Install Canvas Collections
Depending on your need and access, you must decided between two ways to install Canvas Collections: individual or institutional. The following table explains the differences.
| Individual | Institutional | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | For teachers/designers to experiment with Collections. Possibly also to create visual home/landing pages for use without Collections. |
For institutions to make Canvas Collections available to all teachers/designers. |
| Who installs it? | You. Anyone (with teacher/designer roles in Canvas) is able use the individual installation method. |
Your institution. Typically the institution's Canvas administrator. Since at an institutional level, Collections is installed directly into Canvas and is available to all users. |
| Who can use it? | The person using the individual installation method can use Collections to configure and navigate courses. Also use it to create visual landing pages. |
Once installed institutionally, exactly how people can use Collections will depend on the role they have in Canvas courses. Teachers/designers will be able to configure Collections for courses. Students will only be able to use Collections, if the course already has Collections configured. |
| How is it installed? | You install the Canvas Collections userscript into your browser. |
An institution's Canvas administrator installs it into Canvas using the Theme Editor |
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