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- Adding Users You can invite any current George Mason faculty, staff, or student to join your course at any time if the Add People button […]
- Welcome to Canvas, the new learning management system at George Mason! Learn Canvas Help and Support Course Design and Migration Info
- The Canvas learning management system (LMS) will be limited to specific academic and/or instructional purposes. These can be categorized in the following ways: Step 1 […]
- In Canvas, you have the option to import (copy) your course content from one Canvas course into another. You must be the instructor in both […]
- A Canvas course must be “published” by the instructor before students can access the course. If the course is published before the course start date, […]
- In Canvas you can add video and audio via Kaltura in a course using Pages, directly to a Module, or anywhere the content editor is […]
- You can add a Kaltura Video Quiz to your course in Canvas. In Canvas, a video quiz can function as an assignment with a grade, […]
- The Course Navigation Menu is a series of links on the left side of your course that help you and your students access different course […]
- Canvas Dashboard is the landing page when you log into Canvas. It consist of three sections, the Global Navigation Menu [A] , Course Cards [B], […]
- Unlike Blackboard, Canvas provides an option to allow instructors themselves to manually combine multiple sections of a course together (what Canvas calls manual cross-listing). This […]
- Take advantage of the move to Canvas to start from scratch. Use a blank sandbox course in Canvas to build your course. It is a […]
- Zoom is George Mason’s supported web conferencing tool for hosting virtual class meetings, collaborating with students, and sharing content. Instructors can meet face-to-face using HD […]
- The following steps are for faculty using Zoom within their Canvas courses. Once this feature is enabled in a course, Zoom meetings will automatically generate […]
- Once a course ends, students can no longer work in the course (although they retain view access by default). The instructor must update course settings […]
- Submit a Request → (Faculty/Staff only) Students cannot request information from the Archives. Contact your instructor or department to see if they can provide information. […]
- There are many ways to share content with other faculty in Canvas. These are some options and the benefits they each afford.
- Canvas provides several options to share course content to multiple sections of the same course. Options include: A common question is how Canvas Blueprint courses […]
- While many instructors find Canvas easier to use, initial interactions can be confusing as you get use to new workflows. These are the noticeable differences […]
- You can create a Teams class, a Class Notebook, and other Microsoft integrations in Canvas. Student enrollments are automatically added and updated. Note: This tool […]
- Canvas Admin access provides a user with full access to all course sections (past, current, and future) at a certain level – course, department/subject (undergraduate, […]
- Overview for Instructors Save time when scheduling with Microsoft Bookings. Customize appointment details, booking requirements, and provide meeting credentials. Bookings is integrated with your or […]
- WordPress is integrated with Canvas. Instructors and TAs can automatically generate a WordPress site from within any Canvas course. Access to WordPress will always be […]
- We recommend that faculty do the following at the start of each semester to get their Canvas courses ready. Optional Items
- We recommend that faculty do the following towards the end of each semester with their Canvas courses. Expand All Collapse All Confirm Grades Setup Confirm that […]
- The Qwickly Attendance tool allows for attendance tracking and grading in Canvas. The Attendance tool also shows students’ official Mason Card photo. Attendance can be […]
- The Send Grades tool allows the instructor of record to send a grades from Canvas to Patriot Web as the Midterm Evaluation or Final grade. […]
- This process uses the Respondus Test Creation Application. If you do not yet have it installed on your Windows device, go to How to Install Respondus […]
- Installation of Respondus is required for use. Windows Users Follow instructions below to install Respondus on your computer. Mac Users Mac users will need to […]
- The Kaltura MyMedia library is your personal media repository in Canvas. It contains all of your uploaded or recorded videos, audio files, and images—regardless of […]
- Spring 2026 Portfolios Read the announcement about Portfolios, a new tool in Canvas.The previous limited functionality “ePortfolio” tool will be phased out by summer 2026. […]
- Zoom is a versatile web conferencing tool for hosting virtual class meetings, collaborating with students, and sharing content. You can meet face-to-face using HD video, […]
- Blackboard Archives Blackboard was last available on July 15, 2025. Read more. All term courses from spring 2021 – spring 2025 are available upon request […]
- Poll Everywhere (Poll EV) is a dynamic web-based polling system that allows participants to engage within the classroom or online through web browsers, mobile applications, […]
- Before connecting Poll Everywhere to Canvas, you should be familiar with creating activities and collecting responses. For more information, read Getting Started with Poll Everywhere. […]
- Publisher content from Cengage, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill Campus Connect, Pearson, Wiley, and others is now integrated into Canvas. Below is information for the most common publishers. […]
- Gradescope helps instructors seamlessly administer and grade all of your assessments, whether online or in-class. Save time grading and get a clear picture of how […]
- VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool that enables students to build online presentations by adding images, documents, videos, and other media to which […]
- Honorlock is an automated proctoring solution that helps instructors foster academic integrity when providing remote assessments to students. For detailed instructions and a walk-through, view […]
- The Canvas & Instructional Technologies Collective is a team for George Mason’s faculty and staff instructional technology users to communicate with their peers and discuss […]
- Many Blackboard courses are being moved to Canvas via the Automated Migration Process. Once your courses are in Canvas, there will be some cleanup involved. […]
- The main methods to send communicate with students in Canvas are Announcements and Inbox. By default, all users receive the complete announcements and inbox messages […]
- This chart compares tools from Blackboard (Bb) Learn with its Canvas equivalent. Please use the information provided below to help familiarize yourself with the tools […]