C Canvas

Canvas messaging is managed by Academic Technology, with requests evaluated weekly against principles of audience targeting, educational relevance, actionability, message quality, and inclusivity. Messages appear as systray or popup notifications, with priority given to concise, actionable communications relevant to teaching and learning.

Canvas allows people to access a course in a variety of roles, depending on their instructor role in PeopleSoft. Use this reference to understand the level of access each role permits and their use cases.

Canvas offers a wide range of integrations to enhance the teaching and learning experience.

The policies governing Canvas at Chico State prioritize user privacy, data integrity, and clear procedures for course access and content management, in alignment with FERPA and university standards. Account creation is automated based on a user's affiliations and enrollments, with course access being strictly regulated, and provisions made for special circumstances such as course cross-listing, instructor reassignment, and course extensions.

Course IDs in Canvas are generated based on data from PeopleSoft and can be broken down into distinct parts.

Academic Technology maintains several Canvas instances in addition to the main production environment that facilitate functional and system testing as well as integration development.

Chico State strives to maintain an updated, secure Learning Management System. This article outlines our policies for managing updates and maintenance to our learning technology ecosystem.