Canvas Self-Rostering Educator Guide

This educator guide walks you through the complete Supersite–Canvas integration for self‑rostering workflows. It covers enabling Launch vhlcentral, linking courses and programs, configuring grade passback, understanding Canvas gradebook views, assigning activities and assessments, recategorizing imported grades, and setting up deep links in Canvas Modules. Each section includes step‑by‑step instructions with screenshots and an embedded Scribe walkthrough so you can quickly jump to the task you need and keep rosters and grades in sync.

1. Canvas Self-Rostering - Enabling "Launch vhlcentral" and Initial Course Linking

Use this guide to enable the "Launch vhlcentral" link in Canvas and complete first-time setup, including account creation and Terms of Use acceptance.

• Enable "Launch vhlcentral" in Canvas

• Login to the Supersite (Self-Rostering)

• Create an account (Self-Rostering)

2. Canvas Self-Rostering - Selecting a Program, Unlinking & Deleting a Section

Use this guide to link your Canvas course to the correct Supersite program, create and configure courses/sections, and set up gradebook categories and student interaction settings.

• Selecting a Program in the Supersite (Self-Rostering)

• Unlinking a Course (Self-Rostering)

• Create a Class in the vhlcentral

• Course Setup - Content Tab (Self-Rostering)

• Course Setup - Gradebook

• Examples of Gradebook Categories in Canvas

• Course Setup - Summary Tab

• Course Setup - Create a Section

• Course Setup - Course Editing (Self-Rostering)

• Course Setup - Section Editing

• Course Setup - Instructions for Students Self-Rostering

• Course Setup - Student Interaction Settings

3. Enable Grade Passback from the Supersite to Canvas

Use this guide to configure how grades transfer from vhlcentral to your Canvas gradebook—choose aggregated scores or individual category-level grades.

• Enable Grade Passback from vhlcentral to Canvas

• Enable Aggregated (Average/Summary) Grades

• Enable Individual Grades (Canvas)

• Supersite Gradebook Views

4. Canvas Gradebook Views

Use this guide to see examples of aggregated versus individual grade sync layouts in the Canvas gradebook and choose the view that best matches how you want to track student progress.

• Aggregated & Individual Canvas Gradebook Views

5. Assigning Activities and Assessments

Use this guide to distribute coursework to students, manage assignment settings, and configure assessments with security options.

• Assigning Activities

• Reassigning or Unassigning Activities

• Assigning Assessments

6. Recategorizing Assignments and Assessments in Canvas

Use this guide after grade passback to move synced vhlcentral activities into your weighted Canvas assignment groups.

• Recategorizing Assignments in Canvas After Grades Pass Back

7. Deep Links in Canvas

Use this guide to create shortcut links in Canvas Modules that take students directly to current assignments or specific activities.

• Deep Links

You’re all set! Your course is now connected and ready for assigning activities and syncing grades.

Need Help?

For technical support or questions about the vhlcentral-Canvas integration, visit the VHL Central Help Center where you'll find resources for both instructors and students.