Information for Students

Moving to Canvas

Students are at the heart of everything we do, and after hearing feedback through the Student Experience Action Plan, we're excited to announce the switch to a new Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas. Students use a LMS to manage their course materials, submit assignments, check their learning progress and more.

Starting in Fall 2025, all courses will be in Canvas.

Canvas offers enhanced accessibility, an intuitive mobile-friendly design, personalized learning tools and more. This change aligns with the U of A’s commitment to innovative learning, academic flexibility and a student-centered environment.

As of August 15, 2025, eClass will be placed in read-only mode for all credit and non-credit courses. People will still have access to their course content in eClass (read-only) under the current archive policy. This allows for a phased transition to Canvas.

Get started with Canvas

  1. Login to Canvas at canvas.ualberta.ca with your CCID
    Your Campus Computing ID (CCID) is your main portal to accessing Canvas and many other campus applications like Bear Tracks, Email & Apps, and more.
  2. Create a Bookmark for Canvas
    Canvas can be accessed directly at canvas.ualberta.ca. Links to Canvas and eClass can also always be found on ualberta.ca under "Quick Links" (header) and "Tools + Apps" (footer), and on apps.ualberta.ca.
  3. Get familiar with the in-app Canvas resources portal
    Canvas offers on-demand learning resources, including in-app tutorials, guides and more.
  4. Consult the Canvas Student Guide
    The Canvas Student Guide will help you learn everything from submitting assignments and quizzes to communicating with your instructor. Canvas also offers many short videos to walk you through each step of using Canvas from submitting assignments to viewing your grades to changing your notification settings.
  5. Need technical support? Contact eclass@ualberta.ca.

Log in to Canvas Log in to eClass

Download the app

For more information on downloading Canvas to your mobile devices, visit Canvas' tutorials on downloading the app on iOS or on Android devices.