Canvas FAQs for Students

• posted on 26 August 2024

1. What is Canvas?

Canvas is the learning management system (LMS) at CityUHK. It is used for conducting learning and teaching activities online. Canvas is located at https://canvas.cityu.edu.hk.

2. When can I start accessing my Semester A Canvas courses?

You will be able to access your Canvas courses for Semester A when your course instructors publish the Canvas courses to students.

Please note that you may not have access to all of your registered courses in your "Courses" menu on Canvas. You need to confirm with your course instructors that they are using Canvas course.

3. After I have registered a course in my student schedule via AIMS, when will the course appear in Canvas? What will happen if I drop a course?

Provided that your course instructor has published the corresponding Canvas course, you will be able to access it one day after you have successfully added that course to your student schedule. Similarly, if you drop a course from your student schedule, the corresponding course on Canvas will disappear from your "Courses" menu the next day.

4. How do I make use of Canvas?

For information on functions and operations of Canvas, you can refer to the Canvas Student Guide by Instructure. To become familiar with Canvas quickly, please view the 3-minute Canvas Video Demo here.

For any further enquiries on Canvas, please check out our website or email Digital Learning Support at dl.support@cityu.edu.hk.

For any further enquiries on Zoom, please email IT Service Desk at IT.ServiceDesk@cityu.edu.hk.