The Canvas app for students is a popular way of keeping track of your learning activities in Canvas on the go. This is especially important in time of change and uncertainty, when you need to receive rapid notifications of important announcements from teachers and course administrators.

1. Download

Canvas has mobile apps for Android and iOS which you can download from the relevant app store. Make sure you download the Student rather than Teacher app for Canvas.

For Android users

Download here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instructure.candroid&hl=en_GB

Install Video

For Apple users

Download here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/canvas-student/id480883488

Install Video

2. Accessing Canvas through the mobile app

You will need to install the Canvas Student App on your device.

a) Go to your App Store and search for Canvas Student. Download and open the app.

b) Use the Find my school button to search for the University of Oxford

c) You will be taken to the following screen. Click on Oxford Users and use your Oxford SSO and password to log in.

Canvas mobile login screen

You might find that some functionality is different and that course material is displayed differently on the app.

3. PDF Annotation

One great thing that you can do in the App is to add notes, annotate and highlight words in PDF documents which are visible only to you.

Annotate PDFs in the app

Oxford University video: annotating a PDF File Android
Oxford University video: annotating a PDF File iOS

4. Lecture Recordings

If your academic has enabled Panopto, you can access your lecture recordings by downloading the Panopto app which is also available for iOS and Android.

Panopto app for mobiles

5. Mobile Offline

You may wish to view some course content when you are on the move, and you want to avoid using your mobile data. In the student app, you can Manage Offline Content and select one or more courses to view as read-only when offline.

Guides on how to view course content offline:

For Android users

Manage content to view offline

For Apple users

Manage content to view offline