Canvas

What is Canvas?

Canvas is Middlebury’s learning management system (LMS). It is available at http://go.middlebury.edu/canvas. Course sites are provisioned using Course Hub. Canvas sites allow instructors to conduct online, asynchronous discussions with students, provide feedback and post grades for assignments, share documents and media files, post deadlines and announcements, manage assignment submission and grading, and use other integrated tools like quizzes, video conferencing, and social annotation.

Who is eligible to use Canvas?

Faculty, staff and current students with active Middlebury network accounts have access to Canvas course sites and can request co-curricular sites for teaching and learning purposes.

How do I learn about Canvas?

Instructure provides a variety of documentation and tutorial resources for Canvas.

How Do I Get Help?

See Canvas: Learning About & Getting Help

 
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Related Articles (14)

Canvas: Adding People to an Active Site
FERPA regulations apply when adding individuals to a course where they can see student information. Make sure you only add people to your course who have “an educational need to know.” You can learn more about FERPA here. Questions about FERPA can be directed to the Registrar.
Canvas: Changing Access Dates for Course Sites
A Canvas site is accessible according to the academic term course dates set by the Registrar. The course end date is typically set to the final day of classes plus thirty days for grading. Instructors can change this for active courses where the current students may need access to the site beyond the course end date.
Canvas: Configuring redirect tool to navigation menu
This article provides instructions on adding and positioning the Redirect Tool in a Canvas course menu.
Canvas: Getting Started for New Instructors
This article provides foundational support for instructors new to Canvas, offering a concise selection of resources to facilitate onboarding. These include guidance on logging in, creating a Canvas site, accessing templates, and utilizing instructional materials such as guides and video tutorials for further learning.
Canvas: Guidance for Managing Students with Incompletes
Guidance for instructors who need to manage access for one or more student to a Canvas site because they have been issued a grade of Incomplete or need to finish coursework beyond the course end date. As part of the process for granting an Incomplete and allowing a student to submit late course work on Canvas, an instructor or Canvas administrator will extend access to a course Canvas site beyond the academic term date.
Canvas: Navigation Items
A brief description of all the items available under Navigation in Middlebury's Canvas courses.
Canvas: Roles and Permissions
This article provides a list of user roles and permissions available in Canvas that define the levels of access and functionality within a course site.
Canvas: Sharing Site Content as an Archive or an ePub
As an instructor, there are times when you may need or want to share access to a Canvas site. someone to be able to see how you structure your course or you want to share the content for other reasons, you have two options. If you want to keep things in Canvas, then you’ll want to request an archive copy of your site. You may prefer to export your course in ePub format if your goal is less about the Canvas experience, request and ARCHIVE Canvas site and copy your content.
Canvas: Teaching with External Tool Integrations
This article provides an overview of external tools available in Canvas. These integrations commonly referred to as Learning Tools Interoperability or LTI are a series of applications that can be accessed from within Canvas to extend the built-in features of the learning management system.
Canvas: Troubleshooting the Canvas Student App
The Canvas Student App allows students to view and interact with content on their mobile devices. Some issues can arise when content from an integration (such as Panopto, Google, Office 365, etc.) is added to a Canvas site. If this happens, use the following steps to troubleshoot the Canvas Student App.
Canvas: Troubleshooting the Google LTI Integration
The Google Apps LTI in Canvas makes it easier for instructors and students to share content from Google Drive, submit Google Docs for assignments, and collaborate within a Google Doc. Browser settings affect the integration between Canvas and Google, and browser updates can reset the settings to defaults that interfere with the integration.
Hypothesis: Getting Started with Annotation Assignments in Canvas
The article describes how to use Hypothesis, a collaborative annotation tool, within Canvas. Hypothesis can be integrated either as a graded assignment or as a non-graded module activity. Getting started guides for both instructors and students are provided.
Zoom: How to open and view a cloud recording from the Zoom app in Canvas as a Student
This article describes steps to access a Zoom cloud recording associated with a course using the Zoom integration with the Canvas learning management system.
Zoom: How to schedule a meeting in Canvas
This article helps you schedule Zoom meetings within a Canvas course. It guides you through accessing the Zoom feature, creating new meetings, and setting them as recurring.

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Canvas Co-Curricular Site
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Canvas Support
Canvas is Middlebury's learning management system. It provides tools to create online course sites that enable course communications, forums, assessments, file sharing, and other activities.