Using Canvas
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Backstage to your classes

Canvas is a cloud-based online learning management system (LMS) for all of your FLC courses and a platform for your success. Here is where you will:

• Find your course syllabus so you can get a jump-start on course expectations.
• Engage with course materials in modules. Modules represent organized units of student learning, and your online courses are often set up using weekly or thematic modules that introduce students to course concepts in a sequential order. You can find pages, videos, external links, and much more in your course modules. Be sure to review the Module Overview or Introduction page to familiarize yourself with important due dates and assignments.
• Make your online course submissions from essays to discussions to quizzes and exams. 
• Interact with other students and your instructor using the Inbox for messages, Discussions on course topics, or Zoom links within your course for synchronous class sessions.
• Find grades on course assignments and in the class overall. You can also find feedback on your submissions to help you understand what you will need to do to improve on your next assignment.
• Use the Calendar to preview upcoming deadlines and manage your time.
• Access the Skystore to purchase or rent your textbooks or other course materials.

Accessing Canvas

• Log in to Canvas using your FLC credentials, open the "Courses" link in the menu.
• Use theFort to navigate to Canvas
• Find a link in the Quick Links at the top of any page in the FLC website

Get to your courses

There are many ways to access your courses on Canvas. Each semester, your courses will appear in your Canvas Dashboard. You can arrange your Dashboard by course cards, a list of your courses, or by recent activity.

Accessibility and Canvas

Students can interact with accessibility features built into Canvas course pages and videos. The Immersive Reader feature, in the top right corner of each page, allows students to have the text read to them, adjust text size, spacing and colors, adjust the number of lines on the screen to improve focus, and more.

Videos created in Studio, the Canvas media recorder, have captions available. You can read the caption simply by opening them using the CC button at the bottom of the video frame.

Passport to Canvas

The best way to ensure you are getting the most out of Canvas is to self-enroll in the Passport to Canvas course. This is a self-paced course where you can earn badges in the form of passport stamps when you complete each module.  When you enroll in this course, you take charge of your own success by learning the skills listed at the top of the page. How many badges can you collect?

Canvas Support

You can access 24/7 Canvas support directly within the app. Use the "Help" link the Global Navigation bar on the left of your screen to contact a Canvas Support Professional. You can also contact IT support or the Student Tech Team.