Canvas and iPad Tips and Tricks.pdf

Canvas and iPad Tips and Tricks

General iPad Help

How To

Directions

Put School Email on Your

iPad

Settings> Accounts & Passwords> Add Account> Google> Log In with School

Credentials(Username: [email protected] Password: Student ID Number)

NOTE: It is often better to not use personal email on your school iPad as it causes issues

with QR Codes and Link Sharing.

Email Your Instructor

Every teachers email can be found on his/her website ([email protected])

● The ‘Subject’ line should state who you are and what the Email is about (RE: Jane

Smith, 2

nd

Hour, HW Question or Joe Smith, 6

th

Hour, Absent Work).

● Begin with a courtesy opening which addresses the teacher correctly

● Keep the message brief and to the point. Make certain attachments are attached.

● Check your email for a response (allow your teacher time to respond).

Log Into HMH

If HMH is open, swipe out.

Choose Destination- Middle School/High School>Tap-Login using Single Sign On



(blue

rectangle)>Select- Arizona>Deer Valley Unified Sd 97>Log In with School Credentials

Note: If asked, create offline security code.

Log into iCloud

Go to your school email and find the email that says Managed Apple ID. Use the log

information provided. If you need a new password, your teacher can reset it for you in

Apple Classroom.

General Canvas Help

How To

Directions

Username: Short Name (First letter of your first name, first letter of your middle name, first

three letters of your last name, last three of your student ID number)

Password: Student ID Number

NOTE: If you need to put the school at any point, use Deer Valley Unified School District

Use a Discussion Board

on Canvas

Go to dvusd.instructure.com> Log In> Open Assignment> Complete on the Web

Complete a Peer Review

Go to dvusd.instructure.com> Log In> Open Assignment> Complete on the Web

Quizzes.Next

Go to dvusd.instructure.com> Log In> Open Assignment> Complete on the Web

Class Selection on App

Dashboard> Edit> Star Courses You Want to Appear on the Dashboard

Canvas App Malfunction

Close Canvas App>Apple Settings>Student>Reset Cache on Next Launch

Submitting Assignments on Canvas

Note: Unless directed otherwise by our teacher, you should always submit your assignments as a PDF. A PDF

is essentially a picture of your document. When you make something a PDF it cannot be changed, so your teacher will

see it as you do.

How To

Directions

Change a Pages

(Keynote, Numbers, Etc.)

Document to a PDF

Open Document> Three Dots (upper right corner)> Export> PDF> Share>Choose Where

to Share (Dropbox, Google Drive, Files, Canvas, Etc.)

Note: You can turn on the feature to submit from Pages to Canvas by scrolling over to

More in the top list of options and turning on the Submit to Canvas option--after you do this

once, the Submit to Canvas icon will appear in this list. Make sure you double check that

the assignment submitted properly if you use this option.

Change a Notability

Document to a PDF

Open Document> Box with Up Arrow> Choose location (Dropbox, Google Drive, Other

Apps—for anything not on the main list)> Share Note/Send to

Turn in an Assignment to

Canvas and Turnitin

Before you start, you will need to save your assignment to another program (Dropbox,

Google Drive, or Files (this saves it to your iPad only unless you have iCloud set up with

your DVUSD Apple ID and have it turned on)

Open Assignment> Submission> External Tool> Follow the Directions on the Screen

1. Click on Upload Submission

2. Click on Select a File to Upload

3. Click on Browse

4. If you don’t see what you want to upload in the Recent section, then click on the

Browse folder at the bottom of the page

5. Then click on Dropbox, Google Drive, or Files

6. Find the appropriate folder and then click on the assignment

7. Upload and Confirm Your Submission

Turn in an Assignment to

Canvas (no Turnitin)

Before you start, you will need to save your assignment to another program (Dropbox,

Google Drive, or Files (this saves it to your iPad only unless you have iCloud set up with

your DVUSD Apple ID and have it turned on)

Once you have saved your file, go to Canvas, select the assignment you would like to

submit, and click Submit Assignment>Files (at the bottom of the pop up)>Browse>Select

the location where you saved your file>select file and upload.

We do NOT currently recommend using the Submit to Canvas Icon to submit

assignments.

Note: You can turn on the feature to submit from Notability to Canvas by going to the box

with the up arrow>Other Apps>Share Note>More (Scroll over on the top row)>Submit to

Canvas--after you do this once, the Submit to Canvas icon will appear in this list. Make

sure you double check that the assignment submitted properly if you use this option.

Turn in a Hard Copy

Electronically to Canvas

Download Scanbot>Take Picture of Paper> Save> Share> Canvas Student

-OR-

Notes>Create New Note>+>Scan Document>Save>Box with Up Arrow>Canvas Student

Turn in a Hard Copy

Electronically to Canvas

(Multiple Pages)

Download Scanbot> Take a Picture of Paper #1> Hit the +Scan on the Bottom Left> Take

a Picture of Paper #2> Continue Until All Pages are Done> Save> Share> Canvas Student

Send Your Teacher a

Shareable Link

To have a Google Drive (or other google product) link work, you must be logged into your

school Gmail account ([email protected]) and you MUST be logged out of all

other Gmail accounts.

Upload a Voice

Recording Using

Notability

You must turn on the Recordings Button before you share or send your note. This can be

found in the same place you choose the format of the document.

