How-to guides for faculty and students using Canvas, Bowdoin's LMS. Covers course setup, assignments, grading, and integrated tools like Panopto and Hypothesis.
An orientation guide to Canvas, Bowdoin's Learning Management System (LMS), for faculty and staff. Covers the Dashboard, left-hand navigation menu, course building tools (Modules, Pages, Assignments, Files), publishing content, course settings, and how to get help or training.
Explains what Padlet is and how students can access a Padlet that an instructor has added to a Canvas course, either from a laptop or an iPad. Includes a video walkthrough.
Instructions for faculty on setting up a Canvas assignment that collects Panopto video or audio submissions from students, and how to review and grade those submissions using SpeedGrader.
Instructions for Bowdoin students to download all their Canvas assignment submissions as a ZIP file. Covers both current and concluded courses, including group assignment submissions. Does not include instructor-annotated versions of submitted work.
Step-by-step guide for instructors to bulk download all student submissions for a Canvas assignment as a ZIP file, including how to monitor download progress and open the submissions folder.
Step-by-step guide for instructors to export the Canvas Gradebook as a CSV file, including how to export for specific grading periods, re-download previous exports, and understand read-only score columns.
Explains why student photos do not appear when printing the Canvas People page and how to enable background image printing in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox to resolve the issue.
Step-by-step instructions for faculty on scheduling a recurring Zoom meeting through the Canvas Zoom integration, so that all occurrences share the same meeting ID, link, and settings throughout the semester.
Step-by-step instructions for faculty on enabling the Microsoft Teams integration in a Canvas course, including activating Microsoft Sync and adding the Teams link to the course navigation menu so students can access their class team directly from Canvas.
Step-by-step instructions for students submitting a video or audio file to a Canvas assignment using the Panopto integration. Covers uploading a file, inserting it into the submission, and confirming successful submission.
Instructions for faculty on uploading video and audio content to Panopto and embedding it in a Canvas course, including embedding via the Rich Content Editor, adding content as a Canvas Module item, and uploading directly through the Canvas-Panopto integration.
Overview of Padlet for instructors at Bowdoin, covering how to access Padlet using Bowdoin SSO, how students access Padlets through Canvas, and where to find Padlet training resources for classroom use.
Step-by-step instructions for faculty on creating a Hypothesis-enabled annotation assignment in Canvas, including selecting the content source (URL, Canvas PDF, Google Drive, or OneDrive), configuring group settings, and previewing the finished assignment.