Canvas Support

Google Meet in Canvas

Google Meet is available inside Canvas for Middle and High School teachers. There is an icon on the Canvas toolbar that connects to Google Meet and creates the link automatically for teachers. The link can be placed on the teacher's "start page" after it is created. Below is an image from Canvas indicating the Google Meet icon location.

Click for Directions on how to set up a SAM - Canvas Grade Passback

The Canvas to SAM Gradebook grade passback is now available.  The directions are VERY important and MUST be followed EXACTLY or it won't work!!!!  There are some very specific things that must be configured in your Canvas grade book, and some very specific things that must be done for each assignment that you want to pass back to SAM.

Assignments will not automatically pass back to SAM.  You must manually set up each assignment you want to appear in the SAM gradebook.  You can edit an "old" assignment and sync it provided you move the assignment to the correct Canvas Assignment group and change the name of the assignment to match the SAM rules. The assignment must also be edited to ensure all of the other rules have been followed or the assignment will not pass back or it will pass back the incorrect grade.

Grades will only sync with the grade book overnight, so you cannot give a Canvas test in the morning and have it sync with SAM that afternoon.  Grades will not be available to students in SAM until the day after it is graded in Canvas.  Please help each other at school if you have issues!

PLEASE do not send all your assignments at once!  Try the process on a couple of assignments and then check SAM the next day to see how it looks.  Do this until you have the hang of it!  If you make a mistake, it will take a full day to correct the mistake!!!! 

Please use the "rule of three" as your first support option. If you can't get it to work, please ask three colleagues to look at your assignment setup in Canvas to see if you have an error!  Remember, it takes 24 hours for every change to show up in the SAM grade book!!!!

Creating and selecting other assignments to passback to SAM

Assignments will not automatically pass back to SAM.  You must manually select the box to tell Canvas to pass back each assignment you want to appear in the gradebook.  You can edit an "old" assignment and sync it provided you move the assignment to one of the correct groups and change the name of the assignment to match the SAM rules and that all of the other SAM rules have been followed. 

Grades will only sync with the grade book overnight, so you cannot give a Canvas test in the morning and have it sync that afternoon.  Grades will not be available to students in SAM until the day after it is graded in Canvas.

Step One - Create Assignment Groups

Assignment groups must be created in Canvas that have EXACTLY the same name as the assignment groups in the SAM grade book, and all assignments that you want to pass back to SAM must be in these groups.  These groups should not be weighted in Canvas. They must be named Daily, Homework, Test.

Step Two - Create New Assignments or Rename and Move Existing Assignments



Print your own badges from Canvas! Watch the video the below for more details.

Watch our recorded sessions of Canvas Meet-Up on Microsoft Stream!

Directions on how to access Microsoft Stream are on the video to the right. 

Stream.mp4

I have used Canvas some, but I have specific questions? How can I find the answers?

Your best help comes from the Canvas Community.   There are written directions and video supports.

Your best option for quick self-help is to login to Canvas, click the question mark on the left menu, click the link called Training Services Portal and start the tutorial.