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Canvas is the web-based course management tool that is used by Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty to administer course content.
Within the Canvas environment, your instructors will make a wide variety of electronic media available to you: PowerPoint handouts, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, video and audio clips, PDFs and more. You'll find your syllabus, assignments, grades and feedback in this one convenient place.
Accessing Canvas
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The is the first page you see after you log in. From here, you'll see Course Cards that will take you to each of your courses, along with any Announcements from Â鶹´«Ã½. In the (on the right), you can see your To Do list, upcoming assignments and more.
To change your Dashboard view, click the Options menu (the three vertical dots) and select your preferred viewing option.
When you select a course, you land on the . You see the Course Navigation on the left (1), the main content area in the middle (2), and the sidebar on the right (3).
Instructors can customize the links that are shown in their courses, so if you see links in some courses but not others, your instructor may have hidden them. Your main course content will likely be in the Modules link, but your instructor may organize the content differently.
To view your assignments, click the Assignments link from the Course Navigation on the .
The allows you to view all your courses' assignments. If the Assignments link is not available, you can access Assignments from the Dashboard, Syllabus, Gradebook, Calendar, or Modules.
To view the details of an assignment (like instructions or grading criteria), click the name of the assignment. Assignment types include (1), (2), or (3). There are many ways to submit online assignments in Canvas, depending on what your instructors chooses.
To view your grades for a course, click the Courses link from the Global Navigation Â鶹´«Ã½, click the name of the course, then click the Grades link.
The displays all current grades for that course, sorted chronologically by assignment due date. From this page, you can also change the course for which you would like to view grades, change the sorting order or view additional information like the scoring details, comments, and rubrics.
You can change your settings like , , and or for notifications:
- Click Account in the Global Navigation Â鶹´«Ã½, then click Settings.
- Click the Edit Settings button on the right.
- Make your edits, then click Update Settings.
To manage your or set :
- Click Account in the Global Navigation Â鶹´«Ã½, then click Notifications.
- Select an option from the dropdown and choose what, where and when notifications are sent.