How to Install Approved Instructional Tools
The directions below will guide you to add approved instructional tools to your Canvas course.
Gradescope
- Navigate to your course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate Gradescope
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
- Select the Gradescope link on your side course menu to begin creating your Gradescope course
iClicker
- Navigate to your course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate iClicker Registration
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
Students will now be able to register their iClicker in your Canvas course. If this is your first time using iClicker with Canvas, make sure to download Canvas iClicker Software.
When syncing grades, iClicker grades will appear in the first assignment group.
Intermediate Microeconomics Video Handbook
- Navigate to your course
- Create a module and title it "Intermediate Microeconomics Video Handbook"
- Select the plus sign (+) next to the title of the new module
- Choose External Tool
- Select Micro Videos
- Click Add Item
- Select the "do not" sign to the right of the module name to publish the module
Please make sure that your students' browsers allow cookies from https://canvas.ucsd.edu/.
Kaltura
There are three integrations for Kaltura: My Media, Media Gallery, and Kaltura Quiz.
Media Gallery
Media Gallery is the course's repository of videos uploaded by the instructor. If the instructor asked for their podcasts to be transferred to Kaltura on their podcast agreement, the videos would appear in this space.
- Navigate to your course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate Media Gallery
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
My Media
My Media is a link to the acting user's Kaltura media. Students and faculty can upload their personal videos to this space.
To enable My Media, see the steps below:
- Navigate to your course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate My Media
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
Kaltura Quiz
With Kaltura Quiz, an instructor can upload a video to their My Media and create a video quiz. To launch the Kaltura quiz, the instructor will need to create an assignment and use the Kaltura Quiz as an external tool.
- Navigate to your course
- Create an assignment and enter in the assignment's point value
- Under Submission Type, choose External Tool
- Select Find to locate Kaltura Video Quiz
- Choose Select next to the video quiz you wish to add
- Choose Select
- Enter in any additional details for your assignment
- Choose Save and Publish
Macmillian Learning
- Reach out to your Macmillian representative to ask for a "deep integration"
- Navigate to your course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate Macmillan Learning
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
*iClicker Cloud deep integration is not supported by UC San Diego.
Pearson's MyLab and Mastering
- Navigate to your course
- Go to Settings
- Select the Navigation tab
- Locate MyLab and Mastering
- Select the three vertical dots next to the tool and select Enable
- Select Save
- Select MyLab and Mastering on the course menu to begin syncing
As this is a vendors supported tool, please reach out to Pearson for further support.
RedShelf
- Navigate to your course
- Create a module and title it "Redshelf"
- Select the plus sign (+) next to the title of the new module
- Choose External Tool
- Select RedShelf Digital Learning Materials
- Click Add Item
- Select the "do not" sign to the right of the module name to publish the module
Turnitin - Plagiarism Framework
In your Canvas course, go to your Modules page (may also be your course homepage).
- Click the + button in the module where you want to place the new assignment.
- Click on the dropdown list on the next window and select the Assignment option.
- Click on the New Assignment option.
- Give the assignment a name
- The name will also serve as the header of the assignment details page.
- Click the Add Item button.
- Click on the assignment's title back on the Module page.
- Click the Edit button.
- Enter assignment details, such as:
- A description
- Assignment's value in points
- Click on the Submission Type dropdown menu.
- Select the Online option
- Activate the File Uploads checkbox
- You can choose to restrict the file types to doc, docx, and/or pdf
- Click on the dropdown menu in the Plagiarism Review section
- Select the Turnitin option
- Set your Turnitin options
- Enter assignees and due date
- Multiple due dates can be added using the +Add option - useful for assigning to different sections, or for students who need an extension.
- The Available from and Until options control who early and late students can submit an assignment.
- When done with entering the details, click either:
- Save - if you're not ready to make visible to students, or
- Save & Publish - if you're ready to make the assignment available to students.
Detailed step-by-step instructions: Creating a Turnitin assignment (text-based instructions).
If you are using Turnitin for your course, it is recommended that you place the following language from UC San Diego's Academic Integrity Office in your syllabus:
"Students agree that by taking this course all required papers will be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the terms of use agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site."