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Here are some reminders of actions you may need to take to ensure a smooth start to your use of ELMS-Canvas this semester.
Minimum technical requirements for using ELMS-Canvas
Accessing ELMS-Canvas with Safari
Temporarily disable the Prevent cross-site tracking option in the Safari browser privacy settings to restore ELMS-Canvas functionality.
ELMS-Canvas management
You can reuse content from past semester courses. Review the Import Content from One ELMS-Canvas Course Space to Another article for help importing files, assignments, quizzes and the like. Questions about designing your ELMS-Canvas course or using ELMS-Canvas tools can be directed to itsupport@umd.edu. If you have previously hidden a global announcement from your ELMS-Canvas dashboard, you now have the ability to view these announcements in your ELMS-Canvas account.
ELMS-Canvas Management Tool (EMT)
Create single section courses
Faculty have the ability to see in the course code (AASP100-0101, for example) the section of the course that was split off from the original course space when creating a single section course. See Create ELMS-Canvas Single Section Course Space for details.
Manage students in non-term based courses
Faculty have the ability to manage and update student messaging permissions in the following terms for non-term based courses:
- Catalog.
- Organization.
- Non-Credit Workshop/Course.
- Non-Term Based Course.
See Managing Student Messaging in ELMS-Canvas Via EMT for details.
Independent studies
ELMS-Canvas spaces for courses identified as an independent study are not automatically created. Use the EMT Create Single Section Course Space tool to create an ELMS-Canvas space.
Support
- If you need support from DIT, please contact the Service Desk.
- If you need support outside of the Service Desk hours, please contact Instructure support through the Help menu and use this template as a guide when submitting a ticket. Note that at the beginning of the Fall semester, response rates may be slower than usual.
- If you are experiencing issues with ELMS-Canvas, check Instructure's status page and the current issues page before contacting support.