Canvas

This article contains a variety of resources to help you learn about -- and get help with-- Canvas, Middlebury’s learning management system (LMS).

This article provides foundational support for instructors new to Canvas, offering a concise selection of resources to facilitate onboarding. These include guidance on logging in, creating a Canvas site, accessing templates, and utilizing instructional materials such as guides and video tutorials for further learning.

A brief description of all the items available under Navigation in Middlebury's Canvas courses.

Basic triage steps to determine why an instructor or student cannot see a Canvas site.

FERPA regulations apply when adding individuals to a course where they can see student information. Make sure you only add people to your course who have “an educational need to know.” You can learn more about FERPA here. Questions about FERPA can be directed to the Registrar.

A Canvas site is accessible according to the academic term course dates set by the Registrar. The course end date is typically set to the final day of classes plus thirty days for grading. Instructors can change this for active courses where the current students may need access to the site beyond the course end date.

This article provides instructions on adding and positioning the Redirect Tool in a Canvas course menu.

This article describes Discussion Checkpoints: a new feature enabled in June 2025 in Canvas which allows instructors to set multiple due dates for discussion activities.

How to activate, use and upgrade content with the DesignPLUS sidebar tool in Canvas.

Guidance for instructors who need to manage access for one or more student to a Canvas site because they have been issued a grade of Incomplete or need to finish coursework beyond the course end date. As part of the process for granting an Incomplete and allowing a student to submit late course work on Canvas, an instructor or Canvas administrator will extend access to a course Canvas site beyond the academic term date.

Canvas Discussions update for Fall 2024: A temporary fix is available to restore threaded replies functionality, which may have been disabled in some courses due to an August 2024 update. Instructions for implementing the fix using a new course-level button are provided.

Middlebury has been using the Google Apps LTI in Canvas since 2017. Instructure, the company that owns and runs Canvas, no longer supports the Google Apps LTI. We are thus switching to the new Google Assignments LTI.

This article describes Course Feature Options, settings and functionality that an instructor can enable or disable for their Canvas site to add additional functionality.

As an instructor, there are times when you may need or want to share access to a past Canvas site. If you want to share a Canvas site without student data, then you need to request an archive copy of your site. You may prefer to export your course in ePub format if your goal is less about the Canvas experience, request an archive Canvas site and then download a copy your content.

This article provides a list of user roles and permissions available in Canvas that define the levels of access and functionality within a course site.

Faculty up for contract renewal, promotion, or tenure review may need to share online curricular materials with the review committee.

This article provides an overview of external tools available in Canvas. These integrations commonly referred to as Learning Tools Interoperability or LTI are a series of applications that can be accessed from within Canvas to extend the built-in features of the learning management system.

The Canvas Student App allows students to view and interact with content on their mobile devices. Some issues can arise when content from an integration (such as Panopto, Google, Office 365, etc.) is added to a Canvas site. If this happens, use the following steps to troubleshoot the Canvas Student App.

The Google Apps LTI in Canvas makes it easier for instructors and students to share content from Google Drive, submit Google Docs for assignments, and collaborate within a Google Doc. Browser settings affect the integration between Canvas and Google, and browser updates can reset the settings to defaults that interfere with the integration.

This article provides a step-by-step guide to setting up courses and assignments for video feedback in Canvas using GoReact.

The article describes how to use Hypothesis, a collaborative annotation tool, within Canvas. Hypothesis can be integrated either as a graded assignment or as a non-graded module activity. Getting started guides for both instructors and students are provided.

The article explains how to use Lucid's interactive whiteboard tools in Canvas for active learning. It explains how to create individual assignments where students work independently on Lucid boards and submit them for grading as well as collaborative activities where students can edit shared Lucid documents embedded in Canvas for group work.

This article provides step-by-step instructions for adding the Zoom app to your Canvas course navigation. It explains how to access the course settings, locate and enable the Zoom app, and save these changes so that the Zoom link appears in the course navigation menu.

This article describes steps to access a Zoom cloud recording associated with a course using the Zoom integration with the Canvas learning management system.

This article explains how to record a Zoom meeting to the cloud for access in Canvas, providing steps to start a Zoom meeting, begin cloud recording, and stop the recording once finished.

This article helps you schedule Zoom meetings within a Canvas course. It guides you through accessing the Zoom feature, creating new meetings, and setting them as recurring.