NMSU Grants Student Orientation

Canvas Learning Management System (LMS)

What is Canvas?

Learning Management System (LMS); platform for online learning and course administration
Name of the product produced by the company Instructure (www.instructure.com)
Adopted by NMSU in 2012, replaces Blackboard LMS
Web-based, just like any other website it requires an Internet connection
Recommended browser: Firefox (by Mozilla)
- Safari, Chrome okay
- Internet Explorer (Microsoft) is not recommended
- Need latest updates for Java and Flash
- Canvas apps available for iOS and Android devices

How to access Canvas?

Several ways:
- http://learn.nmsu.edu - direct
- http://nmsu.instructure.com - direct
- http://my.nmsu.edu - Canvas link
- http://grants.nmsu.edu - Canvas link
- Same login (username, password) as my.nmsu.edu; nmsu email address
- Automatically added to Canvas courses via Banner
- All online courses use Canvas
- Some regular face-to-face classes will use some Canvas features

Learn about Canvas

The following resources are consolidated at: https://nmsu.instructure.com/courses/749589

Student Orientation handout (this)
Are you ready for an online course?
Video Overview of Canvas for Students, 1 of 2 (9:54)
Video Overview of Canvas for Students, 2 of 2 (11:06)
NMSU Student Technology Resources
Instructure Canvas Student Orientation, 12 tutorials
Instructure Canvas Student Quickstart Guide (FAQs)
Profile of an Online Student (FYI)

If you'd like to 'register' for this non-academic support course, send an email request to steves@nmsu.edu. Registration is optional and doesn't cost anything. Benefits include:

The course will show up under your list of Courses in Canvas, so it's always just a click away.
Announcements and Discussion posts/comments will appear in your Recent Activity stream, just like your academic courses.
You can participate in support Discussions.

What you’ll see when you login to Canvas — “Global” landing page view of all your courses

What you’ll see in a specific Canvas course — the course Home Page