This guide provides faculty with quick links and best‑practice resources for managing common Canvas instructional tools.
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Enable Remote Proctoring in Your Course
Please review our Online Proctored Exams guides to learn how to enable proctored exams in your course.
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Third-Party Publisher Course Materials
Please ensure that the instructions you provide to students on how to access third-party publisher materials, such as Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and WileyPLUS, are accurate and up to date.
If you need assistance updating or creating links to these third-party publishers, please email eLearning@fsw.edu.
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Utilize the Canvas Gradebook
To learn how to use the Canvas Gradebook, visit the Canvas Support guide "How do I use the Gradebook?"
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Accessing Previous Submissions
Students and faculty can view previously submitted assignment files by accessing their user files in Canvas. For step-by-step instructions, see the Canvas Support guide "How do I view my user files?"
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Customize Your Canvas Dashboard
Your Canvas Dashboard displays courses you have marked as favorites. Adding or removing course favorites determines which courses appear on your Dashboard. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the Canvas Support guide “How do I customize my Courses list?”
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Create Turnitin Assignments
Please review our How To: Create a Turnitin assignment (Plagiarism Framework) guide to learn how to add Turnitin to your existing assignments.
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Verify Student Technical Issues
The eLearning department at Florida SouthWestern State College can assist faculty in verifying student‑reported technical issues with Canvas.
To request verification, email elearning@fsw.edu. We will review any Canvas Help Desk tickets or phone calls submitted by the student to corroborate the issue.
We will provide you with available details regarding the reported issue, along with our findings and any documented resolutions.
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Enabling Third-Party Cookies on Web Browsers
FSW strongly recommends that employees and students use Google Chrome for the best experience with Canvas and third‑party course tools.
If you are experiencing issues accessing third‑party applications, ensure that third‑party cookies are enabled in your web browser. Follow the instructions for your browser below:
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Restore Missing Grades
If students have already submitted an assignment, quiz, or discussion and “Everyone” is removed from the Assign To field, Canvas will hide or remove those students’ grades and submissions from the Gradebook. This data is not deleted and can often be restored by following the steps below.
First, navigate to the "Assignments" page in your Canvas course. Click the "three vertical dots" to the right of the affected assignment, then select "Assign To...."
Next, click the "+ Add" button.
Click inside the "Start typing to search…" field to expand the drop‑down menu, then select "Everyone else."
Finally, update the "Due Date," "Available from," and "Until" fields as needed, and click "Save."
For additional guidance on assigning activities to specific students without removing existing submissions, refer to the Canvas Support guide: "How do I assign an assignment to everyone, individual students, differentiated tags, or sections?"
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Enabling My Media and Media Gallery
The Kaltura LTI is already installed and available in all Canvas courses. To make My Media and Media Gallery available to students, follow the Enable My Media and Media Gallery instructions.
For additional help with creating and managing Kaltura content, refer to the guides below:
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Contact Us
If you encounter any issues after following the guide, please contact the FSW IT Help Desk for further assistance.
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