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Canvas is ¼ø»Æʦapp's learning management system (LMS) for all course delivery methods: face-to-face, virtual, web blended, and fully online.

To access Canvas and your courses, follow the steps below.

1. Click on the button at the top of the ¼ø»Æʦapp website.
2. Sign in with your ¼ø»Æʦapp email address and password.
   • If you are a new student, you will be emailed your account information within 3 business days after submitting your application. If you have not received your login information by then, contact techsupport@dmacc.edu.
   • If you need help signing in, use the or contact techsupport@dmacc.edu.
3. After you have signed into my¼ø»Æʦapp, click the blue "Canvas" button.
   
4. You should see your course(s) listed on the Dashboard. You can also click the "Courses" link in the global navigation menu to access your class.

Note: Your course will not appear in Canvas until 1 day before it is scheduled to begin. However, after you are registered for classes, the Student Training and Resources course — where you can learn about Canvas and practice using its tools — will be available to you 2 weeks before classes start. If you register within the 2 weeks leading up to the beginning of the term, you will have access to the training course within 48 hours.

If you are not able to access my¼ø»Æʦapp, you can try using your ¼ø»Æʦapp email address and password. Please note that Canvas and my¼ø»Æʦapp use the same authentication, so if you change your password in my¼ø»Æʦapp, it automatically changes in Canvas, too.

Canvas Basics

One key factor in your success as an online student is knowing and understanding how to use the Canvas learning management system. To help you feel comfortable, there are videos below on logging in and navigating Canvas, checking grades, and using the most common tools.

Note: Our version of Canvas will look a bit different from the one in the videos, but the functionality will be the same.

Canvas Overview:

Assignment Submissions:

Discussion Replies:

Classic Quiz Submissions:

New Quiz Submissions:

Viewing Grades:

 

Additional videos and tutorials can be found in the . For topics such as the , , and , please visit the .

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Keys to Your Success as an Online Student

1. What is time management and why is it critical to online success?
2. Organizational skills are keys to success.
   
   Many people, not just those with learning differences, experience difficulty living in an increasingly complex world, with full schedules, and multiple demands on time and energy. You don't have to equate organization with extreme neatness and cleanliness, and therefore feel that you can never be organized. Organization has much more to do with patterns of activity.
   
   Here are some things you can do to support organization:
   
   
   • Set up a large master calendar that clearly displays schedules, appointments, and deadlines.
   • Establish habits and routines for school and home activities. Routines reduce stress on memory and a​ttention systems, and establishes lifelong habits which support productivity.
   • Organize essential materials in one place.
   • Allocate time on a regular and frequent basis to get rid of clutter. Identify what is important and what is not.
   • Promote regular, healthy patterns for eating, sleeping, and exercise.
   • The best habits, routines, and systems are flexible, creative, and based on need. Highly planned and rigid schedules may increase anxiety.
     
     From Ennis William Cosby Foundation, 2002
     
     
3. Avoid . This is a habit that may hinder student success in an online course.
4. Use resources that are available at our institution.

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