{"id":1480,"date":"2025-02-26T13:33:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:33:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:33:53","slug":"canvas-sandbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/canvas-sandbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Sandbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article will explain what a Sandbox is, how you access a Sandbox, how to edit a sandbox name, and how to add users to a Sandbox in Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What is a Sandbox?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. How do you access a Sandbox?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Editing a Sandbox name<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. How to add users<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    What is a Sandbox?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    A Sandbox<\/strong> in Canvas is the equivalent of a Playground<\/strong> in Blackboard. Simply put, it is an empty course that you can play around with and use for whatever you like. For example, you could use your Sandbox to familiarise yourself with the Canvas interface, test tools such as building quizzes and assignments, or create and store content that you may wish to use in the future with students in live Canvas courses. You can also add other staff users to you Sandbox course so that multiple people can contribute to it in various ways, whether that be in an admin or student capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    How do you access a Sandbox?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Unlike Blackboard where you had to request a Playground, in Canvas all staff have a Sandbox available by default. You can access your Sandbox course by navigating to either the Dashboard <\/strong>or Courses<\/strong> items on the main left-hand navigation menu in Canvas. These two areas will display both published and unpublished courses, dependent on the status of the courses that you have access to. If you have never used or published a sandbox area previously, simply look for a course name that has the word Sandbox in it within your unpublished courses area, as shown in the below example from the Dashboard menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Editing a Sandbox name<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    If you would like to edit and customise the name of your Sandbox, simply click on the Dashboard<\/strong> item in the Global Navigation Menu<\/a> in Canvas. Locate your Sandbox tile, and then click on the ellipsis (three vertical dots) in the top right corner of the tile. From here you can add a nickname for your course to make it more personable and recognisable, and you can also select what colour you would like the tile to be by selecting a colour option located below the nickname box. Once you have completed these steps, simply select Apply<\/strong> to save these changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Note<\/strong>: Course Nicknames will only appear for yourself, they do not update the nickname for anyone else viewing your course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    How to add users<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n