Difference between revisions of "Canvas at Evergreen"

What is Canvas?

• Canvas is a learning management system (LMS) by Instructure which features:
  • A clean, user-friendly interface
  • A dashboard page that quickly summarizes assignments, announcements and other relevant information across course sites
  • Customizable notifications – students can get alerts via email, text message or social media at the frequency they desire
  • A working calendar that can be added to Google Calendar, iCal or other popular calendar tools
  • Support for media content
  • The power of the cloud

When is my course available? Can I create my course in Canvas in advance?

• Canvas courses are not created automatically but by faculty request through Presence.
• A course may be requested by faculty once the offering has been made available in Banner.
• Your Canvas site should be available within 24 hours following request.

I have requested a site, but I don't see my course in Canvas

• In Canvas, please click on Help in the upper right corner and select Report a Problem to submit a help ticket.

How enrollment works in Canvas

• Students registered for your course or students you've made a signature override for will be automatically enrolled in your offering.
• Students with signature override who have not officially registered will be concluded at the end of the first two weeks of class.
• Students that un-enroll from the class will have their enrollment in the Canvas course concluded automatically.
• If you want to add students to your class that aren't already enrolled, please review the information regarding Sections provided here.

Adding or removing students in Canvas

• ( coming soon )

Use Content from a Previous Course

• (coming soon) Import course content from Moodle