What is Canvas?
Getting Started with Canvas
- Login information
- Log in from our PortalGuard site – login.yccd.edu
- Direct link to our Production Canvas – https://yccd.instructure.com
- Your login credentials are same as your WebAdvisor; same format
- Direct link to our Test Environment – https://yccd.test.instructure.com
- Good for testing things without affecting your live course.
- Please note – Data in the test environment gets refreshed (overwritten from production environment) every three weeks
- Your courses
- Your courses are automatically populated from our registration system (Ellucian Colleague) over to Canvas. This process initially occurs around the time courses open for enrollment. There are a number of reasons why a specific course (section) may not appear within your Canvas environment.
- The course (section) may still be in the audit state or you’re not the assigned instructor — the secretary of your department should be able to view and/or update this information via our registration system.
- Please note – Any changes made in our registration system can take up to six hours to reflect within Canvas.
- The course (section) may still be in the audit state or you’re not the assigned instructor — the secretary of your department should be able to view and/or update this information via our registration system.
- If you are teaching multiple sections of the same course, you can merge students into a single course.
- If you already have course content in another Canvas course, you can import it into your new course.
- Your courses are automatically populated from our registration system (Ellucian Colleague) over to Canvas. This process initially occurs around the time courses open for enrollment. There are a number of reasons why a specific course (section) may not appear within your Canvas environment.
- Your Students
- Your students are also added/dropped automatically from within Canvas automatically.
- Again, these changes are pushed from our registration system and the process can take up to six hours to reflect within your Canvas courses.
- Please note – Students on the waiting list are not pushed over until they are officially enrolled in the course.
- Again, these changes are pushed from our registration system and the process can take up to six hours to reflect within your Canvas courses.
- Your students are also added/dropped automatically from within Canvas automatically.
- Training
- Online Training Courses (within Canvas )
- Flex Workshops (Professional Development Center)
- Canvas Webinars
- Advanced Canvas Features
- Resources (self-help)
- Resources for your students
- Canvas Guide for students
- Self-paced Student Readiness Courses
- Getting Additional Help from within Canvas
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- Submit a request from within the Canvas LMS.