Bishop State Using Canvas as a Student

What is Canvas?

Canvas is an cloud-based program that allows instructors to build content for course delivery online. This allows students to access the course materials, to submit assignments, and to view grades online. Instructors may design courses differently for the different course formats and pedagogical approaches. Students should be aware that each course will be setup differently and not all instructors will use all of the tools covered in the tutorials in this training course. Watch the video below and then review the materials in each tab.

Video Overview

Canvas HELP

For Bishop State students and staff, login to Canvas and click the Help link (question mark icon) in the global navigation. The help link will display a menu with options to view sections of the Canvas community or you can submit a help ticket. If you are submitting a help ticket, please provide as much detail as possible including your name, Bishop State email address, your A#, the course name and section, instructor's name assignment name, etc..

See the following Canvas guide for details on submitting a ticket in Canvas

Below are links to the status pages for Canvas and other educational technology services used by Bishop State. Please bookmark these pages for later reference. Please note if there is an Internet outage on campus and you are using campus wi-fi, you may not be able to login to Canvas even when the status of Canvas or other software is up.

Customizing your Personal Settings

Note: These guides are maintained by the Canvas Documentation Team and are available on the Canvas Community site (Links to an external site.). Some of the information in these guides may not apply to the Bishop State instance of Canvas.