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Canvas Simple Quick Start Guide

Anxious about using Canvas for the first time or worried there just isn鈥檛 enough time to get ready?
Don鈥檛 panic!  

Just keep it SIMPLE

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Start by importing a 大发 template and/or import content from a previous course.

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Insert your .

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Minimize the scope: focus on just the first two weeks and unpublish everything else.

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Personalize your course.

      • If you used a template, to personalize your course follow the 鈥淓diting the 大发 Canvas Template鈥 PDF included in the template. Keep in mind the template is just a starting point, it is not set in stone. Feel free to edit, delete, unpublish anything in it!
      • If you didn鈥檛 use a template, . If you wish to create a custom homepage, first . . Then, . Finally, .

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Let students access the course by .

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Engage your students by welcoming them to the course.

During this transition time, keep your expectations manageable and your course simple. Remember that course development is a continual process. Just as you would not task your students with too much at all once to avoid cognitive overload, give yourself permission to focus on a simple beginning this semester.

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