Canvas

Implementation of Canvas LMS

Here you will find updated information about the project, as well as details about training opportunities (under “News” further down).

Current information

Support this summer

If you are teaching on a summer course and have pedagogical questions or need support with Canvas or the use of media in your teaching, please contact us at pukontakt@miun.se well in advance of the course start. Our staffing is limited during parts of the summer, especially during weeks 27–31.

IT Support is available throughout the summer and can assist with technical issues. Contact them via: 

• e-mail: itsupport@miun.se
• phone: 010-142 80 00 

You can also email pukontakt@miun.se for support throughout the summer. Response times may be longer.

Open support sessions for Canvas

• Until June 26, week 26: 3 times a week
• June 29 - July 31, weeks 27-31: NO support sessions. 
• August 3 - August 14, weeks 32-33
• August 16 - August 28, weeks 34 - 35: sessions every day (Monday - Thursday 15-16, Friday 10-11)

For more information, times and link, see separate page for the Canvas open support sessions. 

Start Working in Canvas

You can find a shortcut to Canvas under Tools on miun.se or log in directly at canvas.miun.se.

• The Ladok–Canvas connection automatically creates course rooms for all course instances in Ladok.
• Faculty administrators add course coordinators via employee connection in Ladok, who can then find their courses on their Dashboard in Canvas.
• The course coordinator adds additional teachers in the course to the course room.
• External users who are to be added to Canvas as teachers must have an active Miun account. This is requested through the Service Portal by the relevant line manager. Once the account is activated, the person can be added to a Canvas course by the course coordinator, other teachers already enrolled, or a faculty administrator.
• Do you want to use a course room for several of Ladok's course instances? Course coordinators can use the Administer course function to arrange joint courses/crosslisting of courses.
• Course rooms that are not used due to joint courses/crosslisting should be named with [NOT IN USE] in the course name. A guide for how to do this is available in the Canvas introdcuction for teachers - course.

Module/unit course rooms and program rooms in Canvas

Do you want to have separate course rooms  för modules/course units (delkurser) in Canvas for the upcoming term? This refers to when a Ladok course instance of 15 or 30 credits is divided into several separate course rooms. These unit course rooms must be requested using the order form.

Do you want to request a program room in Canvas? If your program does not already have one, you can request it using the order form.

Want to Know More?

For questions about working in Canvas and its features, we recommend the section “Canvas at Mid Sweden University” in the Canvas introdcuction for teachers - course, which is available to you when you log in to Canvas. There you’ll find information about routines, how we work with templates in Canvas course rooms, and a FAQ.

Canvas is the learning platform procured by Sunet and is used at over 30 higher education institutions in Sweden.

Read more about the investigation that preceded the decision to change the learning platform (in Swedish)