This three-minute video from Instructure (the people who make Canvas) gives you a quick tour around the platform, showing you how to use the Dashboard and Navigation Menus to find your way around.
Some of the terminology used within Canvas clashes a little with terminology we use at University. You've come to University to study a Course, which is made up of a number of Academic Modules.
In Canvas, content is organised into 'Courses'. So each of your Academic Modules has a Canvas Course that contains all the learning resources and assignment submission points for that Academic Module.
Each Canvas Course has a 'Modules' area, which is a way for your instructors to organise content within a Canvas Course. You might have Canvas Modules for each Week's worth of content, or for each Topic you approach as part of the Academic Module.
So it is important to understand that there's a difference between your University Course and Courses in Canvas, and there's a difference between your Academic Modules and Modules in Canvas. These differences will become a lot clearer as you explore Canvas for yourself.
Learn how to customise the appearance and content of your dashboard, and manage your sidebar.
Learn about managing your notification settings for all courses and for an individual course.
Learn how to login to, and navigate the Canvas Student app.
Learn how to use the Calendar to keep track of important events and assignments.
Find out about all of the avenues of support that are available for Canvas from Instructure and from Swansea University on our Student Support page:
Go to 'Canvas Support for Students'
'Passport to Canvas' is a Canvas course that contains guidance on the core features of the Canvas platform including Navigation, Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, Grades & Feedback, use of the Student App, and more.
You can also self-enrol on the Welsh version of the course, 'Pasbort i Canvas', if you'd prefer.
