Canvas and KinITF

Canvas is the Learning Management System (LMS) at the University. Canvas has replaced Moodle.

  • Canvas Log-In: canvas.umn.edu, use your x500 log-in for your username and password
  • Email the KIN IT Fellow at [email protected] to learn more about Canvas, to request assistance in setting up the Canvas site, and to explore options that would support the development of the online course materials.
  • If you are an autodidact, you can get started here.
  • If you are a new or adjunct instructor who does not currently have access to a UMN x500 or course materials, please contact [email protected] to request assistance in setting up a “developmental course site,” while you wait for formal access.  
  • More links: Canvas Transition Information

Canvas sites are automatically generated about 2 months before the start of the semester. Students and instructors are automatically added to the courses. Your Canvas course will show up under the MyTeach tab when you log in at MyU.umn.edu

CEHD Instructional Technology Fellow (KinITF)

The IT Fellow supports a variety of instructional technology tools and platforms, including Canvas. There are many other tools hosted at the U of M that the KinITF also supports.

The goal of the College Instructional Technology Fellowship Program (ITFP) is to support instructors as they integrate learning technologies into their courses. The program matches a half-time graduate assistant, dedicated to supporting technology-enhanced learning, with each academic unit.

The KinITF supports instructors by:

  • advising on the selection, integration, and management of instructional technologies and course management
  • consulting on the use of learning technologies at the U
  • providing technical support for the use of learning tools
  • researching and evaluating new learning technologies
  • referring instructors to resources for digital media development

The KinITF works within a cohort environment, collaborating with each other unit IT Fellow to resolve technical issues and provide information, training, and consultation to the CEHD academic community.

Contact the Kinesiology IT Fellow.

 

Pre-Appointment Canvas Access

 

Instructors hoping to work on their Canvas site before their official UMN account is activated (1-2 weeks before the start of the semester) can follow these steps to get started:

  1. Create a Canvas Guest Account by completing the following form: https://my-account.umn.edu/create-guest-acct

    1. do not use an email address that is already an alternate email address for an existing University of Minnesota account (such as an account that may be tied to your academic or employment records)

  2. Send a request to [email protected] and cc: [email protected] to request a copy of the specific Canvas semester, year, course #, section, and title they would like to have copied to the sandbox (demo/practice/developmental Canvas site)

    1. KINITF will be able to create a sandbox site using their guest account as a teacher

  3. Once the UMN account is activated, email KINITF to request to have the sandbox Canvas site moved to their course Canvas site