Get flex credit and learn how to use Canvas effectively by:

• Enrolling in one of our Canvas and online teaching courses, like the Beginner's Guide to Teaching with Canvas (BGTC).
• Self-enrolling in DVC's Online Teaching and Course Design Guidance course to download templates, learn about online teaching and learning, and so much more. 
• Signing up for a Canvas workshop - offered in fall/spring flex weeks and throughout the term - in GROW@4CD
• Watching a recording of a prior workshop through the GROW@4CD Playlist.
• Meeting with a peer mentor - online in DVC's Digital Learning Lab or on campus in the Staff Development Lab.

Canvas sites are created automatically each term through District IT, typically seven weeks before the start of the term. 

You'll find the link to Canvas on InSite - or bookmark DVC's Canvas site on your device!  Use your InSite username and password to log in. 

Forgot your username or password?  

• submit a help ticket
• email help@4cd.edu
• call 925-229-6888

• Many departments host Canvas sites with support materials for their instructors. Contact your Department Chair with inquiries.
• Check out DVC's optional Canvas course template and design materials by clicking the "Course design resources" tab on Online Teaching Tips.

Due to complexities with FERPA compliance, a risk of lost course materials, and technology integration issues, our district no longer allows Canvas combination requests. See the 4CD Guidance on Combined Shells for more, including time-saving tips for using “copy to” to quickly share content between course shells.

Students will not see your Canvas shell until:

1. the first day of the term AND
2. you publish your course

If you want students to have access prior to the course start date, you can change your course and section date settings from the default term dates to course dates you specify. Students should not participate in a course outside of term dates, so please limit access to view only if you choose to do this.

Sandbox courses are available for faculty to work on course design, for departments, and for faculty training needs. Please email Anne Kingsley with your request.

For any and all Canvas shell requests, please review the Non-instructional Canvas Shells Guidelines and, if your request meets the need, submit a Non-instructional Canvas Shell Request Form for review and possible approval. 

101 - User Settings from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo.

• Profile and User Settings
• How do I designate pronouns on Canvas?
• How do I edit my display name on Canvas?

• How do I create a new page in a course?
• How do I set a home page in a course?

• How do I manage course navigation links?

• How do I add an announcement to a course?
• How do I show recent announcements on a course Home Page?

• How do I upload a PDF to a Canvas course?
• How do I embed an image in a Canvas page?
• How do I link live docs from OneDrive/Google Drive?
• Tip: Check to make sure you have Accessible Word Docs and Accessible PDFs

• How do I create a new page in a course?
• How do I set a home page in a course?

• How do I create an assignment in a course?
• More on Canvas Assignments

• How do I create a discussion?
• More on Canvas Discussions

• Learn about classic Quizzes
• Learn about New Quizzes

• How do I create a module?
• How do I add content to a module?

310 - Gradebook Overview from Instructure Canvas Community on Vimeo.

• How do I use the Gradebook?
• How do I select a grade posting policy for a course in the Gradebook?
• How do I weight grades?
• How do I drop the lowest score in a grading category?
• How do I curve grades in the Gradebook?

• How do I leave feedback comments for students in Speedgrader?

• How do I publish a course?

• How do I copy content from one semester to the next?
• DVC's End-of-semester Canvas and Tech Wrap Up Guide 

• How do I import from Commons?

Have a Canvas question not answered here?

• Search the full Canvas Instructor Guides
• See Online Teaching Tools for guides to other common instructional technologies like Zoom and Studio

• 24-7 Chat:
  1. Log into Canvas.
  2. Click "Help" in the global navigation menu.
  3. Click "Chat with Canvas Support (Faculty)."
• Canvas DVC Faculty Support Line: 1-833-221-7461
• Appointment with a "Panda Pro"

• Drop-in support available online in the Digital Learning Lab or on campus in the Staff Development Center. 
• Key Contacts:
  • Neal Skapura, Technology Training and Development Coordinator, Canvas Admin: nskapura@dvc.edu
  • Crystala Button, Technology Training and Development Coordinator, Instructional Design: cbutton@dvc.edu
  • Emma Rogers, DE Coordinator: erogers@dvc.edu
  • TBD, PD Coordinator
  • TBD, Dean of Library, Educational Technology, and Learning Support