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 2025

Enhanced Rubrics (11/1): 
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. In addition, Enhanced Rubrics will soon integrate the IgniteAI: Rubric Generator, a GenAI tool to generate editable rubrics with suggested criteria, point values, and performance levels based on the assignment name and description. You can enable this Preview Feature option now through the course Settings Menu

Differentiation Tags(11/1):
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 GenAI and More in Canvas - Current Tools and Future Roadmap

ETS Curated FAQS

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

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