This page is a collection of tutorials that explain how to use the various student tools in myCourses. We highly recommend reviewing the Passport to Canvas training course for a deeper and more interactive experience.
Are you new to all of this? Check out our handy myCourses Blackboard to Canvas Feature Conversion Table to aid your navigation and discovery of new features.
*How do I save Blackboard content as a student?
Students should choose to save anything they may want to access later at the end of each semester. Students may want to revisit past coursework, especially for comprehensive exams, graduate school applications, or other instances where examples of their work may be requested. Collect your submitted work in OneDrive for safekeeping! Per policy, student access to Blackboard course sites is removed 60 days after the course end date listed in COIN. That being said, Blackboard will no longer be available to faculty or students after June 30, 2025. Please plan accordingly.
How to Download Student Submissions
Canvas Dashboard, To-dos, & Notifications
- How do I use the Dashboard?
- How do I customize my Courses list?
- How do I use the To Do List and sidebar in the Dashboard?
- How do I add a to-do item in the List View Dashboard?
- How do I view all my Canvas courses?
- How do I manage my course notification settings? Be sure to enable Canvas notifications (from Canvas inbox and announcements) for your campus Outlook account!
Communication Tools & Methods
- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications?
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas?
- How do I use the Inbox?
- How do I manage Conversations?
- How do I use the Calendar?
- How do I view Announcements?
- How do I access the Canvas Mobile App?
Navigating a Course
Home Page
Syllabus
Modules
Submitting Assessments
Assignments
- How do I view Assignments?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I add or modify text using the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I submit a text entry assignment?
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a peer review to an assignment?
- How do I submit a cloud assignment with Microsoft Office 365?
- How do I upload a Microsoft o365 file as an assignment submission?
Discussions
- How do I mark discussion replies as read or unread?
- How do I subscribe to a discussion?
- How do I reply to a discussion?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply?
- How do I create a hyperlink from Microsoft Office 365 in the New Rich Content Editor?
Group Work
- How do I view all groups in a course?
- How do I view my Canvas groups?
- How do I join a group?
- How do I leave a group?
- How do I upload a file to a group?
- How do I create a discussion in a group?
- How do I close a discussion for comments in a group?
- How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration?
- How do I start a collaboration in a group?
Quizzes
- How do I view Quizzes?
- How do I take a quiz?
- How do I know if I can retake a quiz?
- How do I resume a Quiz that I already started taking?
- How do I view quiz results?
- How do I take an assessment in New Quizzes?
Rubrics
- How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
- How do I view the rubric for my external tool assignment?
- How do I view rubric results for my assignment?
- How do I view the rubric for a quiz?
- How do I view a Discussion Rubric?
Grades & Feedback
- How do I view my grades in a current course?
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature?
- How do I view assignment comments?
- How do I view annotation comments?
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