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Canvas Orientation

Canvas is our new learning management system, which will help you access information, grades, and communicate with your instructors. This page answers some questions and explains the purpose of this tutorial.

What does this training cover?

You will learn how to navigate or use basic features of Canvas. After completing the modules, you should have a basic understanding of how Canvas works. By learning how to use this tool, we hope you will be prepared to use it with little or no frustration.

What will I learn from this training?

After you complete this training you will be able to do the following:

Navigate within Canvas and customize settings.
Communicate with instructors using the communication tools in Canvas.
Submit assignments and take quizzes.
Check your grades.

How do I get started?

To navigate this orientations, you will click on Modules in the left navigation panel. From there you will navigate to the Modules page which contains all of the lessons.

The modules will be your road map. There are two ways to get to the modules,

Click the Modules link in the left navigation pane or
Click on a module button located on the Home page

Home Page

The Home Page is where each module button is linked to a module: Getting Started, Navigate Your Course, and Get Help.

Click the Home link in the left navigation menu to return to the Home page.

Modules

The modules page contains three modules,

Getting Started
Navigating Your Canvas Course
Getting Help and More Information

Contained within each module are pages that contain the lessons.

Click the Modules link located in the left navigation
Click on the page in the module

Next and Previous buttons

At the bottom of each lesson there are Next and Previous buttons.

Click these to navigate sequentially through the Modules.

It is best to complete the modules in order so you go through the sequence of steps and functions to successfully use Canvas. However, you can return to this tutorial any time you need additional help or information.

Accessibility

Canvas provides a user experience that is easy, simple, and intuitive. Special attention has been paid to making Canvas screen-readable. The Rich Content Editor encourages users to create accessible content pages (i.e. text formatting is accomplished using styles). Canvas is designed to allow limited customization of colors and schemes to be accessible for all users. The National Federation of the Blind granted Canvas (Links to an external site.) the Gold Level Web Certification in 2010. Find more information by visiting the Canvas Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT).