Academic Canvas for Faculty
Academic Canvas is single supported online space for all UM-Dearborn for-credit courses. In Canvas, you may make a syllabus available to students, create assignments with online submission, grade online assignments, facilitate online discussions and chats, make files available to students, and more!.
IMPORTANT: Please inform students that using a web browser on a desktop or laptop computer (not a tablet or mobile device) is highly recommended for taking quizzes or submitting assignments in Canvas to avoid errors.
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Helpful Guides for Faculty
UM-Dearborn faculty/lecturer information:
- Learning Management System Use Expectations
- Faculty handbook
- University polices
- Syllabus template (required for all courses, including online)
Teaching students with disabilities:
Quick Help for Faculty
- Can't see a course or courses: Banner sends up-to-date information to Canvas multiple times per day, starting 8 weeks before the first day of the semester. Canvas course shells should be available to instructor(s) of record of a course within 24 hours of the instructor assignment in Banner.
- Receive a "no account found" error: This error is generally received by new faculty who have not been assigned as an instructor of record for any course yet. For new instructors who appear to be assigned as an instructor of record in Banner, please have your department admin contact the registrar's office to make sure the U-M uniqname and email address are attached to the instructor's Banner user profile.
- Password Problems: Please contact the ITS service desk for any username/password issues logging in to Canvas via U-M weblogin.
Summer 2024 Important Dates for Faculty
March 11 2024 - Courses become available to the instructor(s) of record and assistants. Notifications for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will not be sent until the course becomes available to students.. May be a few days earlier or later depending on finalization of cross-listings in Banner.
April 30 2024 - Manually published Summer/Summer I courses become available to fully registered students. Notifications to students for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will be sent to students for any content changed/published today in published courses. It is imperative that no academic assignments are required prior to the official first day of the semester.
May 6 2024 - All Summer/Summer I courses are automatically published and become available to students by the end of the day. Students on a waitlist will be able to view most course content, but will not be able to submit assignments or participate in discussions (in addition to some other features) until becoming fully registered.
May 13 2024 - Students formerly on a Summer I waitlist will no longer have access to the course in Canvas.
May 20 2024 - Students formerly on a Summer waitlist will no longer have access to the course in Canvas.
June 24 2024 - Manually published Summer II courses become available to fully registered students. Notifications to students for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will be sent to students for any content changed/published today in published courses. It is imperative that no academic assignments are required prior to the official first day of the semester.
June 27 2024 - All Summer I assignments/work that students are doing in Canvas must be submitted by 11:59pm. After this point, courses will become read-only and moved to the "past courses" area (they can still be accessed by clicking the "view all courses" link in the Canvas courses menu). Instructors of record and assistants still have full access to the course for final grading and other tasks. All notifications to students also end at 11:59pm. If any submission comments or grading are done after this point, the instructor of record should email students to let them know new information is available in Canvas.
July 1 2024 - All Summer II courses are automatically published and become available to students by the end of the day. Students on a waitlist will be able to view most course content, but will not be able to submit assignments or participate in discussions (in addition to some other features) until becoming fully registered.
July 4 2024 - Any changes to Summer I Canvas courses (removal of copyright content, removal of answer keys, grade editing, etc) must be done by 11:59pm. Courses will become read-only for instructors and assistants after this point.
July 8 2024 - Students formerly on a Summer II waitlist will no longer have access to the course in Canvas.
August 23 2024 - All Summer/Summer II assignments/work that students are doing in Canvas must be submitted by 11:59pm. After this point, courses will become read-only and moved to the "past courses" area (they can still be accessed by clicking the "view all courses" link in the Canvas courses menu). Instructors of record and assistants still have full access to the course for final grading and other tasks. All notifications to students also end at 11:59pm. If any submission comments or grading are done after this point, the instructor of record should email students to let them know new information is available in Canvas.
August 30 2024 - Any changes to Summer/Summer II Canvas courses (removal of copyright content, removal of answer keys, grade editing, etc) must be done by 11:59pm. Courses will become read-only for instructors and assistants after this point.
Fall 2024 Important Dates for Faculty
July 9 2024 - Courses become available to the instructor(s) of record and assistants. Notifications to students for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will not be generated.
August 27 2024 - Manually published courses become available to fully registered students. Notifications to students for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will be sent to students for any content changed/published today in published courses. It is imperative that no academic assignments are required prior to the official first day of the semester.
September 3 2024 - All courses are automatically published and become available to students by the end of the day. Students on a waitlist will be able to view most course content, but will not be able to submit assignments or participate in discussions (in addition to some other features) until becoming fully registered.
September 17 2024 - Students formerly on a waitlist will no longer have access to the course in Canvas.
December 23 2024 - All assignments/work that students are doing in Canvas must be submitted by 11:59pm. After this point, courses will become read-only and moved to the "past courses" area (they can still be accessed by clicking the "view all courses" link in the Canvas courses menu). Instructors of record and assistants still have full access to the course for final grading and other tasks. All notifications to students also end at 11:59pm. If any submission comments or grading are done after this point, the instructor of record should email students to let them know new information is available in Canvas.
December 30 2024 - Any changes to Canvas courses (removal of copyright content, removal of answer keys, grade editing, etc) must be done by 11:59pm. Courses will become read-only for instructors and assistants after this point.
Winter 2025 Important Dates for Faculty
November 11 2024 - Courses become available to the instructor(s) of record and assistants. Notifications for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will not be sent until the course becomes available to students.
December 30 2024 - Manually published courses become available to fully registered students. Notifications to students for announcements, changes to course content, etc. will be sent to students for any content changed/published today in published courses. It is imperative that no academic assignments are required prior to the official first day of the semester.
January 6 2025 - All courses are automatically published and become available to students by the end of the day. Students on a waitlist will be able to view most course content, but will not be able to submit assignments or participate in discussions (in addition to some other features) until becoming fully registered.
January 20 2025 - Students formerly on a waitlist will no longer have access to the course in Canvas.
April 28 2025 - All assignments/work that students are doing in Canvas must be submitted by 11:59pm. After this point, courses will become read-only and moved to the "past courses" area (they can still be accessed by clicking the "view all courses" link in the Canvas courses menu). Instructors of record and assistants still have full access to the course for final grading and other tasks. All notifications to students also end at 11:59pm. If any submission comments or grading are done after this point, the instructor of record should email students to let them know new information is available in Canvas.
May 5 2025 - Any changes to Canvas courses (removal of copyright content, removal of answer keys, grade editing, etc) must be done by 11:59pm. Courses will become read-only for instructors and assistants after this point.