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Fall Canvas Information for Faculty

The Fall semester will begin Monday August 31st. Fall courses are already available in Canvas. Students will not have access until your course is published. Let us know if you don’t see your course at https://umd.instructure.com/courses or https://myelms.umd.edu/courses . As you prepare for the upcoming semester, below are some links you may find helpful.

Course Setup

• To combine or split multiple course sections or add cross-listings email us at engr-canvas@umd.edu
• My Courses tab - Customize your course drop down list
• Course Copy - Copy material from a previous semester

Adding TA’s, and other users

• TA’s -  must be entered in SIS, contact your Scheduling Officer
• Other Roles and how to add them

Recent Canvas Updates

• Student Interactions Report
• Excuse Assignment for Individual Student
• Sort or Custom Arrange Gradebook Columns
• Restrict Course Access After Course End Date
• Canvas Release Information
• Multimedia Discussion Tool, VoiceThreadadded by DivIT

  • Adding VoiceThread to a Course
  • Creating a VoiceThread

Canvas Support

• Email us at engr-canvas@umd.edu  with any questions
• Call 301-405-4908 M-F  9:00 – 4:00
• For personal training email gabby@umd.edu
• Campus Learning Technologies Training
• Canvas webinars

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Recent Canvas Updates

August 26, 2015