Upload a Video from

iMovie

iMovie> Done> Box with Up Arrow> Save Video> Large (unless you want it to take

forever)> Canvas Student> Open Assignment> Submission> Turn In> File Upload> Select

Movie from Photos

Tips for Commonly Used Apps

Recommended Apps/Programs

Assignment

Recommended App

MLA/APA Formatted

Paper

Pages (If you use Notability, the formatting will change and be wrong even though it looks

right on your end).

Highlight Text

Pages: If you highlight text, the highlighting will disappear when you turn it into a PDF.

Instead of highlighting the text, change the font color—just don’t use a light color like

yellow.

Notability/Adobe/Etc.: You can just highlight the text, as it will stay when you turn your

document into a PDF.

Apple Products (Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Etc.)

Symbol

What it Does

Paintbrush

Change Text (Font, Size, Color, Spacing, Etc.), Change Style (Borders, Shadows, Etc.),

Change Arrangement

Insert Tables, Graphs, Objects, Pictures, Etc.

…

Export Documents, Document Setup (in Pages, this is where you would put in your

header), Help, Etc.

If you are in an app like Safari, you can use this icon to import an article from the web to

another app (like Notability). If you are taking an article off the internet, hit the three bars

in the address bar (on the left) and it will remove your ads for you.

Notability

Symbol

What it Does

Box with Pencil

Create New Note

Box with Up Arrow

Send To (Dropbox, Google Drive, Canvas, Etc.)

+ (not in a Note)

Create Subject Folders (It is recommended you do this for each of your classes).

Create Divider (You could do this for units within a course)

Box with Down Arrow

Import from Another App

T, Pencil, Highlighter,

Eraser

Type, Handwrite, Highlight, or Remove Writing

NOTE: You can tap the Magnifying Glass in the bottom right corner to give yourself more

room to write. This is especially helpful if you are hand writing something.

Scissors

Copy Section, Resize, Rotate, Etc. (to Paste, tap and hold in new location)

Hand

Move document up and down (you can also do this with 2 fingers)

Microphone

Insert Audio

+ (in a Note)

Add Media (Photos, GIF, Clip, Etc.)

Gear Icon

Use this to set up your Auto-Backup, set up Handwriting (including left-handed mode and

palm detection if you are using a stylus).

? Icon

Help Center

Note Switcher

Open a note and swipe from the left side of the screen to open the Note Switcher. Tap on

the other note to easily switch back and forth.

Split Screen

Open a note and swipe from the left side of the screen to open the Note Switcher. Tap

and hold on a second note, move hand slightly to the right to activate split screen. You

can make each note larger or smaller by moving the dark blue bar in the middle of the

screen. Drag the blue line all the way to the left to stop viewing two documents.

Google Products

Symbol

What it Does

Three Lines

Shared with me (if you are collaborating on a document, go here to find it), Trash, Google

Drive link, Etc.

Magnifying Glass

Folder

Find/Create Folders for Organization

+ (bottom of screen)

Create a New Document

…

Find and Replace, Word Count, Page Setup, Share & Export

Share and Export

Add People (use this to collaborate on a document…make sure everyone is using the

school email), Send a Copy (Submit)

Dropbox

Symbol

What it Does

Home

Recent files

Files

Folders and all files

Scan Document, Upload Photos, Create or Upload File, or Create Folder (it is highly

recommended that you create a folder for each course).

Photos

Recommended that you do NOT enable camera uploads

Account

Manage Account and Sign Out of Dropbox

Troubleshooting

Issue

Directions

Assignment Won’t Submit

1. Check the file extension. Is it a pdf (or whatever your teacher has requested)?

2. Is your file name long with lots of symbols? Rename to something shorter and try

again.

3. If you are turning something in to Turnitin, it must be typed. If you hand wrote your

assignment (you shouldn’t) you will need to type words on your document before

you can submit.

NOTE: If none of the above troubleshooting options work, please check with your teacher

on his or her policy on what to do if you are having an issue submitting an assignment

(email, Canvas Inbox Message, Assignment Message, Etc.).

Leaving a Teacher Note

for a Specific Assignment

Message Instructor

NOTE: Your instructor can only see these messages if you turn in an assignment.

App is Not Working

Try the following things:

1. Update the App in the DVUSD App Store

2. Clear the Cache: Go to the main page of the app, put the iPad flat on a table, tap

the screen 3 times with four fingers (two from each hand), clear cache.

3. Do a Hard Reset: (hold down the home key and the on/off button at the top of the

iPad until the apple appears)

iPad is not Working

Correctly

Try the following things:

1. Are you on DVUSDmobile? Settings> Wi-Fi > DVUSDmobile (If you are on

GUEST, click the i and select Forget This Network before connecting to

DVUSDmobile)

2. Do a Hard Reset: (hold down the home key and the on/off button at the top of the

iPad until the apple appears)

3. Update your iPad: Settings> General> Software Update

4. If your iPad is still not working, go see the Media Center Specialist for help or fill

out the iPad Work Ticket (on the school’s website).

QR Code Doesn’t Work

You must be logged into your school Gmail account ([email protected]) and

you MUST be logged OUT of all other Gmail accounts.

Cannot Find Dropbox,

Google Drive, iCloud

Drive, etc. in Files or When

Trying to Upload a File to

Canvas (when using

turnitin.com)

1. In Files App (or when trying to upload a file to turnitin through Canvas) make sure

you are in the browse tab and not recents (bottom of the screen).

2. Click the Edit link (top right of Browse window) and turn the various apps on.

Note: Sometimes when you do an update, these items that you had selected will

disappear.