Welcome!
This page is designed to provide Instructors with a curated list of useful resources to better manage their courses. See the Canvas Instructor Guide for a comprehensive list of documentation guides and videos
Access Canvas at canvas.unm.edu. Log in with your UNM email address and password. For help with logging in, see How to Log In to Canvas.
Some Essential Canvas Guides
- Canvas Basics
- Navigating Canvas
- Differences between Learn and Canvas
- Migration Options and Migration Cleanup Checklist
- Canvas Instructor Guide
- Start-of-Semester Checklist
- Getting Started
- Adding your Banner course to Canvas
Why can't I, as an instructor, see my course in Canvas?
Unless your course is scheduled as fully online or hybrid, you will need to web-enhance the course for it to be in Canvas. See How to Web-Enhance Your Course for more information.
Why can't students see my course?
1) Has the course started yet? Banner courses in Canvas will only be accessible to students on the first day of class. Also, if you were working in a "Temp course", make sure you have copied that content into a Banner course. Students will not see Temp courses.
2) Has the course been published? Students can only access a published course.
If you are still having issues, please view our Why Can't Students See My Course? page.
Functions within Canvas
Resources to Share with Students
Canvas Course Template
Want to make your course design easier? Check out the UNM CTL Course Template! This resource course shell includes a variety of ready-to-use course components for you to choose from, including an orientation module, example home pages and content module, and several powerful supplemental resources—all of which leverage effective pedagogy and accessibility principles.
Warning: If you upload this into a Banner course, do not accept any Updates from the template in Commons if you customized the front page or any other elements within the template or your updates will be overwritten in those items.
Contact support for questions on how to use Canvas or its integrated apps. 24/7 support if contacting by phone.
Canvas TrainingsNew to Canvas? Training is available through the Canvas Training Portal and workshops provided by UNM CTL.
External AppsInterested in using a third-party integration or External App? See what’s available so far in Canvas.
Canvas Video TutorialsUseful visual guides for using the different components of Canvas.
Canvas Instructor GuidesA comprehensive list of many Instructor Guides for Canvas.
System Status & AlertsAre you running into an issue with Canvas? Please check out this page to see the system status.
What's New in CanvasPlease check out this page for updates and News about UNM Canvas.
Faculty FAQs
Click "Student View" in the top right hand corner. Keep in mind that Attendance, conferences, conversations inbox, collaborations, differentiated assignments, external apps, groups, peer reviews, and profiles do not work for the Test Student.
Not all courses are in Canvas. It must be scheduled as an Online, Hybrid, or an Accelerated Online Programs course to be added automatically. Otherwise you must Web-Enhance it in LoboWeb if you want to use Canvas.
Go to Courses > All Courses and click the star next to the courses you would like to have placed on your Dashboard. Once a single course has been Favorited, only Favorited courses wil appear on your Dashboard.
It will depend on which External App/Tool you are trying to add to your course. Please click on the name of the tool on our External Apps page for our documentation on the subject.
