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
“What-if” Grades in Canvas: No more convoluted calculations
Imagine you have an assignment coming up that’s marked out of 100 and is part of a group of three assignments that are overall worth 30% of your final grade. Before, you’d need pen, paper, and calculator just to try to figure out what grade you’d need to get on that assignment in order to […] Read More
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

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.

Staying on track in your online courses

“What-if” Grades in Canvas: No more convoluted calculations

Survey: What do you think of Canvas?

New to Canvas? Here’s a place to start

Keeping your grades hidden on the Canvas Dashboard

UBC has moved to Canvas!