Canvas Resources Links

Canvas is a Learning Management Platform (LMS) used to host course content for traditional, online, and hybrid courses. The links below provide helpful guides and videos for setting up and managing your Canvas courses. They’re organized into sections so you can quickly find the resources most relevant to your needs.

Before the Semester Begins

Getting Started with Canvas: This guide is a checklist for Mercer instructors.
This guide shows you how to merge/cross-list sections in Canvas.
Click this link to get to a form to complete if you want us to merge/cross-list your course sections.
This guide shows you how to copy a Canvas course into a new course. It's good for when you want to use course content from a previous course that you've taught.
This guide shows you how to import course content. It's good for when you don't want to copy an entire course but do want to copy parts of it.
This guide shows you how to use weighted grading categories in Canvas.

Setting Up Your Courses--appearance, navigation, etc.

This guide shows you how to set up your Canvas course navigation which is how you and your students navigate the course Canvas page.
This guide shows you how to customize your Canvas course home page--the first thing users see when they enter your course.
This guide explains what course settings are, and it shows you how to set and use your course settings.
This guide shows you how to use the Rich Content Editor in Canvas. You can use the RCE to add and format text and other content in Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, Pages, Quizzes, and the Syllabus.

Quizzes--General Help

This guide explains what are New Quizzes are.
This link takes you to a page with Canvas Guides to using New Quizzes.
This guide gives you two options for migrating your Classic Quizzes to the New Quizzes format. The Classic Quizzes will be sunset in 2026, so it is a good idea to go ahead and migrate them into the New Quiz format.
This guide shows you how to add a quiz to your assignment groups.

Canvas Quizzes--Using Respondus Lockdown Browser

This guide shows you how to apply the Respondus Lockdown Browser in Canvas.
This guide explains the New Quiz tool and using it with the Respondus Lockdown Browser.

Quizzes--Special Topics

This guide explains how to add additional time for a student in the quiz tool.
This guides shows you how to understand TurnItIn reports.

Other Canvas Help Topics

This guide gives you an overview of the Canvas Gradebook.
This guide gives you an overview of how to use Canvas Speedgrader.
This guides explains what to do when you have missing grades when you've assigned subsequent students work.
This guide shows you how to message students from a gradebook assignments
This guide shows you how to use quizzes in assignment groups.
Canvas Help Video Guides--This collection is a complete list of all Canvas video guides for students and faculty.
Canvas Instructor Guide--This index is a searchable list of quick guides to Canvas tasks for instructors.
Canvas Student Guide--This resource is a searchable list of quick guides to Canvas tasks for students.