Canvas For Instructors

Canvas Instructor Guide

These guides, broken down by Canvas features, provide quick how-to's with step-by-step screenshots.


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Instructor Videos

Here is a list of detailed vendor produced videos for various Canvas functionality and tools. Use your keyboard Find shortcut to search for your desired feature ( Command -F on the mac, Ctrl-F on a PC)

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What's New in Canvas for Fall  2026: Notable Updates

More Notable Enhancements

Enhanced Rubrics : 
This new interface streamlines the management and creation of Rubrics. Instructors can now download student results, as well as display rubric criteria horizontally or vertically.

Differentiation Tags:
Differentiation Tags allow instructors to create custom sets of students within a course. These sets are hidden from students and can be used for various organizational and instructional purposes. Instructors can assign homework, quizzes, or other materials to specific student tag sets using the "Assign To" feature.
 
For more current and future enhancements, check out the Instructure Collaborative Roadmap and use the filter for "Canvas Core" enhancements

 Note: All features may not be immediately available in our specific instance of Canvas

DLI Curated FAQS

These pages below offer additional USF DLI insight and instruction for common Canvas setup and course management tasks.

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