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New! - Canvas Video Guides Update

Canvas is in the process of updating the video guides it provides. All current videos from Canvas Guides will be removed by December 2025.

If you have Canvas video guides embedded in your courses, you will need to update them with Canvas’ new options. Please refer to the this Canvas Video Guides Update for steps on how to do that.

Digital Accessibility

The State of Colorado has implemented an accessibility law in House Bill 21-1110 which requires that all digital materials in Canvas courses must be compliant by July 1, 2024.

We have two new tools in Canvas, TidyUP and UDOIT, that will scan your course for unused files and accessibility issues, report them, and allow you to easily fix them by accepting the recommendations it provides. Please refer to the TidyUP and UDOIT Accessibility Tools in Canvas for tutorials and training sessions.

Training

• Schedule one-on-one training:
  • with Angie Dodson
  • with Brandon Poulliot
  • with Chris Creighton
  • with MK Naughton
  • with Li Wang
  • with Ryan Martinez
• Enroll in the self-paced "Growing with Canvas" course to learn how to use Canvas

FAQs

• Add the Canvas "Getting Started for UCCS Students" and the "UCCS Resources" modules to your Canvas course
• Online Quiz/Exam - Extend Time or Add Attempt (aka Moderate Quiz)
• Create Assignments/Gradebook Columns
• Create Discussions
• Create and Manage Groups
• Appointment Groups - schedule blocks of time when students can make appointments to meet with you (instructional video)

Canvas Resources

• UCCS Canvas Beginning and End of Course Checklist (rev fall 2025)
• Canvas Guides
  • Getting Started with Canvas
  • Instructor Guide
  • Video Guide
  • Discussions/Announcement Redesign effective May 10, 2024
    • Discussion redesign data sheet
    • Announcement Redesign Guides
  • New Quizzes Canvas Guides
    • Enabling New Quizzes in Your Canvas Course
• Canvas Community
  • Access the same guides listed above or log in to ask a question
• Canvas Videos for Instructors

Technology Tool Resources

• DesignPlus – a design toolset for Canvas (enroll in training course)
• iClicker – student response system
• MS Teams Class in Canvas – create a Team and synchronize the student, instructor, and TA roles from Canvas into the Team
• Panopto – desktop video recording
• Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor – virtual proctoring for online testing in Canvas
• Turnitin – plagiarism detection in Canvas + Draft Coach
• Zoom – integrated into Canvas for easy course meetings

Contact us: Please fill out this request form or email frc@uccs.edu for support with the following:

• Course merges and copies
• Course enrollments – Grader, TA, Co-instructor, etc.
• Course quota increases
• VitalSource
• Anything else you can't figure out!

Canvas Resources

•   Canvas Guides
  • Getting Started with Canvas
  • Student Guide
  • Video Guide
• Canvas Community
  • Access the same guides listed above or log in to ask a question

• Office of Information Technology – Zoe Hyatt
• Faculty Resource Center – Chris Creighton, Angie Dodson, Ryan Martinez, MK Naughton, Brandon Poulliot, Li Wang
• College of Letters, Arts & Sciences – FRC
• College of Business – Suzie Williams, Bradley Plesz
• Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences – FRC
• College of Education – Cindy Brown
• College of Public Service – FRC