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.
Canvas Instructor Resources
Comprehensive guides and tutorials to help you manage your course, design assessments, and utilize new AI features.
🚀 Setting Up Before the Semester
- Getting Started with Canvas: Video Guide
A primary checklist for Mercer instructors to ensure course readiness.
- How to Merge/Cross-list Sections: Video Guide
Learn how to combine multiple course sections.
Click here for the Cross-listing Request Form. - Copying a Full Course:
Text Guide (pp. 1-3) | Video GuideIdeal for importing an entire previous course into a new semester shell. - Copying Specific Course Content:
Text Guide (pp. 4-5) | Video GuideUse this when you only need to migrate specific items or modules rather than the whole course. - Weighted Grading: Video Guide
Explains how to set up weighted assignment groups for final grade calculations.
🎨 Appearance & Navigation
📝 Quizzes: General & Special Topics
⚠️ Transition to New Quizzes
Classic Quizzes will be unavailable starting Spring 2026. Please migrate your assessments soon.
Migration Guide: Text Guide | Video Guide
General Help
- Introduction to New Quizzes: Video Guide
- Creating a New Quiz: Text Guide
- Adding Quizzes to Assignment Groups: Video Guide
- Sharing Item Banks: Text | Video
Specialized Topics
- Quiz Security: Text Guide | Video Guide
- Adding Extra Time: Text Guide
- Respondus Lockdown: Application Guide | Integration
✨ AI Features & TurnItIn
IgniteAI Toolkit
TurnItIn
Video Guide
Learn how to interpret plagiarism detection reports and originality scores to support academic integrity.
Featured Webinar: Beyond Multiple Choice
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 2:00-3:00 PM EST
Elevate student assessments with New Quizzes. This session covers AI-powered question creation, enhanced flexible accommodations, and outcome tracking to refine your teaching strategy.
📚 Additional Canvas Topics
- 📊 Gradebook Overview: Video Guide
- ✍️ Speedgrader Tips: Video Guide
- 🎯 Outcomes & Rubrics: Text Guide | Video Guide
- 🏷️ Differentiation Tags: Webpage
- 📂 Canvas Portfolios: Webpage
- ❓ Handling Missing Grades: Video Guide
- ✉️ Message Students from Assignment: Video Guide
- 🔗 Searchable Instructor Guides: Text Index
- 🎓 Searchable Student Guides: Text Index
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