Canvas

Use Canvas to organize course materials and activities, communicate with students, collect assignments, provide feedback and manage grades. Canvas also connects with other ASU-supported teaching technologies you may use in your course.

Cost

No cost

Audience

Students, faculty & staff

Purpose

Learning management system

Canvas integration

Access through My ASU or canvas.asu.edu using your ASURITE

Getting started

Choose the starting point that fits where you are with your Canvas course.

New to Canvas?
Start with the Canvas for Faculty resources to learn how to navigate Canvas, organize course content and work with common course features.
Preparing a course for a new semester?
Use the Canvas Course Enrollment System (CES) to request or prepare your Canvas course, then review your course content, dates, navigation, assignments and other settings before students begin working in the course.
Copying or revising an existing course?
You can copy content from a previous Canvas course and then update dates, links, assignments, quizzes, files and other course materials for the new semester.
Ready to check the student experience?
Use Student View to move through your course from a student's perspective and check that the content and activities you expect students to use are available.

Using this tool in your course

Explore ways Canvas can support common teaching goals.

Organize course content. Use Modules and pages to guide students through materials and activities.
Manage assignments and deadlines. Use Assignments, Quizzes and Calendar to organize instructions, due dates and submissions.
Grade work and provide feedback. Use rubrics, comments, SpeedGrader and Gradebook.
Share updates and reminders. Use Announcements, Inbox and Calendar.
Check student understanding. Use Canvas Quizzes for practice or graded assessments.
Connect other teaching technologies. Approved 3rd Party Tool Intergrations can provide course access and, when supported, return information to Canvas.

Activity examples

Explore examples of how you might use Canvas to organize course activities and the student experience.

Welcoming course home page.
Consistent module structure.
Assignment with rubric and feedback.
Course readiness check.

Accessibility, privacy and other considerations

Accessible course materials.
Canvas is designed with accessibility in mind and is evaluated against recognized accessibility standards, including WCAG and Section 508. Instructure publishes a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) with current information about Canvas accessibility conformance. The accessibility of an individual course also depends on the materials and activities added to it.

When creating or adding course content, consider elements such as headings, descriptive links, alternative text for images, captions for media, readable documents and accessible color choices.
- FRAME—Faculty Resources for Accessible Media Essentials.
- Review Canvas accessibility information.
Student View and connected tools.
Canvas Student View can help you check what students will see in your course, but some connected technologies may behave differently when opened from Canvas. When using another ASU-supported teaching technology, consider testing the complete activity before students begin using it.
Student information and course access.
Canvas course access is based on ASU course and enrollment information. When adding people, sharing course materials or using connected technologies, consider who needs access to course and student information and use ASU-supported options when available.

FAQ

Access Canvas through My ASU or canvas.asu.edu using your ASURITE credentials. Canvas mobile apps are also available, although some course-building and settings are easier to manage in the web version.

Course availability can depend on when the course was created and when your instructor access was added. Check the Canvas Course Enrollment System (CES) and confirm that you're signed in with the correct ASU account. If you still don't see an expected course, contact ASU LMS Support.

Yes. You can copy content from a previous Canvas course using CES or Canvas Course Import. After copying the course, review dates, links, assignments, files, quizzes, navigation and other course settings before students begin using it.

Use Student View to move through key parts of your course from a student's perspective. Check that the materials and activities students need are published and available, and review links, dates, navigation and course settings before the course begins.

No. Review and finalize your course grades in Canvas, then follow ASU's process for posting final grades from Canvas to the PeopleSoft Grade Roster.

Resources

ASU resources

Canvas for Instructors Homepage.
Find ASU guidance for accessing Canvas, setting up courses, using common features and managing course activities.
Canvas Course Enrollment System (CES).
Request and manage Canvas courses and course enrollments through ASU's Canvas Course Enrollment System.
How to Copy Content Between ASU Canvas Courses Using Course Import.
Follow ASU guidance for copying course content from one Canvas course into another.
Posting Final Grades from Canvas to the PeopleSoft Grade Roster.
Follow ASU's process for reviewing and posting final course grades.

Canvas resources

Canvas Instructor Guide.
Find detailed Canvas guidance for course setup, Modules, assignments, quizzes, grading, communication and other Canvas features.

Get support

Need technical help?

Contact the ASU Experience Center for general technical support or problems accessing Canvas. For Canvas-specific course, configuration or administrative issues, contact ASU LMS Support.

Want to explore ways to use Canvas in your course?

Learning Experience (LX) offers workshops and consultations where you can explore ways Canvas and other enterprise technologies might support your teaching goals.

Explore upcoming LX workshops.

Explore LX resources.

Schedule a consultation with TechEd Practice.

Looking for detailed Canvas guidance?

Visit the Canvas Instructor Guide for step-by-step guidance on course content, Modules, assignments, quizzes, grading, communication and other Canvas features.