Accessing Canvas
To access Canvas, students will log in through the Walden Student Portal and faculty will log in through the Walden Faculty Portal. Both ways will take you to the Home Page of a specific course.
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Instructor Visible Course Navigation Menu
Instructor Visible Course Navigation Definitions
There are Course Navigation menu items that are only visible to the instructor and these are indicated with an icon of an eye with a diagonal line through it. Let's review the main components of the menu that are not visible to students. Settings does not have the eye icon but is still not visible for students.
Assignments
The Assignments page shows the graded items in the course, including assignments, quizzes, and discussions. If the course is structured into Grading Categories, the assignments will display in those Groups.
Discussions
The Discussions area allows you to access all of the Discussions within a course. Once there you can click the name of the Discussion to navigate to it.
Rubrics
The Rubrics area allows you to access all of the Rubrics within a course. Once there you can click the name of the Rubric to view it.
Quizzes
The Quizzes area allows you to access all of the Quizzes within a course. Once there you can click the name of the Quiz to navigate to it.
People
The People area shows details about the users enrolled in the course. Some data displayed in this area is their Last Activity and Total Activity in the course.
Files
The Files area holds all of the Files located within a specific course.
Outcomes
The Outcomes area will not be utilized at this time.
Collaborations
The Collaborations area will not be utilized at this time.
Pages
The Pages area shows all pages included in this course. When navigating to Pages, the homepage will display first. Click View All Pages to see additional pages in the course.
Settings
Current guidance is that instructors should not change anything in the Settings area.