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Piazza - Enabling Piazza in Canvas [UW-Madison]

This document describes the steps to enable Piazza in your Canvas course.

Piazza is available in every Course Guide and sandbox Canvas course, but it is hidden from the left-hand navigation bar by default. Follow the steps outlined below to unhide Piazza in your course.

To enable Piazza in your Canvas course:

  1. Click on Settings in the left navigation bar of your course.
    Canvas's left hand navigation bar with Settings button highlighted
  2. Once in your course's settings, click the Navigation tab.
    Canvas's course settings with mouse hovering over navigation tab
  3. Find Piazza in the list of hidden items.
    List of Canvas's hidden navigation bar items in the course settings
  4. Drag and drop Piazza into the upper section of enabled course navigation items. Alternatively, click on the 3 dots next to Piazza and select Enable.
    Enabling a hidden item in the Canvas navigation
  5. Once Piazza is enabled, click Save at the bottom of the page.
    Save button at the bottom of the canvas navigation bar settings
  6. Click on Piazza in the left navigation bar of your course.
    Image of the Piazza link in the Canvas navigation bar
  7. If this is the first time you are enabling Piazza in Canvas, you will be prompted to authorize the tool. To do this, fill out the requested information (such as Course Name, Course Term, etc.).
    Image of the information you are prompted to fill in when creating a Piazza course through the Canvas integration
  8. When you have filled out all the information correctly, click on Create New Piazza Class

Please contact the DoIT Help Desk and request a consultation if you need additional help enabling Piazza in your course.


Keywords:
piazza, discussion, online discussion, asynchronous, canvas, navigation bar, integration, 
Doc ID:
148804
Owned by:
Learn@UW Madison in Learn@UW-Madison
Created:
2025-03-04
Updated:
2025-03-04
Sites:
DoIT Help Desk, Learn@UW-Madison