Survey: What do you think of Canvas?
UBC first launched Canvas as UBC’s new online learning platform in September 2017. Now that students are familiar with Canvas, we’d love to hear your feedback about specific ways it could be improved. What do you think of Canvas? Are there changes that could be made to make it more effective? Take our five-minute survey and […] Read More
New to Canvas? Here’s a place to start
Just learned that your course is on something called Canvas? We’ve got you covered. Welcome to UBC’s new Learning Management System. In September 2017, UBC began making the switch from our previous system, Connect, to our new system, Canvas. Connect is being retired at the end of the summer, so many students are going to […] Read More
Keeping your grades hidden on the Canvas Dashboard
By default, Canvas displays recent grades and other feedback you’ve received under the Recent Feedback section of the Canvas Dashboard. Having your recent feedback readily accessible can be convenient, but if you’re using Canvas in class or studying in a public place, you may not want that info to be quite so front-and-centre. Luckily, you […] Read More
Staying on track in your online courses
Canvas is UBC’s new online learning platform. It’s used by professors, TAs and students for communicating and having discussions about topics introduced in class, accessing course material, and even for taking quizzes and exams! There’s also a good chance you’ll take some fully online courses in Canvas while at UBC, which can come with their own […] Read More
Out with the old, in with the new: Saying farewell to Connect
Have you been wondering why UBC had two learning management platforms — Connect and Canvas — during the 2017/18 academic year? UBC started offering courses in Canvas, our new platform, last September. Each faculty developed its own plan for moving courses to the new system — which means that depending on what faculty/department you’re in, you […] Read More

UBC has moved to Canvas!

Canvas is UBC’s new mobile-friendly online learning platform. As of September 1, 2018, UBC no longer offers courses in Connect. If you’re taking a course in Canvas, you can log in with your CWL at canvas.ubc.ca.

Visit the Canvas blog—written by UBC students on the Canvas Project Team—for tips on things like acing Canvas quizzes and using the “What-if?” Grade tool to figure out what your hypothetical final mark in a class could be, depending on different grade scenarios.

If you have questions about Canvas, check out this list of helpful Canvas resources or the Canvas FAQ.

Survey: What do you think of Canvas?

New to Canvas? Here’s a place to start

Keeping your grades hidden on the Canvas Dashboard

Staying on track in your online courses

Out with the old, in with the new: Saying farewell to Connect

UBC has moved to Canvas!