Canvas Learning Management System
The Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) provides faculty and students with an intuitive, efficient, immersive, and mobile-friendly online platform. It streamlines access to course materials, assignment submissions, and online communication and collaboration. Offering a diverse range of tools, Canvas ensures the seamless delivery of educational content, encourages active engagement among online learners, and enables thorough performance assessment.
Canvas Training, Resources, and Support
We offer a wide array of resources tailored to enrich your Canvas experience, ranging from curated online materials to personalized one-on-one support and training sessions. Alongside the resources provided below, our dedicated team at the Wilmington University Help Desk stands ready to assist you in real-time or address any Canvas and technology-related concerns. View the Canvas Course Timeline to learn when instructors and students can access their courses in Canvas.
Students
- Student Canvas online resources—videos, links, and step-by-step walkthroughs to assist students in using Canvas for your WilmU classes.
- Canvas Organizations for Students—links to student organization that have Canvas content.
- Turnitin and Draft Coach Resources
Faculty/Staff
- Faculty/Staff Canvas online resources—videos, links, and step-by-step walkthroughs to assist faculty and staff in using Canvas.
- Faculty/Staff Canvas training—listing of self-paced trainings, live workshops, and Pathways to Instructional Excellence (PIE) trainings.
Canvas Tools and Resources
- Immersive Reader—The Immersive Reader feature is accessible within Canvas pages, offering a range of tools and options tailored to enhance the reading experience. It is designed to improve accessibility and enhance reading comprehension by providing various functionalities and tools.
- Rich Content Editor—The Rich Content Editor is a versatile tool used by students and teachers for creating new content in a Canvas course. It is employed across various features that support its functionality, including Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, New Quizzes, Pages, Quizzes, and Syllabus creation.