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Log into PirateNet using your Seton Hall credentials. Then, search for and click on the Canvas chiclet.  

The global navigation menu is located on the far left-side of the screen and is visible from all pages. It contains links to your profile, dashboard, courses, calendar, inbox, history, and help.

For more information about navigating Canvas, watch the Canvas walkthrough video on Global Navigation or read more about the Global Menu.

The Dashboard is the first area you will see when you log into Canvas. The Dashboard provides a clear view of the activity happening in your current courses. View the Dashboard Guide.

The Course Navigation Menu is a series of links directly on the left side of your course that help you and your students access different course areas. The Course Navigation Menu is visible on all course pages. View the navigation walkthrough video.

Images should be square in size to prevent your picture from being resized or distorted. Files can be any size or type (.jpg, .png, .gif) as long as you have room in your personal files to store the file. It is recommended that the photo be as small as possible. View the profile photo guide.

Canvas includes a set of default notification settings you can receive for your courses. However, you can set your own notification settings. These custom settings only apply to you; they are not used to control how course updates are sent to other users. View the Canvas notification guide.

All Canvas notifications are sent from notifications@instructure.com.

The Canvas Teacher mobile app allows faculty to facilitate their courses on the go. Through Announcements, Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes, this app provides quick access to grading, communicating, and updating—three of the most frequent course facilitation tasks for faculty. Canvas Teacher is available for both Android and iOS devices.  

• Follow the mobile guide for faculty to install the Canvas Teacher App.  

• Do not use the mobile browser for viewing courses.   

• Explore the Canvas Community’s in-depth mobile guides for Android and iOS. 

All dates and times throughout a course are displayed according to the course time zone. Courses automatically default to the account time zone.  

Every course listed with the University Registrar has a Canvas course site automatically created. Any student who registers for a class automatically appears in the course’s roster.  

Note: If your course is not listed in Canvas, you might not be listed as the Instructor of Record in Banner. Please contact your department for assistance. 

For academic courses, student enrollments for your course are populated from SIS to Canvas. It can take up to 24 hours for new enrollments added in SIS to populate or drop from your Canvas site. You cannot manually add students to your academic course.  

In order for students to view and access your course, you must publish it. You may also unpublish a course if you want to hide it from students. However, once your course contains a graded submission, you cannot unpublish it.  

Note: Each semester, a term date is set. This date should not be changed. Even if you publish your course early, students will not be able to view it before the term date. 

Your course many not be published. Follow the steps outlined above to publish it or review Canvas' how-to article on publishing a course.

You can view a course the same way that your students view your course through Student View. Enabling Student View creates a Test Student in your course. You can also activate Student View in your Course Settings. Student View will show you if the content is published, locked, or otherwise made unavailable to students. Follow the steps outlined in Canvas' how-to article to see your course from a student’s perspective: View the course in Student View.

If any of your academic courses need to be merged in advance of term start, please open a support ticket. Be sure to include the names and course numbers that need to be merged.

Note: Only cross listed courses will be merged. Request merges before courses open to students whenever possible. 

There are a few different ways you can organize your course content in Canvas. The article, Organize Your Course Content, provides a brief overview of the tools available and additional resources on how to use the tool.

If you would like further assistance or would like to discuss options, please contact your Instructional Designer Liaison.