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Important Information
- Winter 2025: Changes have been made to the Grade Schemes; please review the Import Grades to Faculty Center to learn more.
- All content within Canvas must be accessible (Section 508/ADA/WCAG 2.1/Title II) by April 24, 2026.
Current Canvas Usage (3/05/25 - 3:30 pm)
| Courses | Faculty | Students |
| 3,011 | 1,516 | 22,873 |
Instructional Continuity
Anyone of an array of events can disrupt faculty’s ability to teach courses via on-campus, in-class sessions. Cal Poly’s commitment to students includes making sure that we provide students an opportunity to complete courses despite disruptions whenever possible.
Canvas Resources
CTLT Resources
Alternative Final Exams
Submit a Feature Idea
Canvas is an LMS created and managed by Instructure.com. If you have ideas for changes, improvements, and fixes, please send them to Instructure so that they can review your request and possibly make changes to the LMS.
External Tools: Dates Added
You can request that Instructure add features to Canvas. This would be toolsets that Canvas doesn't have. For example, a graded survey option in the New Quiz tool. This is not a 3rd Party Tools or LTI's like the ones listed below.
You do NOT need to request a Canvas Shell to use for teaching. All Course Shells are created in Canvas.
Not all 3rd Party Tools/Plugins/LTI's will be in Canvas. You can still use the applications and link to them from your course. You can also use the SCORM tool that allows you to connect your tool within Canvas.
Available 3rd party tools within Canvas:
- iClicker Reg / Classic (2/2/20)
- iClicker Sync / Cloud
- Respondus LockDown Browser
TurnItIn(discontinued 3/26/24)- Office 365 - OneDrive
- Office OneNote Notebook
- Google Drive
- Zoom (as of 1/28/20)
- Blog (2/11/20)
- Journal (2/11/20)
- Flipgrid (2/14/20)
- YouTube (2/14/20)
________________ Khan Academy (2/14/20)NOTE: Khan Academy no longer supports the Canvas integration. You can still add your Khan links into your course pages.- MathType (2/14/20)
Respondus Montior (3/21/20)- Screencast-o-Matic (3/12/20)
- Akindi for CSM (4/8/20)
- Portfolium Assessment for Honors (7/1/20)
- MacMillan Learning (7/9/20)
Piazza (7/30/20)NOTE: Piazza is now a purchased license. Cal Poly does not have a campus license for this tool.- McGraw Hill Connect (7/31/20)
- Follett Discover - Bookstore App (8/4/20)
Pearson / Pearson MyLab & Mastering(8/17/20) NOTE: this is now Access Pearson.- Cengage Learning (8/20/20)
- Ally (9/2/20)
- WW Norton (9/9/20)
- Follett RedShelf (9/11/20)
- Perusall (10/14/20)
- MATLAB (12/9/20)
- WileyPLUS (4/9/21)
- Microsoft Teams (8/9/21)
- ALEKS (9/1/21)
- McGraw Hill SIMnet (7/8/22)
- Pressbooks (9/28/22)
- Follett- Willo Digital Delivery (6/22/23)
- Access Pearson (6/23/23)
- CourseKata (6/27/23)
- Akindi for OCOB (3/28/24)
- Labflow for CSM (3/28/24)
- JSTOR (9/25/24)
- TidyUp (11/13/24)
More about enhancements or publisher integrations.
Not available yet:
- Wiki / Collaborative Space (but there are options)
Sandbox Shells
The Production system started Dec. 9, 2019. Sandbox shells have been created for each instructor within the "Sandbox" sub-account (folder). If you would like an additional Test (Sandbox) shell, you can request one via the Additional Test Shell Request form.
Questions
Please email canvassupport@calpoly.edu if you have any migration questions, questions about Canvas, or general questions about the LMS.
last updated: 03/05/2025
