Top Canvas Tips
Access your Canvas course at
- The username is your MyCanyons email address: "username@my.canyons.edu"
- The password is your my.canyons email password
1. Do not use Internet Explorer or Edge
- work best with Canvas
2. Find your courses
- On the first day of the term, you will find your courses on your If you don't see your course there, click the Courses link, then click the link. You can click the star 猸� next to the course to add it to your Dashboard.
3. Check out your "What-If" grade
- View " to see how your grades will be affected by an assignment. Go to your course, then to Grades, and click "Show What-If Score". Enter a hypothetical grade for any ungraded item.
4. Don't miss assignment feedback
- Look for the feedback or speech icons next to assignments to see feedback from your instructor.
5. Set your preferences
- Do you want to be notified by text message or email when your instructor grades your assignments or when a due date changes? Do you want to be notified ASAP or only once per day? To , click on Account, then select Notifications.
6. Go mobile
- Download Canvas' FREE app for and to access your course on the go!
7. Save a back-up file of your work
- Always save a copy of a typed submission in a or Pages (or notepad) file outside of Canvas before clicking the submit button. Why do this? There's always a chance that you could lose what you've typed.
8. Get help with Canvas
- If you need help while using Canvas, contact Canvas Support:
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open Monday - Thursday 12:00pm - 5:00pm; Friday 12:00pm - 3:00pm; and Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm
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24/7 support via or by phone: 1-877-889-9052
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Email cvsupport@canyons.edu
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Call 661-362-3344 (Mon-Thurs 9am-5pm; Fri 10am-3pm).
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