Canvas Essentials

When term has ended, the course will drop out of your active course listing and become read-only access.

Canvas checklists to strengthen any course across four essentials: communication, organization, assessment, and engagement.

Create an assignment with all the assignment details and mode of student submission.

Quick and simple ways to use your Canvas course site, with links to easy instructions.

Get important information in front of students in myriad of ways with a single click.

Send messages and attached files with Canvas Inbox which appear in Canvas and are sent to students' personal external email addresses.

Modules organize content to help control the flow of the course. Each module can contain files, discussions, assignments, quizzes, and other learning materials.

Leverage the Harvard Library resources for your students and respect copyright policy. Linking to a Harvard-licensed resource is the safest and best route because Harvard has already purchased access to that material.

Reorder, enable and disable items on your course navigation menu depending on the structure of your course.

Choose if and when to release site content for student access.