Learn about Canvas through a variety of guides or a mini-course collection of guides.

Check out some of our tips on preparing your course for online instruction.

Find answers to some of the most common questions about online grading.

Resources to share with students to help them better use and understand Canvas.

Fall 2020 Course Preparation

The Center for Teaching Innovation has assembled an array of tools to help you move your classes online, engage students in distance learning, and meet course learning objectives. Visit the CTI website to find all of our resources.

If you would like to experience Canvas before officially transferring your course(s) from Blackboard to Canvas, or would like to start moving material for a course that will run after Spring 2019, we can provide you with a course site where you can try out Canvas.

Request a Canvas "Sandbox" Course

Canvas users at Cornell are invited to enroll in the Canvas@Cornell Resource Library in order to be notified of future Resource Library changes and updates.

Enroll in the Canvas@Cornell Resource Library

We have developed a set of sample Canvas course layouts based on common Canvas usage. You can also find templates based off these layouts in Canvas Commons.

View Sample Course Layouts

If a student in your course has requested accommodations, contact Cornell’s Student Disability Services. For more information about accessibility and making your course content accessible, visit the Center for Teaching Innovation Accessibility, Accomodation, and Inclusion page, Checking Accessibility (of Canvas generated materials), and Getting Started in Ally (an accessibility tool available in Canvas).

Check out our most recent changes in the Canvas@Cornell Resource Library.

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