CANVAS FOR

STUDENTS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. How Do I Login? Page 3

i. New Student Page 3 ii. Current Student Page 5

II. Global Navigation Tabs Page 6

A. Accounts Page 6 1) Settings Page 6 2) Notifications Page 7

B. Dashboard Page 8 C. Courses Page 9 D. Calendar Page 10 E. Inbox Page 10 F. Help Page 10

III. Courses Page 11

A. Announcements Page 12 B. Assignments Page 12 C. Discussions Page 13 D. Grades Page 13 E. Quizzes Page 13 F. Modules Page 13

IV. Course Activities Page 14

A. Course Syllabus Page 14 B. Post a Discussion Page 14 C. Take a Quiz Page 15 D. Submit an Assignment Page 15 E. Sending an Email to your Instructor Page 17

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I. How Do I Login?

New Student – Click on the myGCSC link from the Gulf Coast website – located in the top right corner of home page. http://www.gulfcoast.edu/default.htm

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Click on the “User Self Service” tab

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Type in your User ID (your Axxxxxxxx from Student ID), Click Continue You will be asked two challenge questions to verify your identity. Once these questions are answered, you will be asked to create your own new password. Follow remaining instructions to activate your account.

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Current Student –

Click on the myGCSC link from the Gulf Coast website – located in the top right corner of home page. http://www.gulfcoast.edu/default.htm

Type in your User ID and Password, then click “Login” User ID is your Axxxxxxxx from Student ID Password is the same as your password for email address.

II. Global Navigation Tabs – Left Side

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A. Account – 1. Settings – Right side of the screen - Add additional email addresses or text

contact Important-star the email address you want to be primary.

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2. Notifications – you set this for your own account. Notifications apply to allcourses – cannot change notifications for individual courses. Notificationsinclude items such as, course activities, discussions, and others. There arefour options for how you want to receive notices:

1) ASAP2) Daily3) Weekly4) Not at all.

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B. Dashboard – the first thing you see when you log in to Canvas and shows an overview of all activity. The Dashboard will help you see what is happening in all your courses and allows you to figure out what to do next. There are two options to view, either a course with icons or the “Recent Activity” list.

1) Recent Activity contains a stream of recent notifications from all your courses,including announcements, discussions, assignments, and conversations. Activitiesare indicated by activity type and display an icon for the activity. New or unreadactivities are shown by the blue indicator dot. Recent Activity items remain for fourweeks. You can view details of each activity by clicking on the “Show More” link.

On the Sidebar – there are three sections 2) To Do – shows assignments or events that need attention now. Items remain in this

section for two weeks.3) Coming Up – shows assignments and events coming due in the next 7 days4) Recent Feedback – shows assignments with feedback from your instructor

Note: To return to the Dashboard at any time, click on the GCSC logo in the Global Navigation Bar

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C. Courses – Click on “Courses” – A list of all your courses will show up. Below that will be “All Courses”. Courses must be “starred” to show up here.

If you click on “All Courses” – there will be a listing of all your courses. Any course you want to show up on the Course Drop Down Bar must be starred. If it is not starred, the star will be greyed out.

Courses available to you will be in blue text. Courses within the current term dates but not yet available to you are in gray text and include an “unpublished” note or tag.

Courses are always listed alphabetically

Click on the course you want and it takes you to the course home page which is set by the instructor.

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D. Calendar – can view everything to do for all courses in one place by week or month. Month view is the default.

Can add a new event by clicking on the + sign Can edit an event by clicking on the event Undated items are listed on the right There are different icons for different items, such as assignment, discussion,

quiz, etc. Notice once you complete an item it is marked through on thecalendar.

E. Inbox – where all new notifications will show, based on your notification preferences.

F. Help – search the Canvas Guides, videos, FAQ’s, chat with Canvas support, report a problem, GCSC Library, Canvas support hotline

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III. Courses – Click the course you want to work in and you will go to the course homepage. Remember the course home page is set by the instructor. Most home pageswill include the Course Syllabus, probably a link that says “start here” or “open mefirst”

1) Along the left side of the home page will be the links available to you in the course. Thiswill vary by instructor. Only links that are live will show up. Examples are:Announcements, Assignments, Discussion, Grades, Syllabus, Pages, Quizzes, Modules,Lockdown Browser, and others.

2) To Do

3) Recent Feedback

4) Center are listed your assignments with the syllabus, first.

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A. Announcements – This is where your instructor will post all announcements. You may or may not be able to reply to the instructor.

B. Assignments – This page shows all assignments due within the course. Can be organized by date or type. This one is organized by date.

Assignments are things that you turn in, like a word document. Quizzes are anything

taken and graded on the computer, like exams, finals, etc.

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C. Discussions – All discussions will be listed here. This will be a little different than Angel. A student would reply to the instructor to start the discussion and then reply to other students as instructed. The student may not see any responses until their reply is posted.

D. Grades – Sorted chronological by assignment due date then assignments with no due dates.

There are several icons on the grade page. You can hover over those icons and it willshow what the icon means.

E. Quizzes – list all the quizzes with your course. Shows you whether the quiz is open or closed, due date, total points and how many questions.

F. Modules – shows everything for your course by Modules if your instructor has set the course up this way. Examples: Introduction, Week 1, Week 2, etc. or Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. or Unit 1, Unit 2, etc.

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IV. Course Activities

Log on to your Canvas account and go into the course SANDBOX-Barbara Cline

This course is set up where the syllabus button is the home page. If you click on “Home” you will go to this page. You see your syllabus and a list of assignments.

A. Course Syllabus – to view the course syllabus, click on the link. In most courses this will be a word document.

B. Post a Discussion – click on the discussions link.

1) Discussion2) Available Dates3) Hover over the icon and it shows that you must post in order to review other

posts.

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C. Take a Quiz – click on the quizzes link. All course quizzes will be listed here.

There are details such as the date available, number of points, and how many

questions. Click on the quiz to start it. If there is a time limit, this is where it will

show. Take the quiz and submit. Whether or not you can see your responses,

correct and incorrect will be determined by how the instructor sets up the quiz.

D. Submit an Assignment – click on the assignments link. All assignments are listed.

Click on Week 1 assignment.

Go into word and type a few sentences for the assignment. Save the document

on the desktop. When you are done, click the “Submit Assignment” button.

Upload your assignment and submit.

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Watching a Video – Videos could be in multiple places in your course. Assignments,

Announcements, Syllabus, etc. Wherever the video is located just click on the link to

view.

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E. Sending an Email to your instructor – there are two options.

Option 1 –

1) Click on the Inbox

2) Go to the top and click on the dropdown box for the course you want to email

your instructor in

3) Click on “compose new message”

4) Go to the “TO” line and click the icon at the far right, this will be for who you

want to send the email to – click teacher (students, etc.)

5) Type your subject, message and hit send

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Option 2 -

1) Click on the “Help” button

2) Click “Ask Your Instructor a Question”

3) Click on the dropdown box and select your course.

4) Type your message and send

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Special Thanks to Barbara Cline, Assistant Coordinator of e-Learning, for the creation of the

student job aids and to Mallory Fuller, Gulf Coast State College Student and Writing and

Reading Lab Student Tutor, for the logo design