You can create pages in Canvas to provide your students with course content, media, links, and other content.
How to Create a New Page in Canvas
Log in to Canvas at canvas.brown.edu
Select a course in the Global Navigation menu on the left
Click Pages in the Course Navigation menu
Click + Page. Click View All Pages if +Page does not appear
Enter the name of the page and add content
Click Save to save the page and publish it later. Click Save & Publish to save the page and make it viewable to students immediately
Click View All Pages to view a list of pages previously created
Using Text Editor to Add Content to Pages
You can use the Text Editor to:
Insert media uploading audio or video
Link any word or phrase to an external URL
Embed an external image by pasting its URL or choosing a picture from Flickr creative commons
Insert an equation with a wide variety of symbols
Insert media from Media Library
Embed video from a website, like YouTube
How to Use Text Editor to Add Content to Pages
Navigate to the video you would like to embed
Click Share
Click Embed and copy the code
Return to Canvas
Click HTML Editor at the top of the Rick Text Editor to view the HTML code
Paste the code
Click Save to see your video on your final page
At any point while creating a new page you can rename it or delete it. You can hide the page from students and select which users have permission to edit the page. Return to Pages at any time to edit your pages.
How to Set a Front Page
Click Pages in the Course Navigation menu on the left
Click View All Pages on the top left to see pages you have previously created
Click a page's Edit icon (e.g., three dots/ kebab icon) and select Use as Front Page in the menu
A page has to be published in order to be set as a Front Page. A Front Page cannot be Unpublished.
Your Front Page is indicated by a gray Front Page tag.
Need Additional Help?
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