This course is designed to help you become familiar with the learning management system, Canvas, that is used for online and hybrid courses. This is a self-paced course, and you can move through it in your own time. Completing the course should take 2-4 hours.

To participate in the practice activities, join the course.

Orientation Content

This course covers:

Getting Started in Canvas
Participating in a Course in Canvas
Collaboration in Canvas
Tools that May Be Used

The Getting Started module provides an overview, while the Participating and Collaboration modules offer text and video guides followed by hands-on practice. The Tools module provides information on how to use the external tools that may appear in your Canvas courses.

Orientation Objectives

At the end of this course you should be able to:

Navigate Canvas
Update your Profile and notifications preferences
Navigate a Canvas course
Participate in common activities, including:

Edit a wiki Page
Submit an Assignment
Post to a Discussion
Take a Quiz
Check your Grades

Navigate the Group and collaboration tools in Canvas
Recognize some common external tools that may appear in your classes

Getting Started

To start moving through the course, click on Modules, second in the course menu at the right, and select the first item under "Getting Started in Canvas." Remember that you can always return to the Modules page to see all the course content in order, and that you can go directly to specific content from the Modules list.

If you would prefer to only view Canvas' video tutorials, and not do any hands-on practice, you can visit the Canvas Video Tutorials list or view the full list of Canvas video guides on the Canvas community site.

Please note this course is for demonstration purposes only! It is recommended that you become familiar with the Canvas tools by working through this demo course, including posting discussion replies and submitting assignments and quizzes. However it is not required that you participate in this course. The example assignments do have points attached, but the grades in this course are for demonstration purposes only and will not be part of your record.

Attribution: This course was adapted by the Office of Instructional Design at Rutgers University's Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT), from one designed by Susan Nugent, CTPD Support Technician in Center for Technology & Professional Development at Lake Land College.

Student Orientation Tutorial (Self-Paced)