Canvas LMS

Canvas 

Canvas is the Learning Management System (LMS) that we use at our District and across the California Community College system.

• Login URL: https://sdccd.instructure.com (tip: bookmark this)
• Username and Password: Same as SDCCD Email

Our District uses Single Sign On (SSO) which means that faculty and students will use one login (SDCCD Email) to sign into multiple systems. (PeopleSoft still has its own login credentials but is expected to move to single sign on at some point in the future.)

Canvas Faculty Support: Single Sign On Links to an external site.

Canvas Accounts & Teaching Shells

• All Mesa faculty automatically get a Canvas account once you are assigned to teach a course in the District schedule. You do not need to request a Canvas account.
• You will automatically receive a teaching shell for each section you are assigned to teach in the District schedule. You do not need to request teaching shells for your courses.
  
  

To Properly Save Your Work, Use a Development Shell

Faculty are strongly encouraged to develop their content in a development shell (or by updating a shell from a previous semester), and then transfer the content to the actual teaching shell when the class is about to begin.  If a course gets cancelled due to low enrollment, or if there's an error in the CRN (which is fixed by deleting the current shell and creating a new one), all updates made within the teaching shell will be lost! 

How to Request a Development Shell

• Option 1: Submit Request Online
  • Visit the MySDCCD Faculty Support Desk at facultyhelp.mysdccd.info Links to an external site..
  • Fill out the initial form details.
  • Help Topic: Online Learning Support (Canvas)
  • Type of Issue: Development Shell Request
  • Fill out the Canvas Development Shell Request form.
  • Submit the form.
• Option 2: Phone
  • Call the 24/7 Canvas Support Hotline for Faculty at 844-612-7422.
  • State you are from the San Diego Community College District.
  • Provide your SDCCD 10-Digit Employee ID.
  • Request a "Canvas Development Shell."
• Option 3: Chat
  • Log in to Canvas
  • Click on "Help" in the main Canvas navigation menu
  • Click "Chat with Canvas Support (Faculty)" 
    
    

Preparing to Import into a New Canvas Shell

You can copy a past course or development shell into a new teaching shell using the "Import Course Content" link on the "Settings" page of the new Canvas shell. (If you have a course from a previous institution you can export it as a file and then import it into your new course. If you have a development shell or a past course in your current Canvas account, you can copy it directly into the teaching shell without downloading anything.)

• What is the Course Import Tool?
• How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?
• How do I export a Canvas course?
• How do I import a Canvas course export package?
  
  

24/7 Canvas Support

For 24/7 support with Canvas, you can call 844-612-7422 with your questions. 

Need Support Developing Your Course in Canvas?

Our Mesa Ongoing Support for Teaching (MOST) team can offer assistance with Canvas as well! In our ProMesa Teaching module we'll share more resources with you, but for now, we invite you to check out MOST Links to an external site., especially our MOST Toolkit Links to an external site. where we have shared tons of resources to support you with Canvas.  

 

 

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