Canvas and Lucid

What Is It?

Teachers and students may work together visually at any time and from any location using Canvas thanks to Lucid's Education Suite. You have free full access to Lucidchart and Lucidspark, two apps that are part of the Lucid Education Suite, with your Canvas account. With the help of the intelligent diagramming tool Lucidchart, you can see intricate concepts, procedures, and systems. With the help of the virtual whiteboard app Lucidspark, teams can brainstorm, create, and develop better ideas. 

*Note Montana Tech IT Help Desk does not provide support for Lucid, if you have any issues reach out to Lucid Support. If you have any issues with the LTI you can reach out to the IT Help Desk.*

Where Can I Access It?

Navigate to the Canvas Website and sign in with your Montana Tech credentials.

Table of Content

  1. Using Lucid in RCE (Rich Content Editor) 
    • Use Lucid in announcements, assignment, pages, quiz's, discussions, or syllabus's
  2. Lucid (Whiteboard)
    • Accessing Lucid Whiteboard as an instructor

 

Using Lucid in RCE (Rich Content Editor)

Step 1: In Canvas, open a new Canvas announcement, assignment, page, quiz, discussion, or syllabus in one of your courses.

Step 2: From the Rich Content Editor (RCE) toolbar, click the Lucid icon

 

Step 3: Review your role and select an answer regarding the age of your students. Then click Next

 

Step 4: Select Log in 

 

Step 5: Click Microsoft and sign in with your Montana Tech credentials

 

Step 6: Click Continue

 

Step 7: Click Get Started

 

Step 8: Review the permissions and click Grant Access.

 

Step 9: After granting access, you now have the ability to embed Lucid documents in to any module with a Rich Content Editor

 

Step 10: Select a Lucid document to embed, then click Continue

 Note: Select New to create a new Lucid document

 

Step 11: Preview the document then click Insert to embed the document in to the Rich Content Editor 

 

Step 12: Check that the document was correctly embedded and is not missing any information

Note: Depending on the size of your screen, you may have go into full screen mode to see the entire document

Here is a video link showing the process of embedding documents

 

Accessing Lucid Whiteboard

Step 1: Follow the step in Using Lucid in RCE to log in to Lucid

Step 2: From either the Dashboard or Courses tab, select the class you are accessing Lucid in

 

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Step 3: After accessing the course, locate the Lucid (Whiteboard) tab on the left of the screen

 

Step 5: If you do not see the Explore Lucid button, follow the steps on screen along and the steps in Using Lucid in RCE to connect to Lucid

Step 6: Clicking on Explore Lucid will take you to the Lucid Web app where you can:

  • Create new Documents and Whiteboards to share with others
  • Edit Documents and Whiteboards that have been shared with you
  • Access templates for tons of different diagram types

Note: Lucid Whiteboards are the perfect tools for collaborations and brainstorming.

Lucid Chart is fantastic for creating solid, polished diagrams. But Whiteboards are great for getting initial ideas out there for others to see.

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