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Get Help with Canvas

Find comprehensive support and training for Canvas — Penn’s learning management system.

Learn more about Canvas

Set up a course

Canvas sites for academic courses are created by request of faculty, TAs, or support staff. We recommend that Canvas sites be requested two months before the start of the semester, but sites can be requested at any time.

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Open Canvas

Penn faculty and staff can use Open Canvas to create professional development courses, learning communities, and conferences for external audiences to access without a PennKey.

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Get help

Having trouble using Canvas? Get in touch! Through online resources, workshops, and one-on-one training, learn how to use Canvas in your teaching. 

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Upcoming Events

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  • Workshop
May 23, 2025

Canvas 101 for Faculty and Staff

This workshop will introduce basic Canvas functions that will allow participants to do the following: set profile and notifications; navigate the Canvas interface; create content for a Canvas site; and post files, images, and videos.

  • 12:00pm - 12:45pm
  • Virtual
Open to Penn Faculty and Staff
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  • Workshop
June 2, 2025

Assignment & Quiz Basics

Learn how to create assignments with various submission types, create quizzes with multiple question types, configure quiz and assignment settings, and use Assignment Groups.

  • 12:00pm - 12:45pm
  • Virtual
Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
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Audience Groups

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