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# Using Canvas

Setting up Feedback Machines in Canvas lets your students reach it directly from your course — no separate login. There are two parts: a one-time institution install handled by IT, and a quick per-course activation handled by you.

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Feedback Machines currently supports **Canvas only**, and is a **separate integration from the EXAMIND Platform**. Setting up one does not set up the other.
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## 1. Institution install (IT — one time)

Before instructors can use Feedback Machines in Canvas, your institution's IT team installs it once at the Canvas account level. Share the installation guide with them:

* [Feedback Machines: Canvas LTI Installation (IT) →](/v1/it-administration/lms-integrations/feedback-machines-canvas-setup.md)

Once it's installed for your account (or the relevant sub-account), instructors can enable it in their own courses.

## 2. Enable Feedback Machines in your course

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### Open navigation settings

In your Canvas course, click **Settings** at the bottom of the course menu, then open the **Navigation** tab.
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### Enable Feedback Machines

Find **Feedback Machines** in the list, drag it up into the visible menu (or click the three dots and choose **Enable**), then **Save**.
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### Open Feedback Machines

Click the **Feedback Machines** link that now appears in your course menu.
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### Create or link a class

Set up your class by choosing one of:

* **Create** a new class, or
* **Link** / **Copy and Link** an existing class — for example one from a previous pilot or semester.
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## Re-use last semester's setup

To carry your Feedback Machines into a new course instance:

1. In your new Canvas course, make sure **Feedback Machines** is enabled in the course navigation (see above).
2. Click the **Feedback Machines** link.
3. Find your class from the previous semester and select **Copy and Link**.
4. Rename it — including the term (e.g. "Spring 26") helps keep things organized — and set an **end date** after the class ends. Confirm.

## How students access it

Once your class is linked, students click the **Feedback Machines** link in your course's left menu, then **Use** next to the assignment they're working on. See [Use a Feedback Machine](/v1/feedback-machines/use.md) for more.


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