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• Learning Systems Academy: VCU Student Video Guides

Pre-Canvas Checklist

1. Make sure you can access your VCU Email
2. Managing your Course Notifications
3. Sync Canvas with your Calendars (Optional)
   Apple iPhone or iPad
   Apple Calendar
   Google Calendar
4. Download Canvas Mobile (Recommended) - Canvas Student App
   Apple App Store
   Google Play Store - search the Play Store for "Canvas Student App" by Instructure

This student introductory training video provides a Canvas course overview just for students. Viewers will learn about Course Navigation and Canvas features used to deliver content, and to assess learning and performance.

Getting Started

Blackboard to Canvas Equivalencies Chart

Set Up Your Canvas Account
Manage Canvas Notification Settings
Edit Your Canvas Profile
Select Personal Pronouns

Accessing Canvas at VCU
Visit Call Me By My Name, where you can select a name/name of use, gender/gender identity and pronouns. Any changes will automatically update across all VCU platforms.

Email - with Google Workspace, you have access to Google's email, productivity and collaboration tools, while maintaining an @vcu.edu email address.

Login issues could be the result of a problem with your VCU eID or Password. Your VCU eID is a username that authenticates you to many VCU web applications and electronic services.

Still have questions? VCU IT Support Center can point you in the right direction.

Taking Assessments

Taking a Quiz (Classic Quizzes)
Taking a Quiz (New Quizzes)

Understanding the Gradebook
View Grades
View Grades in a Concluded Course
How to Approximate Grades Using the "What If" Feature - Note: As a student, you can view your grades based on "What-If" scores so that you know how grades will be affected by upcoming or resubmitted assignments. You can test scores for an assignment that already includes a score, or an assignment that has yet to be graded.

TurnItIn: Plagiarism Detection Tool
Turnitin is a closed-source plagiarism detection service that promotes academic integrity, streamlines grading and feedback, deters plagiarism, and improves student outcomes.

View the Turnitin Student Guides