Shifting dates for your assignments

As you migrate your course from semester to semester, you might want to “shift” all dates (or a number of dates) forward in a certain way without having to edit assignments one by one.  You can “batch edit” these dates in...

Solving “not authorized to access” issues

If a student says that they encounter a file embedded in a page that they cannot access, usually it is because of either of two reasons: limited access in files, or pointing towards an earlier course. 1) The file is unpublished or restricted in “files”. ...

Changing Time Zones in Canvas

If your students are taking your course in a different time zone, you can ask them to change their Canvas to the local time zone. Here is a video that shows students how to make that change. To fully take advantage of the automatic adjustments in Canvas, you as a...

How to change a thumbnail?

You upload a video to Studio for your course, and Studio can give you any random thumbnail (cover photo). If you upload a video recording from your Zoom meeting, the video will be named Zoom0, which isn’t descriptive either. Check the following video to see how...

How to use the quiz feature in Studio videos?

If you have a video in your course, you can embed questions while students are watching. Here is a tutorial that shows how this works.  This feature also works with Youtube videos which you add to your course via Studio.