The Fundamental Five
1. What am I supposed to
do?
2. When is it due?
3. How did I do?
4. Can you help me?
5. What more can I do?
Question # 1: What am I supposed to do?
● To Do list & Side Bar - Stay up to date with assignments and events
● Dashboard - Navigate and notice notifications
● Calendar - See all student assignments in one place
● Home page -Navigate to a course home page for specific info
Question # 2: When is it due?
● To Do list & Side Bar - Stay up to date with assignments and events
● Calendar - See all student assignments in one place
● Home page -Navigate to a course home page for specific info
Question # 3: How did I do?
● Recent feedback - for ALL courses in dashboard
● View Grades - See assignment scores. Use GSD Gradebook for
calculated grade
● Feedback - get specific feedback for each assignment
Question # 4: Can you help me?
● Inbox - message the teacher
● Contact information - Update notifications
● Announcements - check often
● If Canvas help is what you are looking for - go to the ? > The Canvas
Community
Question # 5: What more can I do?
● This question will be dependent on how each teacher builds and
curates the content in their course.