Canvas is our primary learning management system where the online components of most courses are delivered.

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Accessing a Padlet from your Canvas course page (Students)

Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. You can access a Padlet that has been added to a Canvas course page by your instructor on both your laptop and your iPad.

Download Your Assignment Submissions from Canvas

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.

Downloading all student submissions for an assignment

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.

Exporting grades in the Canvas Gradebook

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.

Getting Started Using Canvas (2024-2025)

Annual updates and notes about using Canvas, the College's Learning Management System.

Padlet for Graphical Discussion Boards (Instructor)

Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. Padlet can be integrated within Canvas.

Uploading or Embeding Panopto Videos into Canvas

Bowdoin uses a media hosting platform called Panopto where instructors can store multimedia files. Panopto is integrated with Canvas, making it easier to upload and embed multimedia content stored in Panopto directly to your Canvas course site.