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The Canvas Guides

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The Canvas Guides

Canvas Commons

A digital library where instructors can find, import, and share resources. You can see courses that other instructors have developed and easily integrate components from those courses into your own.

Canvas Commons

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@One

@One is offering several "Introduction to Teaching With Canvas" online courses. These online sessions will familiarize you with Canvas and help you build your first Canvas course. New sections may be added, so if all sections are full/waitlisted, check back often for new offerings.

View @One's current catalog offerings

Free, self-paced version of @One's Introduction to Teaching with Canvas course

• Cross-listing Your Course Sections
• NameCoach in Your Course
• NameCoach – Recording Your Name

Go to canvas.losrios.edu. Use your w-ID and your Los Rios password to access your courses.

There is no need to request a shell. If your class has a 5-digit ID, the shell will be automatically created for you. You can access your shell by logging in to  canvas.losrios.edu.

1. Go to the “People” tool.
2. Click “+People”.
3. Type the student’s W-ID (including the “w”) into the box.
   • You may add multiple students at one time. Simply start a new line for each new W-ID.
4. After inputting one or more W-IDs, click “Done”
5. Click “Add Students”
6. The student will be invited to join the class the next time they log in to Canvas

1. Go to “People”
2. Click the name of the student you wish to remove
3. Under “Memberships” click "Conclude"

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When logged into Canvas:

1. Look for the "Help" button in the left-hand navigation pane.
2. Click the Help button
3. Click the "Request a Development (DEV) Course" link
4. You'll be asked to fill out a form
5. Your dev shell should be ready within 24 hours

You can request as many as you would like.

If you need further assistance, contact:

Michie Burbano
(916) 650-2726
burbanm@scc.losrios.edu

Yes, you can. Canvas calls this “cross-listing”.

Cross-listing Your Course Sections

Important!  There is a limited window in which you may cross-list your sections. See the above-linked page for current dates.

The district’s process automatically creates a Canvas shell for every 5-digit course ID, thus a Canvas shell is created for both your lab and lecture sections. In most cases, we recommend simply leaving the lab section unpublished and removing it from your dashboard. In most cases, you should not combine these classes. If you do so, the students will show up twice in the combined class, thus creating a bookkeeping headache for the instructor.

You can't change the official name, but you can change the "nickname" of the course on your course card. 

How to Change the Nickname of Your Course

Send an email to Brian Pogue that contains the course name, the 5-digit course ID, and an approximate date of when the course was officially assigned to you.

Brian Pogue
pogueb@scc.losrios.edu

Direct students to the Canvas Student Help Guides, as well as the “Help” feature in the lower left-hand corner of their Canvas course.

We recommend sending an email to your students a week prior to the start of class with information about the course and instructions on how to access. In the email, direct them to the Canvas login page at canvas.losrios.edu.

You can call the Canvas 24/7 Help Line at (916) 568-3199. You can also perform a search for your topic using the Canvas Guides. If you can't find your answer there, send an email to the Instructional Development Coordinator, Brian Pogue: pogueb@scc.losrios.edu.