FAQs for Faculty and Staff
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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?
- Rather than being generated automatically, Canvas courses need to be requested by Faculty through Presence.
- Your Canvas site should be available within 24 hours following request.
What if I don't see my course?
- ( coming soon )
Can I create my course in Canvas in advance?
- Canvas courses may be requested by Faculty through Presence
How enrollment works in Canvas
- ( coming soon )
Adding or removing students in Canvas
- ( coming soon )
Use Content from a Previous Course
- Import course content from Moodle
- Migrate course content from Canvas
