Orientation Course Orientation and Canvas Essentials

About this course

Welcome! This course, Introduction to Teaching with Canvas 1, provides an overview of essential Canvas functionalities for instructors. The curriculum includes navigation of the Canvas interface and utilization of core Canvas tools. Participants are enrolled with student permissions to facilitate an understanding of the student perspective within the platform. The practical application of learned skills will occur within a designated Canvas Sandbox Course, where participants will have instructor-level access.

Accessing Canvas

Canvas access is available via Academic Affairs. For convenient future access, bookmark this address. Service interruption announcements are posted on the Canvas login page. Use your HSC-provided EUID and password to log in. Password modifications can be made through the Account Management System(AMS).

Canvas Help Desk

For immediate technical assistance with Canvas, particularly for time-sensitive issues such as malfunctioning exams, please contact canvas@unthsc.edu. This address directs inquiries to a multi-user support ticketing system. Canvas Helpdesk support is available Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with limited after-hours monitoring. Indicate the urgency of the issue within the email.

Course Content

This course includes local content prepared by HSC as well as tutorials and videos provided by Instructure, Inc. (the parent company of Canvas). Once you complete this course, these and many other tutorials are available in the Canvas Instructor Guide. Access the guide by clicking on the Help link in the lower left corner of the screen in the gray navigation menu area, right above the Canvas Orientation.

Click Next To Continue

In this course, whenever you're ready to move on to the next page, click the Next button on the bottom right of the page to continue. This will be the primary way you will progress through the course, though we will show you some others along the way.