This knowledge base category provides information and support resources for Barry University's Learning Management System (LMS), Instructure Canvas. Here you will find guides, documentation, troubleshooting tips, and best practices to help faculty, staff, and students effectively use Canvas for teaching, learning, and course management.
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Cross-listing is now managed through Colleague rather than through manual changes in Canvas. This approach supports more consistent enrollment handling and reduces the risk of grading or access issues.
Canvas now syncs directly with Colleague data to automate course creation, cross-listing, and enrollment updates.
This article outlines the process for department coordinators to request automated Canvas roster synchronization for the ExamSoft Legacy Portal. It provides the required Excel request template, submission deadlines, and explains how establishing the administrative link automates the flow of user accounts and course enrollments between Canvas and ExamSoft.
This article details the required manual tasks instructors must perform when utilizing the Canvas roster integration. While student enrollments sync automatically, it clarifies that instructors remain entirely responsible for creating assessments, manually initiating grade pushes to the Canvas Gradebook, configuring student ADA accommodations directly within ExamSoft, and ensuring students download their exam files prior to test day.