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Canvas Resources

As of the fall 2012 semester, Colorado Mountain College is using Canvas by Instructure as its learning management system for all courses, instead of Blackboard 8. As of January 31, 2013, CMC's former Blackboard 8 system is no longer available online. Please contact the Office of Innovations, which maintains offline archives of all past CMC Blackboard courses, for assistance at innovations@coloradomtn.edu.

Your Canvas account is automatically activated and available when you enroll in a course or teach for CMC; instructors automatically receive a Canvas course for each course they are teaching. Students are automatically added to Canvas courses when they register. Other CMC employees who need to use Canvas and aren't sure that they have an active Canvas account or need special assistance, please contact the Office of Innovations in Teaching and Learning or the IT Department's Service Desk.

Use these links to obtain important information on using Canvas:
  • Is Canvas running normally? Click here to check!--this webpage by Instructure offers breaking news on Canvas, including outages and technical issues bulletins. You can also follow @canvassupport on Twitter for news.
  • Student FAQ - Answers to common student questions
  • Faculty FAQ - Answers to common faculty questions. There are more categories in our Faculty FAQ, listed below:
    • Are you a CMC instructor who needs a "sandbox" course in Canvas?
      Please fill out this form online.
    • Blackboard Collaborate Webconferencing FAQ - Help for faculty and students with using CMC's webconferencing tool, Blackboard Collaborate. This tool will soon be integrated into Canvas. A note to CMC faculty: we strongly urge you to include your full name, your course's name and/or your course's SYN number in the title of any Collaborate sessions you create in your Canvas courses. This will greatly facilitate troubleshooting and tech support.
    • Canvas Grading and Testing FAQ for Faculty- Help for faculty with the Canvas Gradebook, the SpeedGrader tool, and assessments in Canvas as well as information about using the Respondus LockDown Browser and the Respondus 4.0 test creation software
    • Blackboard to Canvas FAQ for Faculty - Guidance for faculty who wish to transition course materials from Blackboard to Canvas. Please note: as of January 31, 2013, CMC's former Blackboard 8 system is no longer available online. Please contact the Office of Innovations, which maintains offline archives of all past CMC Blackboard courses, at innovations@coloradomtn.edu for assistance with past Blackboard courses.
    • Turnitin FAQ for Faculty - Turnitin is an anti-plagiarism tool which is integrated into Canvas for all courses.
    • Respondus Test Authoring Software and Canvas - Guidance for faculty wishing to use the PC-only Respondus 4.0 test authoring software with Canvas to create tests. CMC instructors and staff can obtain a license from CMC to install Respondus 4.0 permanently on their computers by registering for and completing the Respondus 4.0 Licensing course offered by the Office of Innovations. Please consult the training calendar at www.coloradomtn.edu/training for that course's details and WebAdvisor registration information.
    • Respondus LockDown Browser and Canvas - Answers to common questions about using the Respondus LockDown Browser and Canvas. Please note: Respondus LockDown Browser is currently only available for use by students on CMC computers at CMC test sites. CMC's Online Learning distributes Respondus LockDown Browser to CMC faculty; please contact Online Learning for details about acquiring a copy.
  • Canvas Guides- Online tutorials to guide you through common questions. There's a Canvas Guide for students, a Canvas Guide for instructors, and more!
  • Canvas Help Center- Talk to the Canvas Community, give feedback on Canvas, request support, or browse the Canvas Guides
  • Canvas Best Practice Webinar Series -A series of recorded webinars on Canvas-related topics and best practices; the Office of Innovations publicizes and lists upcoming webinars on its training calendar
  • Canvas YouTube Channel - Online videos on a number of Canvas-related topics
  • Request Help - Contacts that can be used to answer your questions if the answers cannot be found here

Canvas provides CMC faculty and students with a cutting-edge, user-friendly tool! Canvas lets you speed up grading; send custom email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or text notifications; use Google Docs, Diigo, and Delicious; create amazing course content with your webcam, easily collaborate, and more—all securely through the cloud.