Here are some reminders of actions you may need to take to ensure a smooth start to your use of ELMS-Canvas this semester.
Update your browsers. View the minimum requirements for ELMS-Canvas.
Change your cookie settings to ensure you engage successfully with ELMS-Canvas content.
Temporarily disable the Prevent cross-site tracking option in the Safari browser privacy settings to restore ELMS-Canvas functionality.
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.
Need to manage your ELMS-Canvas files? Use TidyUp to help you manage your files in ELMS-Canvas.
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.
Contact your department scheduler to add a TA. (Note: This process may take 24 hours after assignment in SIS.)
Faculty have the ability to manage and update student messaging permissions in the following terms for non-term based courses:
See Managing Student Messaging in ELMS-Canvas Via EMT for details.
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.
The first five waitlisted students in a section are automatically enrolled in your ELMS-Canvas course a few days before the first day of class with a WL distinction. At the end of the second week at 11:00 pm, students who are not officially registered will be removed.