Start Teaching with Canvas at UIW
Canvas is designed to make your teaching life easier. From organizing course materials and communicating with students, to collecting assignments and tracking grades, everything you need is in one place. This guide walks you through getting started with Canvas as an instructor.
Step 1: Request a Sandbox
A Sandbox is a private, blank Canvas course shell where you can explore, experiment, or build a course without the risks of a student audience. This type of personal practice space is the perfect place to try out features before using them in a live course. To start practicing, you'll need to request a sandbox because one is not automatically created for you.
Note that your actual academic courses are different. You do not need to request academic courses as they are set up for you through Banner by your department.
Request a Canvas Sandbox
Step 2: Review the Canvas Basics
If you're brand new to Canvas or learning management systems in general, take a little time to familiarize yourself with the basic features. Getting comfortable with key concepts like Pages, Files, and Modules will help you decide where to dive in more deeply. You don't need to learn everything at once, just enough to feel oriented.
Open the Canvas Basics Guide
Step 3: Learn Instructional Features
Once you're comfortable with the basics, it's time to dive into the features and settings that make your course truly functional. Start with the tools you plan to use in your first course and build from there. Canvas has a lot to offer, and you'll continue to discover new features the more you teach with it.
Open the Canvas Instructor Guide
Additional Canvas training choices are coming soon.