DesignPLUS- Now available across all of U-M!
Looking for a simple way to improve your Canvas courses? DesignPLUS is a time-saving toolset for every educator and course designer working in the Canvas LMS. It helps you quickly build, style, and scale high-quality courses—making learning engaging and accessible.
- Getting Started with Canvas
A workshop video (1hr 17 min) on how to start setting up a Canvas course - Canvas: Beginning-of-Term Information
What to know before you start your Canvas course - Canvas Instructor Checklist
A comprehensive checklist for setting up a Canvas course - Canvas Video Guides & Canvas Instructor Guide
Videos and step-by-step guides from Canvas' Vendor, Instructure - Self-paced Canvas Course
Take this self-paced course to learn how to build content and assignments in your Canvas course - Canvas Course Templates
A collection of templates for Canvas courses for course design inspiration - Adding Course Content to Canvas
A quick video (3:17) showing how to add course content via Canvas Modules or Course Files - Creating Modules in Canvas
Step-by-step instructions on how to create modules for your Canvas course - Adding Videos To Canvas
MiVideo allows for video creation, editing, and publishing to Canvas - Merging Canvas Sections
Learn how to merge multiple Canvas sections into one - Setting Up Your Canvas Gradebook
A workshop video (57:34) to help you set up your Canvas gradebook - Setting Up Canvas Quizzes
Learn how to set up a Quiz in Canvas using New Quizzes - Syllabus/Grading Scheme