Canvas

PreK-3rd grade: you will not need to crosslist your subject area sections. Simply use your homeroom section in Canvas.

4th-12th and all Specials teachers, you will want to crosslist all of your sections. You must be enrolled in the MPS Canvas Training Course to view the demo showing how to crosslist your sections. If you’re already enrolled in the training course, click here to see the demo.

Select Courses on the left side of your Canvas dashboard. At the bottom of the slide out menu, select All Courses. You’ll find your previous courses under the section labeled Past Enrollments.

1. Open your new course and select “Import Existing Content”located in the upper right corner of the homepage
2. On the Content Typedropdown menu, select “Copy a Canvas Course”
3. On the Search for a course dropdown menu, select the course you want to copy into your new course
4. Select “All Content”
5. Check the box that says “Adjust events and due dates” and then select the option that says “Remove dates”
6. Select the blue button that says “Import”

1. Double verify that you’re in the correct course and that you really want to remove ALL content from the course because the following steps are irreversible.
2. Go to the settings page of the course
3. On the right side of the screen select the option that says “Reset Course Content”

If you added students to your course manually, instead of using a rostered section, your course will probably still have students in it from last year. They will still see your course on their Canvas dashboard when they log in. So, you need to Conclude the course, make a copy of it, and add your students for this year to the new copy.

To conclude a course:

1. Open the Course.
2. Select Settings.
3. Choose "Conclude this Course" from the right (or bottom).

Then, make a copy of the concluded course (it won't copy the students) to use with your students this year, and add your new students manually (People, +People).

1. Reach out to a MPS EdTech Specialist to see which trainings are coming up or to have an EdTech member come to your room to walk you through the basics and help you get going. Email edtech@mooreschools.com
2. Make sure you’re enrolled in the MPS Canvas Training Course where you’ll find tutorials on how to setup and organize your Canvas courses and how to create modules, assignments, pages and quizzes.
3. Access step-by-step tutorials and videos on the Canvas Training Services Portal. From your Canvas dashboard, select “Help” at the bottom of the navigation bar on the left side of the screen. Select “Training Services Portal” to get started.

If you need to change a link in your Canvas course, image or text, remove the old link and THEN you will get the option to link to another page in the course. Quick Demo! https://www.loom.com/share/62f514bfa95841f6bfd7e6ba2fec3a93

For grades to successfully sync from Canvas to Infinite Campus, an assignment must have a due date, a unique title, and you must use the assign to everyone option when creating the assignment. Refer to the MPS Canvas Training Course to find the video "Syncing Grades to Infinite Campus" for more information.

• PreK-1st grades: you do not need to sync your grades from Canvas to IC.
• 2nd- 3rd grades: It would be easier if you did not crosslist your subject area sections, and instead only used your Homeroom section as your main course in Canvas. When you sync your grades they will show up as "Unassigned" in Infinite Campus. You will need to move them to the correct subject area sections in IC.
• 4th-12th: If you combine two subject sections into one Canvas course, your grades may sync over as duplicates and as "Unassigned" in Infinite Campus. If you use Categories in Infinite Campus, you will want to set up the same categories in Canvas.
  • In order for the sync from Canvas to IC to be successful, the following criteria must be met when building out assignments in Canvas:
    • It must have a Due date.
    • It must have a Unique Title.
    • It must be assigned to "Everyone".
• “Sync to SIS” box must be selected in assignment details.
• Sync your grades from Canvas to IC on a weekly basis. If you wait until the end of the quarter/semester it will take a very long time to complete.
• If you change any grades in IC, be sure to also change those grades in Canvas as well. Otherwise, your grades in IC will be overwritten the next time you sync.

Infinite Campus is where students and parents are directed to view official overall course grades. It’s fine for individual assignment grades to show in Canvas, but unless you are putting every graded assignment in Canvas, it won’t match your IC gradebook. To avoid confusion, hide the overall course grade in Canvas. Here are the steps:

1. Go to the settings page of your Canvas course
2. Go to the Course Details tab
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the link that says “more options”
4. Check the box that says “Hide totals in student grades summary”
5. Click “Update Course Details” in the bottom right corner

Students will work in several Canvas courses throughout the day. We recommend posting a short screencast video(recording of your voice and computer screen), or detailed text instructions, on your Canvas course homepage explaining to students and parents how your course is organized and where they should go to access assignments and resources. LOOM is a free screencast software you can add to your Google Chrome browser as an extension—learn more at loom.com