ISU Canvas

ISU's learning management system for teaching and learning that will replace Moodle beginning in the Fall of 2025.

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Get Started with Canvas

Information on the basics of ISU Canvas, including general navigation and procedures.
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Moodle ISU to ISU Canvas Transition

Guides to help transition from Moodle ISU to ISU Canvas.
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DesignPLUS

ISUs plug-in tool that helps you rapidly build and style high-quality courses.
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FAQs & Troubleshooting

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SpeedGrader

Resources for using SpeedGrader in assignments, discussions, and quizzes.
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Articles (23)

Pinned Article ISU Canvas FAQ for Faculty

Answers to questions most frequently asked by faculty regarding the transfer of course to ISU Canvas.

Pinned Article Recover your Username or Reset your Password

How to Recover Your ISU Username and Reset Your Password

Adding a Turnitin Assignment in ISU Canvas for Faculty

Instructions on adding a Turnitin assignment to an ISU Canvas course.

Adding Extra Credit in ISU Canvas for Faculty

Adding H5P Activities as a SCORM Package to ISU Canvas for faculty

How to convert interactive H5P activities that were created in Moodle ISU into SCORM packages that can be uploaded to Canvas.

Atomic Assessment: Enable Atomic Assessments in Canvas

Canvas Training and Help Resources for Faculty

This article provides training and help resources for faculty members using Canvas.

ISU Canvas: Bulk Editing Due Dates and Availability Dates for Faculty

Instructions on updating due dates and availability dates in bulk.

ISU Canvas: Classic Quizzes vs. New Quizzes

This article compares the two options for quizzes in Canvas.

ISU Canvas: Organizing Course Cards in the Dashboard for Faculty

How faculty can customize course cards in the ISU Canvas Dashboard.

ISU Canvas: Peer Review to a Discussion for Students

A student guide on submitting a peer review to a discussion in Canvas.

ISU Canvas: Using Classic Quizzes for Faculty

Information on using Classic Quizzes for faculty.

ISU Canvas: Using New Quizzes for Faculty

Information using New Quizzes in ISU Canvas.

ISU Canvas: Using the Course Import Tool for Faculty

Instructions on Using the Course Import tool to copy content from one ISU Canvas course to another.

ISU Canvas: Weighting a Final Course Grade for Faculty

How to set up assignment groups in order to weight the final course grade based on assignment groups.

LMS Integrations of External Apps

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is a standard created by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. An LTI shares content, resources, and/or other information from a third-party website with a learning management system (LMS). Its primary purpose is to connect learning systems with external services. Canvas calls these integrated platforms “external apps”.

Peer Reviews in Discussions in ISU Canvas for Faculty

Information for faculty on creating a peer review discussion.

Publishing Your Course in ISU Canvas for Faculty

This article explains how to publish your Canvas course, including course-level, module-level, and individual activity/resource-level publishing. All levels must be published for students to access content.

Submitting Turnitin Assignment [Student]

Using Announcements in ISU Canvas for Faculty

Information about using Canvas Announcements.

Using Commons in ISU Canvas for Faculty

This guide walks faculty through how to search, preview, import, and share educational content using Canvas Commons to enhance course development and collaboration.

Connect with the IT Service Desk

Need help with IT-related issues? Look no further than the IT Service Desk! Our knowledgeable team is dedicated to providing top-tier assistance to the entire university community.

ISU Canvas: Bookmarked Question Banks and User Question Banks for Faculty

The guide will describe the use and function of bookmarking question banks and using the user question bank page.