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For direct access to Canvas, visit https:\/\/canvas.csudh.edu<\/a>. If you are using MyCSUDH<\/a>, click the Canvas tile located under LaunchPad. Alternatively, you can access Canvas through the main university website at csudh.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explore our Accessibility Resources<\/a> webpage for quick guides, checklists, and tools to help you create compliant content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PDF Accessibility Remediation Tool<\/a> \u2013 A tool that helps make PDFs more accessible by automatically fixing common accessibility issues. (Sign-in required.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be sure to publish your course<\/a> when you\u2019re ready! Students can\u2019t see your course until you publish it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Send an email<\/a> to your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/strong> If your course is not published, you cannot use Canvas Inbox to contact students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Delete any announcements from previous semester (if applicable).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Create a new \u201cWelcome\u201d<\/a> announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn how to Manage Course Navigation<\/a> links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using modules in Canvas provides a fast and easy way to organize your course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Add content to Modules in Canvas<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Set a course homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can copy course content such as assignments, modules, pages, and discussions from previous Canvas courses into existing courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Copy your course<\/a> in Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Import content from another Canvas course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panopto is available<\/a> to all faculty and staff at CSUDH. For faculty and staff, Panopto is the easiest way to create video lectures or tutorials for your Canvas course or organization. Click here<\/a> for Panopto Resources!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Access Zoom directly from Canvas<\/a>. Instructors and students can efficiently perform most Zoom functions from inside Canvas, including scheduling meetings, viewing upcoming meetings, accessing cloud recordings and other Zoom functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Course enrollments update three times a day (9 am, 3 pm, and 9 pm)<\/strong> via automated process. Students will have access to your Canvas course a few hours after the latest Canvas system update (9 am, 3 pm, and 9 pm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a student drops your course, their name will be tagged with the label \u201cInactive\u201d. You will see them listed in the PEOPLE list and it will show the last time the student logged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/strong> Inactive students do not have access to your course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you need multiple course sections merged into one, please send an email to canvas@csudh.edu<\/a> with the subject line, “course merge request”. In the message, please provide the course name, numbers, and sections to merge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Canvas, the Help button is located in the lower-left corner. Use the help menu to search the help guides and access the Canvas live chat<\/a> and support hotline (562-270-0480).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note:<\/strong> The live chat and support hotline are available 24\/7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Email canvas@csudh.edu<\/a> or create a ticket at csudh.service-now.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Use this comprehensive checklist to get your course site ready for your students. Getting to Canvas: For direct access to Canvas, visit https:\/\/canvas.csudh.edu. If you are using MyCSUDH, click the Canvas tile located under LaunchPad. Alternatively, you can access Canvas through the main university website at csudh.edu. Accessibility Check Explore our Accessibility Resources webpage for quick guides, checklists, and tools…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[484],"class_list":["post-7850","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-canvas-essentials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/7850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7850"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/7850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12645,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/7850\/revisions\/12645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/at.csudh.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=7850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Accessibility Check<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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