Canvas Blueprint Courses
What is a Blueprint Course? If you are teaching a course with two or more sections that have the same course content, you may want to consider using Blueprint Course. A Blueprint Course is a master course so all course sections that are associated with the blueprint course receive updates when they are synced to the…
Using the Zoom App in Canvas
Add Zoom to Course Navigation Menu To use the Zoom LTI app in Canvas, first make sure it is enabled in the Canvas course Navigation Menu (You may need to go to Settings in your course menu and enable it): Schedule Class Meetings using the Zoom App After the Zoom app has been added to your course navigation…
Canvas Global Announcement Guidelines
Utah Tech University has guidelines for posting announcements to the Learning Management System (Canvas). Canvas Global Announcements are intended to offer brief and timely information about UT technical issues, student academic opportunities, and other academic items of interest to the entire campus community.…
Missing Email Notifications in Outlook?
A few faculty have reported not receiving email notifications from Canvas with their new utahtech.edu email addresses. If you are no longer receiving email notifications, you can resolve this problem by toggling your notification preferences for Conversations off and then back on for your utahtech.edu email. For more…
Canvas Support
24/7 Canvas Support for Faculty, Staff, and Students All faculty, staff, and students can receive 24/7 support for Canvas issues and questions from Canvas Support. Support is available by phone, live chat, or email. To access this resource, click the Help button in the left-hand navigation menu in Canvas. UT …
Copyleaks for Instructors
Through the collaborative efforts of multiple departments across campus, including the Provost's office, the University has acquired and implemented Copyleaks, a robust plagiarism and generative AI detector that now serves as a replacement to Turnitin. Creating & Viewing Copyleaks Assignments in Canvas Using Copy…
Access Denied when clicking on Course Surveys within Canvas
If you are getting Access Denied when you click on “Course Surveys” it is usually a browser caching issue. You can try any of the following options. * Clear your cache. If you are not sure how to do this here are some instructions. * Try a different browser * Use the Incognito option. Click on the three dots in…
How to Add a VitalSource eBook to Your Canvas Course
Instructors who are using an inclusive access eBook with your Canvas course provided by Vitalsource will need to follow these instructions. You can access your eBook with either the VitalSource course menu item in Canvas or by adding a link to the eBook from a Canvas module . Adding the VitalSource course navigat…
