Difference between revisions of "Canvas at Evergreen"

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

For an overview of Canvas for higher ed, visit Instructure.com

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.

See also Instructure's illustrated guide:

• Where can I find concluded student enrollments for my course?

Sections are used to organize students for administrative and assessment purposes.

These are the default sections created for single and multi-term offerings:

• a section for each quarter for student enrollment
• a section titled Manually add students here all quarters (please use this section for adding students)
• a section for faculty members associated with the offering
• a seminar section per faculty per quarter

See also Instructure's illustrated guides:

• How are courses and sections related?
• How do I add students to a section?