Canvas is our primary Learning Management System. See below for details, help, and how-to resources.
Canvas at Evergreen
- What is Canvas? Course access and enrollment.
Canvas Orientation for Faculty
- Walk through this self-paced online course for an overview of the Canvas interface along with some of the tools and features used in building a basic modules-based site.
Technical Requirements for Using Canvas
- Supported Internet browsers and needed plugins. Canvas on mobile devices (Android, iOS).
Designing Your Canvas Course
- Creating a Home page. Adding files, links, and media content. Publishing your course.
Communicating in Canvas
- Using Announcements, Conversations, Discussions, the Calendar, and Scheduler to connect with students. Tools for providing students feedback in Canvas.
Assignments and Quizzes in Canvas
- Creating and administrating assignments, online quizzes, and surveys. Setting up question banks.
Assessment and Grading Tools
- Using Outcomes and Rubrics to communicate instructional objectives and achievement expectations. Using the Gradebook and SpeedGrader.
Need Help?
- When using Canvas and you encounter an issue, click on Help in the lower left corner of the Canvas site.
- This opens a pop-up window with different help options such as:
- Search the Canvas Guides - view help documentation by Instructure (the makers of Canvas)
- Report a Problem - submit a help ticket via Canvas which goes to your Academic Technologies team
- Ask the Community - a lively forum with answers to many Canvas questions
- This opens a pop-up window with different help options such as:
- If you are unable to access/log in to Canvas, submit a help ticket to Academic Technologies or from the upper right corner of your MyEvergreen page.
