Booth Exec Ed, Graham School, and non-UChicago users: If you don’t have a CNetID, login with the email address to which your UChicago Canvas invitation was sent. Unable to login? Email canvas@uchicago.edu
Faculty and instructors:
Create Your Course Site NowImplement Student Accommodations in Canvas
Canvas includes features that can help streamline the process of granting your students accommodations. Read our post on implementing student accommodations in Canvas (opens in new tab) to find out more.
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Getting Started with New Quizzes in Canvas
The New Quizzes tool is now available in Canvas and features enhanced functionality compared to Classic Quizzes. Check out our ATS blog post on New Quizzes (opens in new tab) to learn more.
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Leave Engaging, Accessible Feedback for Students with Canvas Media Comments
Looking for a way to engage your students? Consider leaving media comments on their work! New functionality means that Canvas media comments are easier to record and more accessible than ever. Our ATS blog post on Canvas media comments (opens in new tab) will tell you all about it.
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Experience Canvas!
Canvas has been selected by the LMS Review Faculty Committee to replace Chalk as the University of Chicago’s Learning Management System (LMS). The transition from Chalk to Canvas will take place in phases between Fall 2016 and Spring 2018. During this time Chalk will still be available. For more information about the transition, see the Canvas Transition page.
Benefits of Canvas
- A modern and uncluttered interface
- Easy to use, intuitive features
- Improved mobile experience
- Better collaboration features through Google Docs and UChicago Box integration
- Robust environment for content authoring
Attend a Canvas Workshop
Instructors, TAs, and staff, learn about Canvas in one of our Canvas basics and migration workshops:
From Tuesday, January 2 to Friday, January 12, 2018 we also have open Walk-In Hours 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily (except Wednesday and Friday afternoons) at the TechBar. These are drop-in sessions, no appointments necessary. See the schedule. Starting in mid-Janurary, you can also sign up for our advance topic workshops.
RSVP for Canvas Day 2018!
You’re invited to join us for Canvas Day, April 25, 2018, 11:30 A.M. — 5:00 P.M., at the Regenstein Library.
This half-day conference (canvasday.uchicago.edu) will include presentations by faculty showcasing ways to increase student engagement and collaboration. The event will start with a light lunch and end with a reception that includes an exciting preview tour of a new digital creation capability here at UChicago. Please join us for this exciting event!
Attend a Canvas Workshop
Instructors, TAs, and staff, learn about Canvas in one of our Canvas basics and migration workshops:
Alternatively, attend our open Walk-In Hours at the TechBar. These are drop-in sessions, no appointments necessary. See the schedule.
Announcing the 14th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions
The 14th Annual Faculty Technology Receptions are coming soon! Read our new post to learn about the event and how to RSVP.
New Workshop Available: Designing an Effective Course Site!
Would you like to learn how to set up your Canvas course site with speed and efficiency? Are you interested in seeing your course site from a student’s-eye view? Then come to our new workshop, Designing an Effective Course Site! Two sessions are available. Full Details and Registration
Symposium for Teaching with Technology 2019
The Symposium for Teaching with Technology 2019 is coming on Tuesday, April 23! The Symposium is an event that brings together faculty, instructors, lecturers, learning designers, academic technologists, and students to share and showcase a wide variety of innovative and effective uses of technology in teaching and learning. Download the flyer or visit the Symposium website to learn more.
Canvas Highlights, May 2019
Check out our latest post to learn more about important Canvas updates in the last month!
Attend a Canvas Workshop
Current workshops for instructors, TAs, and staff include:
- Introduction to Canvas
- Copying Material between Canvas Courses
- Canvas for Humanities
- Canvas for STEM
- Designing an Effective Course Site
- Providing Effective Assessment and Feedback in Canvas
- Using Multimedia for Instruction and Assignments
Or you can get one-on-one help at our Canvas Walk-in hours.
Training Options for Remote Teaching
As UChicago transitions to remote teaching for Spring Quarter 2020, multiple training options are available to help familiarize you with the tools and techniques of effective remote teaching. Read the latest post from ATS to learn more.
Organize Course Material with Modules
Do you want to organize your course material in an order that reflects your syllabus in Canvas? You can do so using Modules. Read our blog post on how to use Canvas Modules to organize your course.
What’s New in Canvas – June 2020
Canvas offers new features in June that can be helpful to instructors in managing their course content and sharing it with others. Read the latest post from ATS to learn more.
Students: Sign Up for an Appointment in Canvas
Many instructors are now using Canvas to schedule their office hours. If your instructor has set up his/her office hours in Canvas, read our latest post to find out how to reserve a slot.
Regular Canvas Maintenance Window Beginning Thursday, July 15
Starting July 15, Canvas will have a regular maintenance window on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Check out our blog post for more details.
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Find and Use the Panopto Course Folder in Your Canvas Course
If your students are having difficulty seeing your Panopto videos, it may be because those videos are in the incorrect folder. Read our latest blog post to find out the difference between the Panopto course folder and the Assignments subfolder, and why it matters.
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Canvas Quizzes vs. Gradescope Online Assignments
Learn how Canvas Quizzes compare to Gradescope Online Assignments and which option is best for you.
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Blog Series: Combating Academic Dishonesty
Are you interested in how to make dishonest behavior more difficult in your course? If so, read our ongoing blog series.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Customize Your Canvas Site with Canvas Pages
Interesting in customizing the look and feel of your Canvas course site? Learn how Canvas Pages can work for you!
