Canvas Guides provide directions for everything you might want to do in Canvas. Below is our recommended “best of” list of Canvas Guides. We recommend you review what’s here and remember this page if you run into problems later.
If you need additional help, reach out to Canvas Support via live chat, email, or phone by clicking the Help button on your navigation bar in Canvas:
Getting Started
A great first step is to watch the Getting Started with Canvas as a Student video series by Canvas. This series of video tutorials covers the following topics:
- Canvas Overview
- Notification Settings
- Canvas Student App
- Dashboard Overview
- Assignments Overview
- Assignment Submissions
Profile and User Settings
Your next step should be updating your Canvas profile.
- How do I edit my profile in my user account as a student?
- How do I set a time zone in my user account as a student?
- How do I manage my Canvas notification preferences as a student?
- We highly recommend reviewing your Canvas notification preferences! Here are our recommended settings.
- More Profile and User Settings articles linked in the Canvas Basics Guide
Note: You cannot change your login information. Your login info for Canvas will always be your campus email and password.
Modules
- How do I view Modules as a student?
- Note: Your modules are located under the Home tab, but otherwise they work the same as what is included in these directions.
Announcements
- How do I view Announcements as a student?
- How do I subscribe to the Announcements RSS feed as a student?
Assignments
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
- VIDEO: Assignment Submissions (Students)
- More Assignment articles linked in Canvas’s Student Guide
Calendar
- How do I use the Calendar?
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course?
- VIDEO: Calendar Overview (Students)
- More Calendar articles linked in the Canvas Basics Guide
Canvas Inbox
- How do I use the Inbox?
- How do I send a message to a user in a course in the Inbox?
- VIDEO: Inbox Overview (All Users)
- More Inbox articles linked in the Canvas Basics Guide
Discussions
- How do I use Discussions Redesign as a student?
- How do I reply to a discussion in Discussions Redesign as a student?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student?
- More Discussion articles linked in Canvas’s Student Guide
Grades and Feedback
- How do I view the rubric for my graded discussion?
- How do I view the rubric for my assignment?
- How do I view my grades in a current course?
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the What-If Grades feature?
- VIDEO: Grades Overview (Students)
- More Grades articles linked in Canvas’s Student Guide
Mobile Technology
- How can I use Canvas on my mobile device as a student?
- Canvas Student Android Guide
- Canvas Student iOS Guide
- VIDEO: Canvas Student App (iOS and Android)
Quizzes
- How do I take a quiz?
- How do I resume a quiz that I already started taking?
- How do I submit a quiz?
- How do I view quiz results as a student?
- More Quizzes articles linked in Canvas’s Student Guide
General Tips
When your browser is zoomed in or you’re using a small window, items in the sidebar may go to the end of the page instead of the right side.
For example, this is the Dashboard To-Do list at the right side of the page:
And this is the Dashboard To-Do list at the end of the page:
