Consistent Course Format: Canvas Design Tips

Canvas is a powerful partner for instructors to engage students and monitor their progress. In this video, Melissa Dagne presents tips to elevate your use of Canvas for student success, focusing on strategies for creating a consistent course format. This demonstration covers designing Announcements, Pages, Assignments, and Modules with predictable settings, naming conventions, visual hierarchy, and icons.

Instructions for Course Format Tips

Canvas Basics Guide - Unfamiliar with these features?
Teacher Empathy for Student Success.pdf
How do I delay posting an announcement until a specific date in a course?
How do I use the Pages Index Page?
How do I edit a page in a course?
How do I create an assignment?
How do I duplicate an assignment?
How do I add a module?
How do I add course content as module items?
How do I move or reorder a module item?
How do I remove module items?
How do I publish or unpublish a module?
What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability dates?
How do I bulk update due dates and availability dates?
How do I add a page to the student To-Do list?
What options can I set in a Classic quiz?
How do I manage settings for a New quiz?
How do I add prerequisites to a module?
How do I add requirements to a module?
How do I allow or disallow announcement replies in a course?
How do I use the menubar in the Rich Content Editor?
Enhanced Headings in Canvas
How do I create an icon using the Canvas Rich Content Editor Icon Maker?
Insert and edit icons in PowerPoint
Save Icons and Shapes as Images in PowerPoint