FAQs for Faculty and Staff
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.
- Courses may be requested by faculty up to 6 months in advance of the offering's start date.
- 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
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