Your Canvas Calendar
One of the challenges facing both students and instructors is keeping track of all of the assignments planned throughout the term. Instructors are teaching multiple courses and students are learning in multiple courses. Every course has its own timeline for when things need to be done. The Calendar helps everyone stay on schedule and up to date.
The Calendar in Canvas is a global feature, meaning users can see all courses assignments and events in one place. Calendars can be filtered by selecting or deselecting courses in the sidebar.
While it is possible to add or change individual assignments in the Calendar, all assessments and events in Canvas from courses students and teachers are enrolled in will automatically populate to the Calendar.
It is incredibly easy to drag and drop assessments or events to change the dates of the item, this change is immediately reflected in the course assignment area, syllabus and gradebook. If users have signed up for notifications of due date change, they will receive an email notification, and possibly text notification, immediately.
The Calendar has so many benefits and uses.
Choose what you see: Courses can be enabled/disabled in the Calendar view
- Different views: User can choose month, week, or agenda view.
- Calendar, Assign Dates in course, and Syllabus work in conjunction: Change date in one place and it updates all the others!
- Icons are clear: Assessments, when assigned, will appear on calendar with an icon representing which assessment type it is (Assignment, Discussion or Quiz).
- Upon student submission: Items will cross off on the student calendar.
- Items cross off on the instructor's calendar: When the due date has passed and all items have been graded.
- Events can also be added: They appear with the calendar icon.
Here are some additional ways users can make the Calendar work for them:
- The Scheduler tool is a way to allow students to sign up for appointment slots.
- Calendar can be synced to other calendaring software using the iCal calendar feed link.
- Assignment shells can be built directly from the calendar.
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