Canvas is the Learning Management System at CWRU, providing campus members the tools and resources needed for in-person and online teaching and learning. Canvas includes tools instructors and students have come to depend on, such as assignments, announcements and tests, while offering new time-saving features such as drag-and-drop course interfaces and planning tools like "what-if" grades.
The End of Semester Guide for Canvas details common tasks that occur at the end of a term.
This page gives a quick overview for accessing Canvas, creating a Canvas course, and adding content to the course. The Canvas Resources course offers all of this information and more, including our handy Start of Semester Guide!
Canvas courses from previous semesters are still available in Canvas, but no longer appear on the Dashboard.
Adding users to Canvas courses from previous semesters requires a special tool in the Canvas Wizard.
Learn more about combining multiple course sections into one Canvas course site.
Canvas courses have a default storage limit that can be increased if needed.
Information on adding users to your Canvas courses.
Canvas has a built-in tool for adding your syllabus.
Easily reuse existing content in Canvas by copying materials from one course to another.
Learn how to create a new Canvas course using the Canvas Wizard.
An overview of using the Assignments tool in Canvas to collect student work and provide scores to students.
An overview for setting-up the gradebook within a Canvas course.
The Canvas Wizard allows you to upload Canvas grades to SIS.
Adding external tools into Canvas requires a set-up by either the course instructor or a Canvas administrator.
If a course isn't listed in the Canvas Wizard for you to create, you will need to check your status in SIS.
New features in Canvas are added every 3 weeks.
The Canvas Start of Semester Guide is a curated collection of resources for the start of the term.
This article gives a quick overview for accessing Canvas, locating a Canvas course, and navigating the interface.
Post Policies in the Canvas Gradebook allow instructors to determine when grades are visible to students.
What to do if you are missing courses in Canvas.
Content visibility is controlled determined by the publish status of items in Canvas.
Information for students, faculty, and staff requesting an API Access Token for Canvas.
An overview for how to request and receive an API access token for Canvas.