for your convenience, based on areas you may use SpeedGrader in a course. All SpeedGrader sections have identical information, so you may reference any of them.
Course Creation and Setup
Your institution may only allow administrators the ability to set up and conclude courses.
- VIDEO – Courses: Creation and Management ↗
- How do I use the Canvas course setup tutorial as an instructor? ↗
- How do I start a new course from the Dashboard as an instructor? ↗
- How do I publish a course? ↗
- How do I conclude a course at the end of a term as an instructor? ↗
Course Copying with the Course Import Tool
Your institution may only allow administrators the ability to course copy.
Enrolling Students, Other Instructors, and Teaching Assistants
Your institution may have already set up your rosters of students and teaching assistants or may only allow administrators the ability to enroll others.
- How do I add users to a course? ↗
- How do I enable course self-enrollment with a join code or secret URL? ↗ (Evolve equivalent: Giving a student an Evolve course ID and having them enter it into the Redeem an Access Code box on the Evolve Catalog page)
Creating Course Sections (Evolve equivalent: Creating Teams in Roster & Teams)
Your institution may have already set up your sections of students, or only allow administrators the ability to create sections.
- How do I add a section to a course as an instructor? ↗ (New sections can also be made to separate students who need extra time in a course, such as for an incomplete grade.)
- How do I edit the details for a course section as an instructor? ↗
- How do I change the name of a course section? ↗
- How do I delete a course section? ↗
- How do I view enrollments in a course section? ↗
- How do I remove an enrollment from a course section? ↗
Adding Evolve Content and Graded Items (Quizzes, Tests, Etc.)
Evolve Link
Importing an Evolve Question Bank
- How do I import a Question Bank in .imscc format? (PDF) ↗
- How do I import a Question Bank in .qti zip format? (PDF) ↗
- What options can I set in a quiz? ↗
- How do I make a quiz available before or after the due date? ↗
- How do I assign a quiz to an individual student? ↗
- How do I assign a quiz to a course section? ↗
- Once I publish a quiz, how can I give my students extra attempts? ↗
Viewing a Course as a Student (Evolve equivalent: View as a Student button)
Getting Around in Canvas
Global (All-Course) Navigation Menu (the column on the far-left side of the page)
Account (Evolve equivalent: Evolve portal settings)
- How do I log out of Canvas as an instructor? ↗
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as an instructor? ↗
Dashboard
Use the Dashboard to get a glance at your current courses.
- How do I use the Dashboard as an instructor? ↗
- How do I start a new course from the Dashboard? ↗
- How do I view my favorite courses in the Card View Dashboard as an instructor? ↗
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard as an instructor? ↗
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as an instructor? ↗
Courses
Groups (of Instructors)
These are any instructor groups at the institution level. For Groups to subdivide a section of students, go to the People > Groups Tab section found later in this user guide.
Calendar (Evolve equivalent: Evolve course or product calendar)
Canvas groups all course calendars into a global calendar. You can toggle which calendars you want to see.
- VIDEO – Calendar Overview ↗
- How do I use the Calendar as an instructor? ↗
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course as an instructor? ↗
- How do I add an event to a course calendar? ↗
- How do I duplicate an event in the Calendar as an instructor? ↗
- How do I add an assignment from the Calendar? ↗
- How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar? ↗
- How do I set a different event date for each section in a course calendar? ↗
Inbox
Canvas has its own internal e-mail system that you can use to interact with teachers and students inside Canvas.
Help
Course Navigation Menu (the column at the left side of the page, to the right of the Global Navigation Menu)
Home (Evolve equivalent: Course Home)
Course Analytics (the View Course Analytics button at the right side of the page) (Evolve equivalent: Login Report)
Use this to see when students have looked at pages or posted assignments. Also, use this to see how a student or students are doing in a course.
Announcements (Evolve equivalent: Course Home > Announcements)
Use this for quick announcements of upcoming events. For static items like your office hours, you can create a Page instead.
- VIDEO – Announcements Overview ↗
- How do I add an announcement in a course (and how do I send it to specific groups or individual students)? ↗
- How do I edit an announcement in a course? ↗
- How do I delete an announcement in a course? ↗
- How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course? ↗
Assignments
Assignments include Quizzes (Tests, Exams), as well as graded Discussions and homework-type assignments.
Course assignments are ones you create outside of assignments made from Evolve or Imported Evolve Question Banks.
Created assignments also auto-add themselves into Assignments, Syllabus, Calendar, and Gradebook pages. They only show in Gradebook in a new column if graded.
- VIDEO – Assignments Overview ↗
- How do I use the Assignments Index Page? ↗
- How do I create an assignment? ↗
- How do I create an assignment shell in an assignment group? ↗
- How do I add an assignment from the Calendar? ↗
- How do I edit an event or assignment in the Calendar? ↗
- What assignment types can I create in a course? ↗
- What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates (and how do I allow late submissions)? ↗
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment? ↗
- How do I give extra credit in a course? ↗
- How do I delete an assignment? ↗
- How do I duplicate an assignment? ↗
- How do I assign an assignment to an individual student? ↗
- How do I assign an assignment to a course section? ↗
- How do I assign an assignment to a course group? ↗
- Can a student resubmit Canvas assignments? ↗
SpeedGrader™ (Evolve equivalent: Grading Queue)
SpeedGrader can also be accessed by selecting an ungraded item in the To Do section at the right of the Home Page.
