- Pages are a great way of sharing content with your class. Pages can link to items in your Canvas course plus outside sources like websites.
- You can insert images, graphics, and videos and customize text in the Rich Text Editor of a Page.
- You can also create a personalized home page for your Canvas course.
Course Content
- Go to the "Pages" tab on the left-hand navigation panel and select "View all pages" from the top of the screen. Create or select the page you would like to work on.
- Select "Edit" from the top-right corner of the page and begin populating the Rich Text Editor with your desired content.
- Tip: Clearly write or label the name of everything you want to link. Simply clicking on a file adds it with the file name as is, which can be confusing and messy for the students.
- Lay out your page in a way that will make sense and clearly organize and present the content.
- We recommend uploading all files and images you plan on linking in your course prior to creating your pages. You can upload from the editing page, but you will be able to organize them more effectively from the files tab.
- To link content from within the course, look to the Content Selector on the right side of the page. There you can toggle between links, files, and images that have already been created and are housed
within your Canvas course. Find the content that you want to link or insert.- If you uploaded an image in your files, you can either insert a link to the image or the image itself. Go to the "Images" tab and find the image to insert the actual image onto the page. Go to the "Files" tab and locate the link to the image to add a simple downloadable link (this does not display the image itself).
- Highlight the text that you want to link to the content from within the Rich Text Editor before selecting the appropriate content from the content selector on the right. Once you click on the content from the content selector you will see the text on the page highlight to indicate that the link has been added.
- Save your work and now the content you selected should be linked from the page.
Linking to your files
Whether you're linking to a file within a page, assignment, quiz, or discussion post, the process is the same. When you create or edit any of those items you are able to add content in a content dialog box (1). On the right-hand side of the screen, you will see a box containing your links, files, and images (2). Under the “Files” tab, select the file you wish to add. A clickable link to the file will be added to the content section of the page, assignment, quiz, or discussion (3). From this link, students can click and download the associated file.
Note: Whatever the file is titled as in the files section (including the file type - .docx, .exel, .pdf) is what will appear in the link text. If you want to change that to something else simply type out the text that you'd like to appear, highlight it with your mouse, and then click on the file you want to link to from the files list.
- You cannot drag and drop items from the Content Selector onto your page. Simply place your mouse where you would like the item on the page and then click on the item in the global navigation to insert it on the page.
Outside Sources
- Find the page you want to add content to and select "Edit" from the top-right corner. Begin populating the Rich Text Editor with your desired content.
- To link content from an outside source, like a website, find the text that you would like to link to that content and highlight it.
- Click on the "link" icon on the bottom row of the Rich Text Editor and enter the URL for the content in the pop-up box. You will now see the link indicated in the text.
- Save your work. If you need to unlink something, simply highlight the text with the link and hit the "unlink" button directly next to the linking button from the Rich Text Editor.
