Question
Start of Term FAQ for UC Davis Canvas
Overview
An aggregation of links to helpful documents or knowledge base articles that answer our most common questions near the start of a term.
Answer
Answers to common questions that occur at the start of term:
- How to customize the courses that appear on the Dashboard and Courses menu
- How to cross-list multiple sections into a single course site
- How to add a TA or guest instructor
- How to decide which role to assign when adding a TA or instructor
- How to copy course content from a previous Canvas course into a new course shell
- How to publish a course
- How to communicate with students
- How to find student information about wait list, major, class standing, email address...
- How to get started with Canvas' New Gradebook
If you do not see a course shell to which you believe you should be assigned, please contact your department scheduling coordinator to ensure that you have been assigned as the Instructor of Record for the course in Banner. It may take up to 18 hours for the change to update in UC Davis Canvas after a change is made in Banner.