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Canvas Commons is a great place to find and share course resources with your colleagues or to save a backup copy of an item for yourself. This article will cover the most commonly asked questions about Canvas Commons use at Florida SouthWestern State College. If you require more information not included in this article, we have linked below the official Canvas guides covering every possible option and feature of Canvas Commons.
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Who can use Canvas Commons?What can be shared with Canvas Commons?When would I use Canvas Commons?Where would I access Canvas Commons?How do I use Canvas Commons? Import Canvas Commons Material Share Course Material to Canvas Commons Share a Course to Canvas CommonsCanvas Official Guides to Commons
Who can use Canvas Commons?
All faculty have access to Canvas Commons. You can share your course material with either the entire School or just store a backup copy for yourself. Think of Canvas Commons as a place to copy course material created by you or your peers into your current semester classes.
Students do not have access to Canvas Commons, so you can be sure your content will not be viewable by students until it is in your class.
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What can be shared with Canvas Commons?
The great thing about Canvas Commons is that almost any item can be uploaded and shared through Canvas Commons. Discussions, Assignments, and Quizzes are the most common items faculty members are sharing currently at FSW. In Canvas Commons, you will see various icons that represent what each item is. This makes it easy to identify or search for specific course material quickly. You will not be able to share your 3rd Party Tool integrations.
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When would I use Canvas Commons?
Your use of Canvas Commons is up to you. It is advised that you import Canvas Commons material before your Canvas course is made available to students so you can review the imported content and make any adjustments to it that you would like. You can access and import Canvas Commons material anytime after being assigned a Canvas shell for the current semester.
Possible uses could be
- Backup your entire Canvas course to Commons
- Import a Canvas course template
- Share an assignment with your colleagues
- Locate and import course materials supplied by your colleagues
- Create your instructor information page once and copy it into any of your Canvas courses
- Import a common assessment created by your School
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Where would I access Canvas Commons?
Canvas Commons can be accessed through Canvas in the Global Navigation bar. Locate and click on the Commons icon to be taken to the home page of Canvas Commons.
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How do I use Canvas Commons?
Import Canvas Commons Material
When you are on the homepage of Canvas Commons.
Search for an item to import by using the Search box.
You can sort items by Most Relevant, Latest, Most Favorited, or Most Downloaded using the "Latest" drop-down menu.
Also, you can filter items in commons by course, module, assignment, quiz, discussion, page, document, video, audio file, or image.
After locating an item, you want to import, click on the title to view the course detail.
Once you click on the title, the detail window will appear. To Import or Download, click on the "Import/Download" button.
Once you click on the "Import/Download" button, a window will display to the right.
Click the box to the left of the course or courses you want to import this item into.
NOTE: DO NOT CLICK "ALL"
Click the blue "Import into Course" button to start the process.
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Share Course Material to Canvas Commons
Click on the "courses" link located in the Global Navigation bar on canvas. Then, navigate to the course that contains the resource you would like to share.
Once in the course, select the name of the resource you want to share.
Locate the resource you would like to share and click the Kabob icon. Select "Share To Commons" from the drop-down menu
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You will then select whether to share with FSW or just yourself.
Set the type of licensing for the content.
You must include a Title, Description, and an Image.
Select the appropriate grade level using either the sliders or the drop-down menu next to "Kindergarten" and "Graduate."
When you are ready to share with commons, click the "Share" button.
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Share a Course to Canvas Commons
Click on the "courses" link located in the Global Navigation bar on canvas. Then, navigate to the course you would like to share.
Once you are in the course, click the "Settings" link.
Look to the sidebar located to the right of the page and click on the "Share to Commons" link.
You will then select whether to share with FSW or just yourself.
Set the type of licensing for the content.
You must include a Title, Description, and an Image.
Select the appropriate grade level using either the sliders or the drop-down menu next to "Kindergarten" and "Graduate."
When you are ready to share with commons, click the "Share" button.
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Canvas Official Guides to Commons
Visit the Canvas Commons Guides
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