Canvas: Faculty Getting Started Guide

Ensure you are using supported systems and browsers for the best performance with Canvas.

Logging in and Setting preferences

Log into Canvas thorough Okta using your Rollins credentials.

Canvas has a Mobile app for Students as well as Teachers. The mobile app has limited functionality, but can allow you to receive push notifications, make announcements and check submissions from your Mobile Device. 
How can I use Canvas on a mobile device?

Canvas can notify you about various activity within your course. Notification preferences are per user - you can change how you receive notifications, but not how others may receive them. 

Set your Canvas notification preferences for assignment submissions, discussion posts, course activity summaries and more, sent to your Email or Canvas App Push notification.
We recommend that you select "Notify me right away" for Conversations so that you do not miss any messages from your students. 

Building and Storing your Course

All academic courses automatically get a Canvas course shell. Courses are typically created 2-3 months prior to the start of the semester.

You have access to multiple sandbox courses in Canvas that you may use for testing and to start building course content at any time. Content created in Sandbox courses can be copied into the official, academic course shells. 

You can also import previously exported course files directly to your Canvas Course.

We recommend that you store an exported version of your Canvas course in your OneDrive. 
Courses are retained on Rollins' servers according to the Canvas course retention policy 

Resources and Support

Student Resources

Getting Started in Canvas for Students is a good place to start for basic Canvas information, and is available to students via the "Help" button from within Canvas. 

Additional help is available to students and instructors by contacting the HelpDesk, including by phone at 407-628-6363