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CANVAS MOBILE APPS – iOS iPAD
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. How to find and install the Canvas – by Instructure app. The Canvas app is a free app. 2. The layout on the mobile app is slightly different than on a web browser. 3. Not everything is available to access on the mobile app.
INSTALLING THE CANVAS – BY INSTRUCTURE APP
CANVAS HAS SEVERAL D IFFERENT APPS AVAILABLE IN THE APP STORE . TO ACCESS THE YOUR COURSES IN CANVAS , DOWNLOAD THE CANVAS – BY INSTRUCTURE APP .
• To download the Canvas app, first go to the App Store on your iPhone. • Once in the App Store, search for “Canvas -‐ by Instructure.” • The app that you will need to install will look like this: • Select Install. Once the app has successfully installed, Open the Canvas app.
LOGGING INTO THE CANVAS APP ON THE IPHONE
THERE ARE SEVERAL PAGES TO NAVIGATE BEFORE HAVING ACCESS TO YOUR CANVAS COURSES .
1. Type in the canvas URL. For the mobile apps, its baylor.instrucure.com
2. Type in your BearID and password.
3. Select Log In to get started.
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NAVIGATING THE CANVAS APP
THE CANVAS APP LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN CANVAS IN A WEB BROWSER . HOWEVER , THE FUNCTIONALITY IS ALMOST THE SAME.
After logging into the Canvas app, the first screen that appears is the Dashboard.
To enter a specific course, select a course from the course list view.
1. This shows a list of your favorite courses.
2. This shows a list of all of your courses.
3. This takes you to course view.
4. This provides a list of To-‐Do items, i.e. assignments needing to be submitted
5. This takes you to your Notifications – a list of all unread announcements, discussion posts,
etc.
6. This is where you can send conversation messages to you instructor, classmates, etc.
7. This takes you to your personal profile.
8. This will take you to the Help Menu if you need help with Canvas.
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COURSE NAVIGATION IN THE CANVAS APP
The Home Page of each course will look different for each course. However, the Course Navigation menu is always available on the left hand side of the screen from the home page.
This is an example of a home page on an iPad. The left hand side of the screen has the
Course Navigation menu. Not all options in this image may be available to you as a
student.
To interact in the Canvas course, select any option from the left side to open that
respective function.
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WHAT CAN I DO IN THE MOBILE APP?
Below is a chart that outline what can and cannot be done in the iOS iPad.
Course Navigation iPhone iPad Location of Course Navigation Menu
Top, Scroll-‐Down Menu
Left Sidebar
Announcements ✓ ✓
Assignments ✓ ✓
Collaborations ✗ ✗
Conferences ✗ ✗
Discussions ✓ ✓
Grades ✓ ✓
Messages ✓ ✓
Modules ✓ ✓
Notifications ✓ ✓
Pages View Only View Only
People View & Message View & Message
Profile Location
Bottom left on Dashboard Menu
Top right corner of Dashboard page
Quizzes ✓ ✓
Settings ✗ ✗
Syllabus ✓ ✓
✓ = fully functional
✗ = not supported at this time