Finding your Courses in Canvas

Once you have logged into Canvas you will be on your main User Dashboard. Your Dashboard will look something like this:

To enter your course, select the either the course card for the appropriate class on the dashboard or click courses in the global navigation area and select the course.

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Once you enroll in a course, you will automatically be added into that course in Canvas. However, you will not see the course appear in Canvas until the instructor publishes the course.

IMPORTANT: If you do not see your courses on your Dashboard, please do the following:

Click on the "Courses" tab in the global navigation area and click on "All Courses." This will display a list of all the courses you are involved in. Only courses marked with a gold star will appear on your Dashboard. If your course is listed in the All Courses area but is not showing on your Dashboard, click the empty star next to it and then click back to your Dashboard. The course should now appear.
If you have just registered for your course and it is not listed in the "All Courses" area, you may not have been automatically added to the course yet. Check back in a few minutes.
If it has been more than a day since you registered and your course is still not showing in the "All Courses" area or your Dashboard, email your instructor letting them know you are attempting to participate in their course and it may not be turned on.
Email or call the eLearning department to let them know which course is not available.
Keep checking Canvas for your class and your email for communications from your instructor.

IMPORTANT: Please do not use the Recent Activity feed to enter your course. You will miss vital pieces of your course this way. Instead, follow the directions above to enter your course.