SFU Quickstart for students: How to use Canvas
Getting started
External resources
SFU's Canvas platform is hosted on SFU servers. There is also a cloud-based version of Canvas with slightly different features. Keep in mind that the documentation below refers to Canvas Cloud and may address features not included in the SFU platform.
Instructure resources
Instructure is the developer of Canvas.
- Canvas Guides (guides, manuals, and video tutorials by Instructure, developer of Canvas)
- Canvas Community (community forums hosted by Instructure)
- Instructure Canvas on Twitter (Instructure's Twitter account)
Videos worth watching
- What's on the Canvas home page (1:25)
- Setting up student groups in Canvas (1:28)
- How Canvas Gradebook works (1:31)
- Blackboard/WebCT to Canvas (31:10) (description of Utah State University's transition to Canvas)
Canvas at other institutions
Stories: How your instructors are working with Canvas
Case studies and examples – SFU instructors' stories
Elise Chenier (History)
Nicky Didicher (English) Part 1
Nicky Didicher (English) Part 2
Mary Ann Gillies (English)