Canvas FAQs and Information
ARC has joined other California community colleges in the adoption of the Canvas course management system. You will find a variety of resources on this page to help you use Canvas. We have provided support for the most commonly asked questions and needs that you might have. If you have any questions that aren’t answered by this page, please contact us at itctraining@arc.losrios.edu
Semester Start Up
- Adding a Nickname and Color to Your Canvas Course Card on Your Dashboard
- Adding Users to Canvas Courses: Waitlist and Incomplete Students, Faculty s-Accounts, Additional Instructors updated 1/31/24
- Canvas Term and Course Access Dates / Why can’t the students see my course?
- Changing the Name of a Canvas Course
- Cross-Listing your Classes in Canvas updated 04/11/25
- Library Links are Changing for Canvas – Spring 2024
- Setting a new Front Page/Homepage in a Canvas course
General Support
- ARC Canvas Template URL Crosswalk for New ARC Website
- Canvas & Instructor Changes
- Canvas Shells for Student Clubs & Employee Orgs
- Faculty s-ID Accounts
- Faculty Pages in the ARC Employee Directory updated 05/17/23
- How to add the ARC Free Sample Class to Canvas Course Navigation menu
- Official Canvas Course Shells
- Requesting Canvas Development (DEV) Course Shells
- Setting Up Your Canvas Profile
Canvas Tools
- Authorizing and Using Google Drive in Canvas
- How to Create a Question Bank from a Quiz
- How to make Canvas accessible
- Requesting External Apps or LTIs for Canvas
- TechConnect Zoom
- Undelete and Restore Some Canvas Content new
- Updating Custom Course Navigation Items
- Using Preferred Names in Canvas
- Using Turnitin Originality – Plagiarism Checker with AI detection updated 1/31/24
