Canvas guide for students
This guide will provide links to Canvas support articles for students.
Accessing Canvas
Introduction to Canvas training course
Students should first enroll in the self-paced Introduction to Canvas training course. This course will teach you the basics about the various tools your instructors will use, the Canvas mobile app, and other features in Canvas.
Grades
Assignments
- How do I view Assignments as a student?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I submit a text entry assignment?
- How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?
- How do I submit a media file as an assignment submission?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I upload a file from Microsoft Office 365 as an assignment submission?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
- How do I view assignment comments from my instructor?
- How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses?
Quizzes and Exams
In Cherwell, quizzes and exams are created using the same tool, so the support documents refer to them as Quizzes.
- How do I view quizzes as a student?
- How do I take a quiz?
- How do I answer each type of question in a quiz?
- How do I resume a quiz that I already started taking?
- How do I submit a quiz?
- How do I view quiz results as a student?
- How do I view quiz comments from my instructor?
- How do I know if I can retake a quiz?
Discussion Boards
- How do I view Discussions as a student?
- How do I create a course discussion as a student?
- How do I view and sort discussion replies as a student?
- How do I reply to a discussion as a student?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I edit or delete discussion replies as a student?
Course Tools
These course tools are optional and can be enabled or disabled by your instructor.