Tutoring Access and Resources for Canvas
Learn about the roles and privileges an embedded tutor has in a Canvas course. This page also provides tutorials and suggested usage of those Canvas tools for tutors.
Outcomes for tutors and instructors:
At the end of this tutorial, tutors will be able to:
At the end of this tutorial, instructors will be able to:
- Explain what an tutor is allowed to access and use in a course.
- Explain what a participant is allowed to access and use in a course.
The Role of a Tutor in Canvas:
The role of an embedded tutor is almost identical to an enrolled student, but has additional privileges:
- Add, edit, or delete announcements.
- Add, edit, or delete discussions.
- Email students.
Emailing Students with the Tutor Role:
Using Inbox is a quick way to email a student. Inbox messages are also sent a student's Bristol email so they can reply to your message in either area!
Suggested usage:
- Email a student one-on-one to plan a tutoring session.
- Help answer a student's questions privately.
How to use Inbox:
Tutors can use the Inbox in a similar way as instructors:
00:00: How do I use the Inbox as an Instructor? 00:03: In Global Navigation, click the Inbox link. If the Inbox link includes a numbered indicator, the indicator shows how many unread messages you have in your Inbox. Once you read the new messages, the indicator will disappear. 00:18: The toolbar includes global message options 00:22: To load conversations, filter your messages by course or group and type. Filtering by type lets you filter messages by Inbox, Unread, Starred, Sent, Archived, and Submission Comments. 00:37: You can also search for conversations by user in the Search by user field. 00:42: Once you have selected a conversation, you can use the other options in the toolbar to: Reply to a conversation. Reply-all to a conversation. Archive a conversation. Delete a conversation. You can also use the More Options icon to forward, mark a conversation as read or unread, and star conversations. 01:03: Conversations for your selected course and Inbox filter appear in the left Inbox panel. 01:09: To star a conversation, hover over the conversation and click the star to the right of the conversation. 01:16: When you select a conversation, all messages in the conversations thread appear in the right Inbox panel. 01:23: Within each conversation, you can reply, reply-all, forward, or delete the entire conversation thread. You can also hover over an individual message and use the same commands within the individual message. 01:37: To select multiple messages to archive, delete, mark as read, mark as unread, or star, click the check box for each message. You can also press the command key (Mac) or the control key (Windows) while clicking each message you want to select. In the Inbox toolbar, click the desired option. 01:58: This guide covered how to use the Inbox as an instructor.
Posting announcements with the Tutor Role.
Tutors can post announcements to students. Announcements are a great way to either schedule or immediately deliver information to students. This is because new announcements are emailed to students, show up in their to-do list, and at the top of the homepage of a course.
Suggested usage:
- Introduce yourself and broadcast your tutor hours to students.
- Set up reminders about tutor hours.
- Deliver quick changes or events related to tutoring.
- Enable comments for any announcement to allow students to publicly ask questions about it.
How to post announcements:
00:07: How do I add an announcement in a course? 00:10: In course navigation click the announcements link 00:14: Click the add announcement button. 00:17: Type a title for the announcement in the topic title field 00:21: Add content in the rich content editor. 00:24: To add an attachment to your announcement click the attach link then 00:28: select a file. 00:30: View the attached file name. You can download or delete 00:34: the attachment to download the attached file. 00:36: Click the file name linked to delete the attachment hover 00:41: the cursor over the link and click the delete icon. 00:48: In the usage right drop-down menu select one of five usage rights. 00:53: If you are an instructor and are not sure which usage write applies to your file, please 00:57: consult your institutional admin for guidance. 01:01: I hold the copyright original content created by you. 01:05: I have obtained permission to use the file authorized permission by the author. 01:11: The material is in the public domain explicitly assigned to public domain 01:15: cannot be copyrighted or is no longer protected by copyright. 01:21: The material is subject to an exception EG fair use the 01:25: right to quote or others under applicable copyright laws excerpt 01:29: or summary used for commentary news reporting research or 01:33: analysis in education. 01:36: The material is licensed under Creative Commons. 01:39: This option also requires setting a specific Creative Commons license. 01:44: If known enter the copyright holder information in the copyright holder field. 01:50: To save your usage right settings click the save button you can edit usage 01:54: right settings by clicking the set usage rights icon. 01:58: By default canvas will send your announcement to all sections within your course. 02:02: To select specific sections for your announcement click the post to drop down 02:06: menu and select sections from the list provided. 02:11: In the options section, you can select various options for your announcement. 02:16: To allow other users to reply to the announcement click the allow participants 02:20: to comment checkbox. 02:23: To disallow threaded replies to an announcement click the disallow threaded 02:27: replies checkbox. 02:30: To require students to reply to a post before seeing other replies click 02:34: the participants must respond to the topic before viewing other replies checkbox. 02:40: To enable an announcement podcast feed click the enable podcast feed 02:44: checkbox. 02:46: To allow users to like announcement replies. 02:48: Click the allow liking checkbox. 02:52: By default the announcement will display immediately after you publish it and 02:56: it displays for the duration of the course unless you delete it. 03:00: However, you can set display dates for the announcement to specify 03:04: when the announcement should display set a date and time in the available from area. 03:09: To specify when the announcement should stop displaying set a date and time 03:13: in the until area. To delay the posting of your announcement 03:17: schedule the announcement for a future date. 03:21: Click the publish button. 03:24: View the announcement in the announcements index page 03:27: This guide covered how to add an announcement in a course.
Additional Tutorials:
Adjust a singular course's notification settings.
While tutoring, it may be beneficial to lesson or increase Canvas notifications for that particular course.
Note: Changes to notification settings in a course override those in your Account Settings. You'll need to manage that notification type within the course. For example, if you changed the announcement notification setting for a course, you will locate that course's specific notification settings again to adjust it in the future.
To change the notification settings for just one course, you can enter the course. Next, click on the View Course Notifications button that appears on Home. It is located on the far-right side when viewing Canvas on a computer.
Next, your notification adjustment options will appear. Any changes will only apply to the course you chose. You can see what a notification does by hovering your cursor over its name.
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