Navigating Your Courses

Your ability to navigate the learning management system will help ensure you are able to easily access course content, find graded feedback from instructors, and communicate with your peers. See below to learn more about navigating online courses and Canvas, our learning management system. Both on-campus and online students will need to learn how to use Canvas.

Canvas Learning Management System

University College uses the Canvas Learning Management system to deliver course content. In the video below, you will learn the basics about your Canvas Dashboard and Global Navigation links, as well as basics about navigating a course and accessing assignments.

200 - Canvas Overview for Students from Instructure Community on Vimeo.

Communicating in Your Courses

It is essential that you know how to communicate in your courses. In the video below, you will learn how to communicate with your instructors and peers using Announcements, Discussions, and Conversations.

104 - Conversations Overview from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo.

Canvas Student App

Canvas offers a Student App to allow convenient access to your courses.

The video below highlights the Canvas Student app on iOS and Android devices. The steps in this video are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.

224 - Canvas Student App from Instructure Community on Vimeo.

Practice Using Canvas

Now that you have explored the basics of Canvas, it is time to practice using your skills. Click Next to view a Skills Check and test your knowledge.