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Canvas plugins

These add-ins to Canvas can make designing your course a little easier.

Here we feature add-ons to Canvas that have been developed by the University of Auckland development team and Canvas developers. Some have been added to Canvas to meet the specific needs of the University and others are open source, available to the Canvas user community.

UoA Toolbox

The UoA Toolbox hosts a variety of custom reports and tools that have been developed at the University and made available to staff with teaching roles. The Toolbox features:

 

If the Toolbox is hidden from view in your course side menu, enable it from the Settings > Navigation tab. Information about how to activate and use the tool can be found in the .

UoA Assignment Cover Sheet

Students van generate their own assignment cover sheets with all their information automatically filled in.

  • Staff can select their preferred template of cover sheet. There are four selections to choose from.
  • Note that the selected cover sheet will be used for all assignments within the selected course.
  • See on how to enable this feature in a course.

SSO Grade Submit (Final Grade Submission Tool)

Final Grade Submission Tool allows the addition of special grades and submit final grades to Student Services Online (SSO). The final Grades Tool is accessible from the Canvas Gradebook.

View the guides for submitting final grades.

SET Reports & SET Evaluations (Summative Evaluation Tools)

Students evaluate the quality of University of Auckland teaching and courses. SET can be accessed by students and staff in Canvas via the course navigation menu. Find out when the SET evaluation period is for your course and what you need to do.

Support

Check out our learning technology support page to find out what options are available for Canvas.

See also

Design Blocks for Canvas

Design Blocks is a no-code editing tool designed to help teachers create visually appealing page designs.

Page updated 20/08/2025 (minor edit)

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