Wiki Page, Canvas Admin Overview: [MODULE 1] Account-level Settings and Customizations

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Account-level Settings and Customizations

As administrators of Canvas, you may have access to all or some root-account level and sub-account level settings (depending on your role and permissions in the system).

After logging into Canvas, you can access Admin-level settings by going to "Managed Accounts" under the "Courses" menu in the dashboard. Or, you can type in [organization].instructure.com/accounts/self

Under the root-account settings, you will have access to:

Courses

Users

Statistics

Permissions

Outcomes

Rubrics

Grading Schemes

Question Banks

Sub-Accounts

Terms

Authentication

SIS Import

Settings

What Are Your Account-level Settings?

The Settings tab area allows you to make decisions regarding how to set up and manage your Canvas account. Here are some items you'll need to consider as you work through the various tabs in your settings menu.

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(Note the differences at the sub-account levels in red.)

Settings (Sub-Account: Settings are limited.)
This is where you'll find your general account settings. From enrollment options, account domains and branding information to customizing web services, help dialog pop-ups and 3rd party integrations. Consider the following questions below:

Are there any instances where you will allow students to self-enroll?

Are your teachers creating their own courses?

Should teachers be able rename their courses?

Do you want your teachers to have an IP address for quizzes so students can take quizzes in a campus lab?

Do you want to brand your Canvas account to match your school website?

Are there additional help links that you would like in the "help box" for your users?

What web services would be beneficial to your users?

Who can create New Courses?

Quotas
This is where you can set course, user and group quotas at the root or sub-account levels. You can also override account quotas at the individual group or course level.

Notifications (Sub-Account: not available)
Canvas gives Admins the option to set up a custom "From" text field for Canvas notifications. This custom text can be your institution name or whatever sender information you would like to use. Using the custom text field helps student identify notification emails more easily and improves the quality of student-instructor interaction.

Admins (Sub-Account: Admin privileges are limited to the scope of just that sub-account and below)
Use this tab to view and edit the account-level admins assigned to the root or sub account.

Announcements (Sub-Account: not available)
Global Announcements are sent out to every user in that account. These announcements are used to announce events such as building closures, class cancelations, holidays, etc.

Reports
Pull custom reports at root or sub-account levels. All reports can be downloaded in .csv file.

External Apps
External learning tools are often developed as LTI integrations and often added to course, user, admin navigation menus and/or course editor (RCE).

The guides below further detail account settings and other customization and branding tools:

What are my account settings?

How do I send an announcement to all users in my account?

What is the difference between self-enrollment, self registration, and open registration?

How do I change self registration settings for my account?

How do I change open registration settings for my account?

How do I change the Email Notification "From" Name?

How do I display the one-time popup warning on the Notifications page?

How do I see which Notifications have been sent to a user?

External Apps (LTI)

What languages does Canvas support?