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Canvas Instructor Training

» Instructor Training Options

Canvas is the Learning Management System you will use to communicate and share content with your students. The page is for learning about Canvas and offers a wealth of resources to get started.

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Remote training

Would you like to learn from a trainer? The Instructional Technology team offers regular workshops, drop-in support hours, and 1:1 consultations to help you when and where you need.

Self-Paced Growing with Canvas training

"Growing with Canvas" offers online, step-by-step training to help you build your course through self-directed modules. Instructors are automatically enrolled and given a practice sandbox. Sign into Canvas to find the Self-Paced Growing with Canvas course on your dashboard.

Web-based, self-help options

Canvas has a great group of guides and a robust community ready to help you. We also have a "Getting Started with Canvas" tutorial for Chapman instructors who are new to Canvas or need a refresher.

Download the Canvas Teacher app

Use these links to download the appropriate Canvas teacher app. You'll be amazed how much you can accomplish from your mobile phone.

Questions? Contact Chapman's Educational Technology Team.

Choose one of the options below to get help with Canvas or receive course design support.

1:1 Consultations

Schedule a consultation with an Instructional Technology Services team member for help analyzing your learning outcomes and incorporating educational technology into your class for engagement, assessment, and active learning.

Canvas LMS


The Canvas Learning Management System helps instructors support the learning needs of their students by giving them a space to organize learning. Instructors can organize files and readings, deliver multi-media content, add formative and summative assessments, grade, integrate with textbooks, communicate with students, review student learning analytics, and much more.