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.
Barry University is replacing Blackboard Ally with UDOIT Advantage as the primary Canvas accessibility tool starting September 2026. This article covers what UDOIT Advantage does, how to enable it in your course, and where to find training and support resources.
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.
This guide walks instructors through setting up their Canvas course once a student has been approved for an Incomplete. It covers creating a separate course section for the student, moving them into it via People, setting that section's own end date, and opening the specific outstanding assignments so the student can finish their work without affecting due dates for the rest of the class.