Discussions (Evolve equivalent: Content Home > Add Content > Discussion Board)
- VIDEO – Discussions Overview ↗
- How do I use the Discussions Index Page? ↗
- How do I create a discussion as an instructor? ↗
- How do I create a group discussion in a course? ↗
Grades (Evolve equivalent: Grades)
Most Evolve products either grade inside themselves and send the grade to your gradebook, or Canvas handles the grading if you import an Evolve Question Bank. Some of these help walkthroughs deal with grades on assignments or quizzes you make outside of Evolve products.
- VIDEO – Gradebook Overview ↗
- How do I use the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I use grading periods in a course? ↗
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I change the status of a submission in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I view the history of all grading changes in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I leave comments for students in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I send a message to my students from the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I set a default grade for an assignment? ↗
- How do I curve grades in the Gradebook? ↗
- How do I view a student’s Grades page in a course? ↗
- How do I weight the final course grade based on assignment groups? ↗
- How do I create rules for an assignment group (such as dropping the highest or lowest scores, etc.)? ↗
- How do I add or edit points for an assignment? ↗
- How do I exclude an assignment from the course’s final grades? ↗
- How do I give extra credit in a course? ↗
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as an instructor? ↗
SpeedGrader (Evolve equivalent: Grading Queue)
SpeedGrader can also be accessed by selecting an ungraded item in the To Do section at the right of the Home Page.
People (Evolve equivalent: Roster & Teams)
People is where you manually enroll students and other instructors, as well as where you can drill down to a student in a course.
Your institution may have already set up your enrolled students, teachers, and teaching assistants, or only allow administrators the ability to enroll people.
Groups Tab (Evolve equivalent: Teams)
Use Groups to further split up a Section of students when posting assignments, study groups, etc.
- VIDEO – Groups: Creation and Management ↗
- How do I view all groups in a course as an instructor? ↗
- How do I add a group set in a course? ↗
- How do I edit a group set in a course? ↗
- How do I message students who have not signed up for a self sign-up group? ↗
- How do I prevent students from switching groups in self sign-up groups? ↗
- How do I move a student into a different group? ↗
- How do I view content and student activity within a group as an instructor? ↗
Pages (Evolve equivalent: Content Home > Add Content > Page)
Pages are informational pages you create that are not an Announcement or Assignment. You can use this to post things like a welcome page or office hours.
- VIDEO – Pages Overview ↗
- How do I use the Pages Index Page? ↗
- How do I set a Front Page in a course? ↗
Files (Evolve equivalent: Content Home > Add Content > File, DropBox)
Files are both the depositories for any files you want to keep in a course, as well as where you set up things like DropBox for student file submissions.
Syllabus
Outcomes > Manage Rubrics (the button on the right side of the page)
Some Evolve products may already have an established rubric that you may or may not be able to adjust.
- How do I manage rubrics in a course? ↗
- How do I add a rubric in a course? ↗
- How do I add a rubric to an assignment? ↗
- How do I add a rubric to a quiz? ↗
Quizzes (Evolve equivalent: Content Home > Add Content > Assessment)
“Quizzes” is Canvas’ name for quizzes, tests and exams. They are a type of Assignment.
Quizzes can be ones you create from Evolve or Imported Evolve Question Banks, or non-Evolve quizzes that you create by yourself.
Created assignments also auto-add themselves into Assignments, Syllabus, Calendar, and Gradebook pages. They only show in Gradebook in a new column if graded.
- VIDEO – Quizzes Overview ↗
- How do I use the Quizzes Index Page? ↗
- What quiz types can I create in a course? ↗
- What options can I set in a quiz? ↗
- How do I make a quiz available before or after the due date? ↗
- How do I assign a quiz to an individual student? ↗
- How do I assign a quiz to a course section? ↗
- Once I publish a quiz, how can I give my students extra attempts? ↗
Importing an Evolve Question Bank
- How do I import a Question Bank in .imscc format? (PDF) ↗
- How do I import a Question Bank in QTI.zip format? (PDF) ↗
SpeedGrader (Evolve equivalent: Grading Queue)
SpeedGrader can also be accessed by selecting an ungraded item in the To Do section at the right of the Home Page.
Modules (Evolve equivalent: Folders in Content Home)
As with folders in Evolve, Modules are the way Canvas organizes the parts to each course. To further organize parts within a module, Canvas uses levels of indenting.
- VIDEO – Modules Overview ↗
- How do I use the Modules Index Page? ↗
- How do I add prerequisites to a module? ↗
- How do I add requirements to a module? ↗
Conferences
Conferences are used primarily for virtual lectures or virtual office hours.
Collaborations
Collaborations allow several students and teachers to work on a document simultaneously.
Chat
Chat is used for instant messaging with students and instructors.
Settings
Use Settings to set up student self-enrollment or to set up course Sections (cohorts).
Course Details Tab > More Options (the blue text at the bottom of the page)
Sections Tab (Evolve equivalent: Roster & Teams)
Sections are how you separate cohorts of students taking a course. To further subdivide a Section for things like assignments, use student Groups.
Your institution may have already set up your sections of students, or only allow administrators the ability to create sections.
- How do I add a section to a course as an instructor? ↗
- How do I change the start and end dates for a course section as an instructor? ↗
- How do I change the name of a course section? ↗
- How do I delete a course section? ↗
- How do I view enrollments in a course section? ↗
- How do I remove an enrollment from a course section? ↗
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