Canvas how-to guides for teachers
Common Canvas jobs, step by step. Each guide shows how to do it by hand in Canvas first, then the one-sentence way with Course++.
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How to move every due date in a Canvas unit at once
Snow day, sick day, or a unit that ran long: push a whole unit back without opening every assignment.
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How to make a practice quiz in Canvas that doesn’t count toward the grade
A quiz students can take for practice that doesn’t touch their grade, in Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes.
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How to add a rubric to a Canvas assignment
Build a rubric, attach it to an assignment, and use it for grading in SpeedGrader.
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How to find and fix broken links in a Canvas course
Find the dead links in a course, especially after copying it to a new term, and fix them.
Canvas steps checked against Instructure’s own Canvas guides in October 2026. Canvas changes its screens from time to time, and schools turn features on and off, so a button may be named a little differently in yours.