CANVAS

The best way to get started with Canvas is to use LSU New Orleans's QuickStart Guide! You can also check out LSU New Orleans's Canvas Training Playlist and sign-up for upcoming Canvas training. You should also check out our guides and resources by clicking directly below this on "What guides or resources does LSU New Orleans have to help me with Canvas?"

Your Canvas username is your LSU New Orleans email address. Your password is your email password. If you are logged in to your email, you should already be logged in to Canvas. If you are having problem with logging in and/or passwords, please call the University Communications & Computing Center at (504) 280-4357 for help.

You can see your courses on the Dashboard page which appears after you login to Canvas. If you have older courses, you may need to click Courses from Canvas global navigation.

If your students cannot see your course in their Dashboard, make sure you have published your course. If your course is published and they still don't see your course, and it has been more than 24 hours since they enrolled in Webstar, have them email [email protected].

If you had course content migrated for you from Moodle into a master course, you can use the Canvas guide on Using the Canvas Course Import tool.  

If you did not request Fall course migration, you can import your course from Moodle using LSU New Orleans's Moodle to Canvas Import Guide.

If you had course content migrated for you from Moodle into a master course, you can use the Canvas guide on Using the Canvas Course Import tool.  To see what's imported, look at our Canvas White Glove Migrated Course Equivalents. The intention is that you can use your master course as the course shell you edit and update before importing year after year. That way, you will never lose your course or wonder what the last version of it you worked on was.

If you did not request Fall course migration, you can import your course from Moodle using LSU New Orleans's Moodle to Canvas Import Guide. To see what will import and what will not, look at our White Glove Migration vs. Moodle Backup Import Chart.

Either way, we recommend you check due dates, quiz questions, and overall fidelity in your Canvas course.

The CTI will be creating a migration spreadsheet for all non-Fall courses that are still left in Moodle. Information about that spreadsheet will be sent out in early-mid Fall 2023.

A master course is a version of your course that you can keep updated and import from semester after semester. The intention is that you can use your master course as the course shell you edit and update before importing. That way, you will never lose your course or wonder what the last version of it you worked on was. Your master course will never be taken off of Canvas. You can use it as a course development sandbox or just a way to keep your course information in an easily accessible spot. 

If you had course content migrated for you from Moodle into a master course, you can use the Canvas guide on Using the Canvas Course Import tool to bring your master course content into your current semester's course. 

If you did not request Fall course migration, you can email [email protected] to ask for a master course.
The CTI will be creating a migration spreadsheet for all non-Fall courses that are still left in Moodle. Information about that spreadsheet will be sent out in early-mid Fall 2023. Those courses will be imported into master courses, as well.

Since every course is required to have a syllabus uploaded to Canvas, this one is important! Use the Editing a Syllabus in Canvas guide to help you add the required syllabus to your Canvas course.

For Fall 2023, please use the Canvas Inbox to send course messages before the semester starts. Best practice is to put a copy of that email in your course Announcements, as well. Once the semester starts, you can use Announcements as normal. This may change in future semesters.

Send a course message using the Canvas Inbox (Note: We suggest clicking the "Send an individual message to each recipient" for course emails.)

In Canvas, there are three levels of information, all of which need to be published (made visible) before your students can access your course content. Canvas assumes you want your material unpublished until you are ready to make it available to students.

1. Course level - Course are automatically published on the date set by the university and published on the Academic Calendar. If you want students to have access before this date, you will need to publish your course manually.
2. Module level - Modules need to be published before they can be seen. Even if the content within a module is published, it will not show to students until the module, itself, has been published. Learn how to publish a module by reading the Canvas guide on module publishing.
3. Content level - All content and material needs to be published before students can access it. Make sure all content is published. You may also need to add content to a module for students to access it, if you have not done that already.
   Change publish/unpublished status of module content
   Add course content to a module

Creating Turnitin Assignments in Canvas

1. In the left Course Navigation menu, click on Assignments

2. Click on Assignments Settings (three dots next to +Assignment)

3. Click on Turnitin

4. Add your title and instructions

5. Use the date and time pickers to set your Start Date, Due Date, and Feedback release date.

6. Click the X in the picker to save your date and time.

7. Click on Optional Settings

8. If you want to allow submissions after the due date, check Allow late submissions

9. If you want to attach a Turnitin rubric, click Attach a rubric

10. To save yourself time in the future, check Save these settings for future use

11. Click on Submit

12. Your Turnitin Assignment will appear in Assignments, but is not yet added to your Module

13. Click on Modules

14. Click on Add Content (the three dots) in in the module where you want your assignment to show up for your students

15. Find your Turnitin Assignment in the Assignments list. Click on it.

16. Click on Add Item

17. Your Turnitin assignment is now added to your Canvas course and in the correct Module.

Enabling Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor in Canvas

1. In the left Course Navigation menu, click on Settings

2. Click on the Navigation tab

3. Find LockDown Browser in the list of navigation items.

4. Drag the LockDown Browser navigation item up into the enabled navigation area

5. Scroll down and click on Save

6. Click on LockDown Browser in the left Course Navigation menu

7. Click on the dropdown menu to the left of the quiz you want to enable

8. Click on Settings

9. Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser for this exam

10. If you would like to require Respondus Monitor, select Require Respondus Monitor (automated proctoring) for this exam

11. Click on Save + Close

12. You have now enabled Respondus LockDown Browser for your quiz

Adding a TA in Canvas

1. From your Course Navigation, click on People

2. Click on +People

3. Select SIS ID

4. Add the students LSU New Orleans ID number with an E in front of it. (For example, E123456)

5. From the Role dropdown, click on TA

6. Click on Next

7. You will see the TAs name and SIS ID

8. Click on Add Users

9. If you get the error "We were unable to find matches below." please email [email protected] with your course name as it is written on Canvas and your TAs employee (not student) email and UNOID number.

For Faculty

• LSU New Orleans Canvas QuickStart Guide (you can download the .pdf, but I'm updating the document all the time, so it's probably best to use this as a live link)
• LSU New Orleans Canvas Training Video Playlist
• Moodle to Canvas Equivalency Chart
• White Glove Migrated Equivalency Chart
• White Glove Migration vs. Moodle Backup Import
• Copying a Canvas Course to Another Canvas Course (use for sandboxes, master courses, and future semesters.)
• Importing a Course from Moodle to Canvas (not white gloved migrated)
• Enabling Respondus LockDown Browser in Canvas
• Adding a Turnitin Assignment in Canvas

For Students

• LSU New Orleans Canvas QuickStart Guide for Students