Canvas
Lord Fairfax Community College believe that all students deserve a collaborative, supportive, and relevant learning environment that supports the unique needs of each student. Our move to Canvas gives us an opportunity to reimagine learning and teaching to empower faculty and engage students to ensure their success.
Canvas will be adopted by all 23 Virginia Community Colleges starting in the Summer 2019 semester and will replace Blackboard at that time.
Canvas is a well-established learning management system that has been successfully adopted by thousands of institutions all over the world. We’re confident in its ability to serve our students and faculty well moving forward.
All VCCS colleges are now part of a Canvas pilot for the Spring 2019 semester and LFCC has over 70 courses being taught on Canvas for the Spring.
Direct link to Canvas: https://vccs.instructure.com. To log in, use your MyLFCC username and password. If you’ve never logged into MyLFCC before, view this help guide.
For questions or assistance with Canvas or other instructional technology, contact the ITO at ito@lfcc.edu.
Students, get started with a self-paced Canvas tutorial, called ‘Building with Canvas‘
Download the Canvas Mobile App
Canvas Student App
Students can submit assignments, participate in discussions, view grades and course materials. The app also provides access to course calendars, To Do items, notifications, and Conversations messages. Read more… |
Canvas Teacher App
This app provides quick access to grading, communicating, and updating—three of the most frequent course facilitation tasks for teachers through Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes. Read more… |
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Assignments
- How do I view Assignments as a student?
- How do I submit an online assignment?
- How do I upload a file as an assignment submission in Canvas?
- How do I upload a file from Google Drive as an assignment in Canvas?
- How do I know when my assignment has been submitted?
- How do I know when my instructor has graded my assignment?
- How do I view annotation feedback comments from my instructor directly in my assignment submission?
Calendar
- How do I use the Calendar as a student?
- How do I subscribe to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar as a student?
- How do I filter the Calendar view by course as a student?
Inbox/ Conversations
Course Navigation
- How do I use the Course Home Page as a student?
- How do I use the Course Activity Stream as a student?
Discussions
- How do I view Discussions as a student?
- How do I reply to a discussion as a student?
- How do I attach a file to a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I embed an image in a discussion reply as a student?
- How do I link to a YouTube video in a discussion reply as a student?
Global Navigation
- How do I use the Global Navigation Menu as a student?
- How do I use the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I use the to-do list for all my courses in the List View Dashboard as a student?
- How do I view grades in the Dashboard as a student?
- How do I get help with Canvas as a student?
- How do I log out of Canvas as a student?
Grades
- How do I view my grades in a current course?
- How do I use the icons and colors in the Grades page?
- How do I approximate my assignment scores using the ‘What-If’ Grades feature?
Modules and Pages
- How do I view Modules as a student?
- How do I view course content offline as an HTML file as a student?
- How do I view Pages as a student?
Profile and User Settings
- How do I add a profile picture in my user account as a student?
- How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as a student?
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as a student?
- How do I add a text (SMS) contact method in Canvas as a student?
Quizzes
- How do I view Quizzes as a student?
- How do I take a quiz?
- How do I answer each type of question in a quiz?
- How do I resume a quiz that I already started taking?
- How do I submit a quiz?
- How do I view quiz results as a student?
Rich Content Editor
- How do I add and modify text in the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I embed images from Canvas into the Rich Content Editor?
- How do I create a hyperlink or embed a file from Google Drive into the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I record a video using the Rich Content Editor as a student?
- How do I add captions to an external video as a student?
Canvas Help & Support
The VCCS has purchased Canvas Tier 1 Support, which includes 24/7/365 direct access to Canvas Support, including, phone, chat, and email options. Other support options include the Canvas Student Guides. These include step-by-step guides on how to do just about anything in Canvas.
Want to chat with a Canvas expert? Chat with Canvas Support
Call Canvas, anytime. They are here to help!
(877) 875-8359 or email: support@instructure.com
In your Canvas course, there is a help button on the lower left global navigation menu. Clicking it will bring you to all these help and support resources.
LFCC is focused on building Canvas awareness college-wide and has offered over 30 hours of faculty training during the Fall 2018 semester.
⏳Help! How can I get started? ⏳
Canvas Training at LFCC
The Instructional Technology Office (ITO) is looking to schedule one-on-one meetings with faculty to assist with getting courses ready on Canvas. Please email ito@lfcc.edu to schedule an appointment.
A limited number of in-person on-campus workshops are being offered for Instructors who may be looking at Canvas for the very first time:
Friday, May 10th in room 500 and 508 Fairfax Hall, Middletown Campus
RSVP now, seats are limited!
– 9:30 – 10:15 am – Canvas Basics running concurrently
– 10:30 – 11:15 am – Gradebook and Arc running simultaneous
– 11:30 – 12:15 am – Gradebook and Arc re-running simultaneous
🌱 Growing with Canvas 🌱 – Self-Paced Canvas Training Course
Common Canvas Questions
- How do I use the course Home Page?
- How do I view a course as a test student using Student View?
- How do I create an Announcement?
- How do I email my students?
- What assignment types can I create in a course?
- How do I create an Assignment?
- How do I create a Quiz?
- How do I create a Discussion?
- How do I use the Gradebook?
- How do make my content accessible to all users in Canvas?
- How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as an instructor? [or view the complete PDF Guide]
- Where can I download the Canvas Teacher app for my mobile device?
Other Canvas Resources
- Getting Started with Canvas Live Webinars
- Blackboard to Canvas Migration Guide
- Feature Comparison – Canvas & Blackboard
- Move Blackboard Tests into Canvas [watch the video, 2:37 with captions]
- Move Blackboard Course Files to Canvas [watch the video, 3:43 with captions]
- Request a Canvas sandbox (development) course
- Canvas Template Course Information
- Turnitin Plagiarism Tool – Help Resources
- VCCS Canvas Webinar Recording – 5 Engaging Ways to Use Arc in Your Canvas Course [57:39]
- Setting Up and Using Zoom LTI in Canvas for Online Office Hours [video, 3:16 with captions]
- Using Google Meet in Canvas for Online Office Hours
- Canvas Instructor Guides – Table of Contents
- Canvas Basics Guide – Table of Contents
- Video Guide – Table of Contents
- Canvas Instructor Tour Videos
- Guides: Arc
- Guides: Commons
- Canvas Training Portal
- Where can I download the Guides PDF manuals?
Canvas Help & Support
The VCCS has purchased Canvas Tier 1 Support, which includes 24/7/365 direct access to Canvas Support, including, phone, chat, and email options. Other support options include the Canvas Guides. These include step-by-step guides on how to do just about anything in Canvas.
Want to chat with a Canvas expert? Chat with Canvas Support
Call Canvas, anytime. They are here to help!
(877) 875-8425 or email: support@instructure.com
In your Canvas course, there is a help button on the lower left global navigation menu. Clicking it will bring you to all these help and support resources.
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