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  • Get Started In Canvas
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    • Canvas-Supported Browsers
    • Customize User Display Settings
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    • Customize "My Courses"
    • Get Started With The Calendar
    • Canvas on a Mobile Device
    • Link Canvas Courses
  • Design Your Course
    • Options To Organize Content
    • Set Up A Homepage
    • Import Content Into Your Canvas Course
      • Remove announcements when copying a Canvas site
    • Course-level Settings
    • Modify Your Course Menu
    • Get Started with the Rich Content Editor
    • Get Started With Modules
    • Get Started With Pages
    • Get Started With Files
    • Student View
    • Share Your Syllabus
    • Library Content
    • Add Media In Canvas
    • Canvas Commons
  • Assignments and Grades
    • Get Started With Assignments
    • Get Started with Quizzes
      • Building a Quiz and Grading a Quiz
      • Quiz Options for Managing Accommodations & Supporting Academic Integrity
    • Get Started with Google Assignments
      • Create a Google Assignment
        • Get Started with the Google Originality Checker
        • Compare Google Grader and Canvas SpeedGrader
        • Compare Google Rubrics and Canvas Rubrics
    • Introducing New Quizzes
      • Migrating Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes
      • Building a New Quiz
      • Accessibility & Accommodations in New Quizzes
      • New Quizzes Support for Academic Integrity
      • Grading New Quizzes
    • Get Started with Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor
      • Enabling LockDown Browser
      • Enabling Respondus Monitor
      • Student Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor Guide 
    • Get Started with the Gradebook
      • Posting Grades and Feedback
      • Student-Facing Grade Notifications
      • Troubleshooting in the Canvas Gradebook
    • Take Attendance In Canvas
    • Student View Of Grades
    • Get Started with SpeedGrader
      • Addressing Bias in SpeedGrader
    • Grading Schemes
    • Rubrics
    • Peer Review
    • Canvas Discussions
      • Discussions: Navigating the Interface
      • Discussions: Locating Groups
      • Discussions: Anonymity & Privacy
  • People and Groups
    • Add People To Canvas
    • User Roles + Permissions
    • Get Started With Groups
    • Get Started With Analytics
  • Model Canvas Courses
  • Canvas Guide for Students
    • Changing Your Display Name and Setting Pronouns
    • Syllabus Search Student Guide
    • Using the Immersive Reader
    • Google Assignments Student Guide

Canvas on a Mobile Device

Updated on January 8, 2025

Canvas is available on the iPhone, iPad, and any device that runs Android. The Canvas app is available through the iTunes App Store or through the GooglePlay Store. A SpeedGrader app is also available for both the iPad tablets and Android phones and tablets.

This tutorial shows the login process on iPhone, but the process is similar on other devices as well.

How to login to Canvas on iPhone:

After downloading the app from iTunes, tap it to open. 

Search for Boston College and tap on it when it appears.

3. Log in using your BC username and password.

Boston College Single Sign On page

You must authorize Canvas for iOS.  Tap “Log In” to complete the process. 

Navigating the Canvas iOS home screen

“Help” will provide you the same options as the desktop version of Canvas [1].

Your “Favorite Courses” will be displayed initially.  You can change the courses that appear here on the desktop version of Canvas [2].

The “Courses” list is displayed by default.  You can select “Messages” to display your Inbox, “To Do” to display your to-do list, “Notifications” to display your recent notifications, and “Profile” to view your Canvas profile and to logout of the Canvas app [3].

    To see how the rest of the app works, please see the Canvas Guides below. 

    For further information on how to do this, see these guides from Instructure:

    • Canvas iPhone Guides
    • Canvas iPad Guides
    • Canvas Android Guides 
    • SpeedGrader App (iOS)
    • SpeedGrader App (Android Tablet)
    • SpeedGrader App (Android Phone)
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