Pages can be used for far more than just your home page. You can create a page as an introduction to a unit of study, collect resources for students to use to study, or even turn it into a collaborative wiki for students to contribute content!

Linking

When you make a page, you can link to other parts of your course, websites outside of your course, or directly to files you've uploaded to your course. Watch this GIF video loop to see all of the options for adding links. It is recommended that you highlight text then link to sites and files because it allows you to use screen reading accessibility features and it looks more professional.

Embedding

Embedding images, videos, and other content can help make your course more visually appealing and easier to navigate. It can also help keep students from wandering too far off course. You can embed content directly in a page, such as Google Slides, a Quizlet flash card set, or YouTube video. Students are less likely to get distracted because they remain inside Canvas while accessing embedded content - they don't need to open a new tab or window. To see more tools that can be embedded in Canvas, check out this blog post.

This video will walk you through how to add YouTube videos directly into a page. There are many methods for doing this.

Collaboration

To make any page a collaborative wiki for your class (think "Useful Resources" page) you can change the options at the bottom of the page when you are editing.

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Change it to "teachers and students" and then tell students to check the "Notify users that this content has changed" box if they make a change so others will notice it.

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If a student makes a change that you don't like or accidentally deletes something, you can view the page history and revise it as needed.

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