Canvas
Craig Miller
Scott Henry
Overview
Canvas is a Learning Management System (LMS) from Instructure. It is SPU's primary software for academic purposes.
It provides an online web portal for students and faculty to interact and enhance the learning experience. Faculty may use Canvas to share course materials and facilitate student learning through the use of discussion boards, journals, blogs, and wikis.  Faculty can also collect assignments, conduct assessments, and manage students grades all within their Canvas course site.
Canvas is used heavily by the SPU faculty and is managed by the Educational Technology and Media department. Classes, faculty, and students are uploaded nightly from Banner and provide space where SPU faculty distribute course materials, host online discussions, and communicate with students.
Features
Course content
Canvas Commons - Canvas has a learning object repository for storing course content.Â
SpeedGrader - Teachers can give grades and feedback on assignments submitted by students.Â
Designed For
Canvas is designed for faculty and students to use to share course material and facilitate student learning.
Getting Started
If you are a student or faculty member at SPU, you have already been automatically set up with a Canvas account and do not need to manually request one. You are good to go! To login to Canvas go to https://canvas.spu.edu and log in using your SPU credentials. Your courses and class information for the current and next term will have been uploaded automatically for you from Banner.
Support
Technical support and training for Canvas is provided for Faculty by the office of Educational Technology and Media. Students are encouraged to bring Canvas issues to their Professor. Any issues regarding logging into Canvas are handled by CIS.
Administration and Maintenance
Canvas is hosted on Instructure's cloud servers. Administration of Canvas is handled by ETM.Â
Maintenance | Routine maintenance will be scheduled between 4:00am - 7:00am (PST) on Wednesday mornings, during which Canvas may not be available. Notifications on scheduled and unscheduled maintenance can be found on the SPU Online Services page. |
Uptime | Instructure guarantees 99.9% uptime for Canvas. |
Learn More
Highlights
Eligibility
- Faculty, Students, and Staff
Support & Training
- Canvas Instructor Guide
- Canvas Student Guide
- Troubleshooting Canvas
- Check System Status
- Canvas is supported by ETM
Get Started
- Log into https://canvas.spu.edu with your SPU credentials