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Use Peer Review in Canvas to Build Your Learning Community
Canvas’ Peer Review feature makes it simple to have your students give feedback on one another’s work. By combining peer review with rubrics, you can structure assessment and help to generate clear, thoughtful, and valuable student feedback.
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Use Weighted Assignment Groups in Your Canvas Course
Weighted Assignment Groups are a powerful tool for helping ensure that the organization and weighting of your Canvas Assignments matches your syllabus. Read our latest post to learn how you can set up and weight Assignment Groups.
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What’s New in Canvas-Autumn 2022
As you gear up for Autumn Quarter, we invite you to take a look at new features in Canvas that can be useful in your teaching.
Support Your Pedagogy with Anonymous Canvas Discussions
Canvas now supports student anonymity in Discussions. By combining this feature with the new Report Reply feature, you can host anonymous discussions on sensitive topics while also moderating inappropriate content.
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Customizing Your Canvas Dashboard
Want to clean up your Canvas Dashboard? Looking to remove old courses or add custom images to course cards? Read our newest blog post to find out how to control your Dashboard’s look.
Canvas Outage Resolved, March 14, 2023
Canvas experienced an outage earlier today due to a certificate issue. That issue has been resolved, and you should now be able to log in.
Winter Recess, Dec. 26, 2022 to Jan. 2, 2023
The University will be closed Dec. 26, 2022 to Jan. 2, 2023 for Winter Recess. During this time, Canvas help from ATS will not be available. If you need immediate assistance, please call Canvas’ 24-7 helpline at 833.564.8137 (faculty) or 844.334.6803 (students).
Panopto maintenance, January 4, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
UChicago’s Panopto instance will be upgraded to the latest release on Saturday, January 4th from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm CST. During this time, the platform and all video uploaded to it will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information on what’s new in Panopto 8.0, please refer to the release notes here: panop.to/8-0-notes
24×7 Support for Canvas
Faculty, instructors, and students: 24×7 Canvas support is available at 844-334-6803 or Live Chat (click the help button after logging-in to Canvas). For UChicago-specific questions (e.g. splitting and combining course sections, access and enrollment issues), you can reach the UChicago Canvas Team during business hours at canvas@uchicago.edu.
Panopto maintenance, January 4, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
UChicago’s Panopto instance will be upgraded to the latest release on Saturday, January 4th from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm CST. During this time, the platform and all video uploaded to it will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information on what’s new in Panopto 8.0, please refer to the release notes here: panop.to/8-0-notes
AIS maintenance, December 19, 5-7:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
AIS maintenance, February 17, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will also not be updated on Saturday, February 17, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
AIS maintenance, April 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will also not be updated on Saturday, April 7, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Course Request Form Maintenance, July 19, 7 a.m.-9 p.m.
Due to planned maintenance, the Canvas course and organization site creation forms will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated on Thursday, July 19, from 7:00 a.m. to approximately 9:00 a.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, July 21, 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated on Saturday, July 21, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 11:00 a.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, August 18, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated on Saturday, August 18, from 7:30 a.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, November 17, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated on Saturday, November 17, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, February 16, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated on Saturday, February 16, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, May 18, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance, the Canvas course creation form will be unavailable and course enrollment will not be updated on May 18, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (CT). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, Sept. 6 at 12 p.m. – Sept. 8 at 10 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be undergoing an upgrade from Friday, September 6 at 12 p.m. until Sunday, September 8 at 10 p.m. The Canvas course creation form will be unavailable during that time. Course enrollment will also not be updated due to the AIS upgrade. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Canvas maintenance, February 26, 2:00 a.m.- 2:10 a.m.
Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) will be performing a brief maintenance event on Tuesday, February 26. The anticipated downtime for the maintenance will last 5-10 min and will occur at 2:00 a.m. CST. Users will not be able to access Canvas while the maintenance is underway.
Canvas maintenance, July 26, 11:00 p.m.- 4:00 a.m.
Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) will be performing a maintenance event on Friday, July 26.
Canvas maintenance, August 31, 11:00 p.m.- 3:00 a.m.
Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) will be performing a maintenance event on Saturday, August 31.
AIS maintenance, November 23, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, November 23 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Canvas maintenance, December 2, 2:30 a.m.- 3:00 a.m.
Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) will be performing a maintenance event on Monday, December 2.
Panopto maintenance, January 4, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
UChicago’s Panopto instance will be upgraded to the latest release on Saturday, January 4th from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm CST. During this time, the platform and all video uploaded to it will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information on what’s new in Panopto 8.0, please refer to the release notes here: panop.to/8-0-notes
AIS maintenance, February 29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, February 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, April 11, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, May 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, May 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, June 27, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, June 27 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, July 18, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, July 18 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, September 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Academic Information System (AIS) will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, September 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time lmsmiddleware.uchicago.edu will be in maintenance mode, and AIS feeds for any new enrollments will not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
AIS maintenance, October 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Canvas course creation form will be unavailable on Wednesday, October 14, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Course enrollment will also not be updated due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
AIS maintenance, October 24, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Canvas course creation form will be unavailable on Saturday, October 24, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Course enrollment will also not be updated due to Academic Information System (AIS) maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Canvas maintenance, May 10, 2:00 a.m.- 3:00 a.m.
Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) will be performing a maintenance event on Monday, May 10.
Canvas phone support unavailable, June 18, 7:00 a.m.- June 19, 1:00 a.m.
In observance of Juneteenth, Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) will be giving its employees a holiday on Friday, June 18. Phone support for Canvas will be unavailable from June 18 at 7:00 A.M. CDT to June 19 at 1:00 A.M. CDT.