Below are some places you'll find important content on this Canvas site. Your Canvas site may include the following navigation tabs:

General Navigation

Use the Home Page and the navigation bar on the left-hand side of your screen to navigate the Canvas site.

Announcements

The Announcements page provides a record of the announcements posted in this Canvas course.

Syllabus

The Syllabus page lists all course assignments along with course calendar events.

Select Jump to Today to see the current assignments.

Modules

The Modules page lists course materials and assignments by week, class, topic, or other category determined by your professor.

Zoom

The Zoom button integrates Canvas with the Zoom videoconferencing system.

Class Recordings

If your course uses class recordings, these will appear in the Class Recordings tab.

Files

You can access instructor provided course materials from the Files page (if visible) or when linked to from within assignments and other course content.

Study.Net Materials

Access copyright-protected cases and other content through the Study.Net Materials tab (if provided in this course).

Course Materials @ Penn Libraries

Access electronic course reserves materials like book chapters, articles, ebooks, and videos that are available through the Penn Libraries databases and catalog (if provided in this course).

Assignments

The Assignments Index provides an alternate chronological listing of assignments in the course. Some assignments are intended for online submission; to do that, click on the name of the assignment.

Discussions

The Discussions page provides access to all graded and ungraded discussions within a Canvas site.

Quizzes

The Quizzes Index provides an alternate alphabetical listing of quizzes in the course; these will be either timed or untimed, containing one or more individually-answered questions.

Grades

The Grades page lists all graded assignments, along with grades and feedback after the grades have been posted.

People

The People page shows students, teachers, and TAs enrolled in a class.

Join self-signup Groups from the People page.

NameCoach

The NameCoach tool provides a way for you to record the correct pronunciation of your name, optionally with a phonetic (text) pronuciation; it's also a place to clarify your pronouns.

Attendance & Video Requests

If provided in the course, the Wharton Attendance & Video Request app can help you to:

Check into your class for attendance.
Submit an absence excuse request for specific dates.
Submit a class video access request for particular dates.

Search

The Search tool allows you to search across all content in a Canvas site, including the ability to search all items using * to return a list showing the newest items first.

Finding Appointments

If your course uses Appointment Groups in Canvas for managing sign-ups for student-faculty meals, office hours, student-faculty conferences, or presentation sign-ups, you can sign up for an appointment through the notification you receive, or by navigating to Calendar and the Find Appointment button.