To access Canvas as a student, navigate to the UofM Canvas site((https://memphis.instructure.com/) and login with your UUID and Password. 

Note: Course content will be available by the first day of class.

The Global Navigation Menu is located on the left side of every page in Canvas. Global Navigation links provide quick access to frequently used Canvas features. These links provide access to all your courses collectively. Default links include the Dashboard, Courses, Groups, Calendar, Inbox, User Account, and the Help menu. To learn more, click here.

The Dashboard is the first thing you will see when you log into Canvas. The Dashboard helps you see what is happening in all your current courses. You can return to your User Dashboard at any time by clicking the Dashboard link in Global Navigation. For more on the Dashboard in Canvas, review this link.

The List View Dashboard displays all course To Do items in an agenda view to help you easily manage tasks across all of your courses. The To Do list contains graded as well as any non-graded To Do items your instructor designates for a course To Do list. You can also add and view your own To-Do items in the Dashboard. The List View Dashboard also displays calendar events and course announcements. Click here, to learn more.

You can view overall course grades in the Dashboard. In the Dashboard sidebar, click the View Grades button. The Courses I'm Taking heading displays the name of each course and a current overall grade, if available. If no grades have been assigned, the grade appears as no grade. Review this link to learn more on this topic.

In the Card View Dashboard and the Recent Activity Dashboard, the sidebar contains a To Do list and other sections that help you know what assignments and events are coming up in all of your courses. The sidebar includes specific items. The sidebar is similar to the sidebar that displays in your Course Home Page, but the course sidebar only includes items for the specific course. To learn more, click here.

After logging into Canvas, you can view your current courses. You may also be able to view past and future enrollment courses in Canvas. In Global Navigation, click the Courses link, then click the All Courses link. Courses are organized into All Courses, Past Enrollments, Future Enrollments, and Groups. Courses and groups are sorted alphabetically by course or group name. For more information, click here.

When you are enrolled in more than one Canvas course, you can customize the active courses you want to show in your Course list. Courses you want to show in the Courses drop-down menu are called favorite courses. You can favorite any published course that appears in the My Courses section on the course list page. Course favorites also display in the Card View Dashboard. In Global Navigation, click the Courses link, then click the All Courses link. To favorite a course, click the star next to a course. Courses with filled stars show the course is a favorite. To learn more, click here.

The Announcements Index Page allows you to view and filter announcements in your course. In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link. In Announcements, you can view all the announcements in your course. Announcements are listed in reverse chronological order with the newest appearing first and the older announcements appearing towards the bottom. Each announcement includes the title of the announcement the picture of the user who posted the announcement, an unread indicator near unread announcements, the announcement post date, and the number of unread/total replies in the announcement. Click here to learn more about announcements.

If you have a question or comment about an announcement, you can reply directly to that announcement. You can reply in both course and group announcements. Click the Reply link. Click the Reply link. Click the Reply field. Format your response and add media, links, photos, and/or equations using the Rich Content Editor. Click the Post Reply button. View your reply to the announcement. To learn more, click here.

If you can make a reply in an announcement, you may be able to like announcement replies in your course. In Course Navigation, click the Announcements link. Click the name of the announcement. Locate the reply and click the Like icon. The Like icon will be highlighted, indicating you have liked the reply. When a reply is liked, the Like icon will also display the total number of likes for all users in the announcement. If your instructor has restricted the liking option, you will not be able to see the Like icon or like your favorite replies. View this link, to learn more.

The Calendar is a great way to view everything you have to do for all your courses in one place. You can view calendar events by day, week, month, or agenda list. The calendar also includes access to the Scheduler, which is an optional scheduling tool in Canvas. In Global Navigation, click the Calendar link. The Calendar spans all courses and displays information for each of your enrolled courses and groups. In the navigation bar, you can choose to view the calendar in Week, Month, or Agenda view. The view you choose dictates the style of the calendar window. By default, the calendar appears in Month view. The sidebar shows a quick-view calendar, your list of courses and groups, and undated items for your courses and groups. Each calendar view shows any assignments or events that have been added to the calendar. You can add events, including recurring events, and to-do items to your personal calendar at any time in the navigation bar by clicking the Add button. Each personal, course, and group calendar is identified by a separate color that populates the calendar view. Associated calendar items for each course or group display when selected in the calendar view. By default, the first 10 course and group calendars will be selected and appear in the calendar view. To hide a calendar, click the box next to the name of the calendar. Calendars that are not active within the calendar view display as faded text. For more information about Calendar, review this link.

The Inbox is split into two panels and displays messages chronologically. You can view and reply to conversations and sort them by course or inbox type. The Inbox itself does not have any file size limits; however, attachments added to a conversation are included in the sender's personal files. In Global Navigation, click the Inbox link to access the Inbox. To learn more, click here.

Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for your courses. In Global Navigation, click the Account link, then click the Notifications link. On the Notification Settings page, you can manage notification settings for your Canvas account and/or manage notification settings for individual courses using the Settings for dropdown menu.  By default, the Settings for dropdown displays the Account option. A banner displays stating account-level notification settings apply to all of your Canvas courses, however, any course-specific notification settings override account notification settings. To dismiss the message, click the Close icon. A banner displays when daily and weekly messages are delivered. To dismiss the message, click the Close icon. View the account-level notification types and your listed contact methods. Each notification has a default delivery frequency setting. To view the current notification delivery frequency for a notification type and contact method, hover over the notification icon. To view details for a notification, hover over the notification name. Each notification is set to a default setting. To change a notification for a contact method, locate the notification and click the icon for the contact method. To receive a notification right away, select the Notify immediately option. These notifications may be delayed by up to one hour in case an instructor makes additional changes, which prevents you from being spammed by multiple notifications in a short amount of time. To receive a daily notification, select the Daily summary option. To receive a weekly notification, select the Weekly summary option. The date and time of your weekly notifications are posted at the bottom of the notifications page. If you do not want to receive a notification, select the Notifications off option. Unsupported notification types display the Unsupported icon. Unsupported notification types cannot be enabled. If you have enabled push notifications in the Canvas Student app, you can manage your settings in the Push Notification column. Please be aware that push notifications can only be sent to your mobile device right away or not at all. Daily and weekly notification options are not supported.  Additionally, managing settings inside the app will override settings selected in the notifications page. For more information on this topic, click here.

Depending on how your Canvas account was created, you may be able to make changes to your name, pronouns, default email, language, time zone, and password. In Global Navigation, click the Account link, then click the Settings link. Click the Edit Settings button to make changes Click the Update Settings button to save changes. To learn more, click here.

For best performance, Canvas should be used on the current or first previous major release of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Because it's built using web standards, Canvas runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, or any other device with a modern web browser. Canvas has an app for use on mobile devices Apple or Android.

In many cases, reaching out to your professor would be the first step, depending on the assistance you are needing. In other cases, reach out to UmTech Service Desk. You can call or enter a service request.