New Staff Getting started with Canvas | Staff Guide

We hope this page will give you an understanding of the key functionality of Canvas, and other related learning technologies.

If you are new to Canvas, you will automatically be enrolled as a student. This will change when you are added to a module as a tutor. Another member of staff can add you as a tutor using the My Canvas Admin tool. Or you can ask for help by raising a ticket with LJMU Assist.

Canvas contains a separate space or ‘course’ for each module at LJMU. These courses are created automatically for you. You need to be enrolled as a tutor in order to use them.

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Enrolments on Canvas

My Canvas dashboard

Notifications

Other educational technologies

Support

Training

Key responsibilities and policies

You have a responsibility to learn and use the functions inside Canvas in the right way. This can save you time when things go wrong, and stop you from making mistakes. Please take time to view our key policies.  These can be found via the staff home page under ‘Useful links’ – Policy Centre. If in doubt please always ask we are here to help. Please ask via LJMU Assist.

As a starting point we suggest viewing the below:

  • Educational video and audio recording policy
  • Framework for Academic Quality and Standards
  • Generative AI framework for teaching learning and assessment
  • Module evaluation policy
  • Policy and guidance for the examination of research degrees
  • Turnitin Usage Policy