The following topics are the most common asked questions about using Canvas as a student. Click on the topic title to access the topic on the Canvas help site.

This is information about the new Student Dashboard coming Summer 2026.

This article contains a list of Canvas features that students would most frequently use.

Users will be able to understand how to change, access, move, and remove Widgets in myPortal.

This article provides quick links to the most common support questions that may arise for faculty teaching an online or hybrid J-Term course with special attention to questions that may arise during the time period when the University is closed.

Non-academic courses in Canvas are spaces created outside of standard academic instruction. They are intended to support course development, student organizations, and faculty/staff initiatives rather than delivering graded academic coursework. All non-academic courses are manually created and vetted to ensure appropriate use of Canvas resources.

This article will explain why the dates in the UNH repository may not make sense. Example: This came about in a Ticket where the instructor questioned the Jan, 6, 2020 date as there was no course going on at the time Turnitin states a paper was submitted.

This article explains how the Teams functionality in Canvas is now found in the Microsoft Education LTI. It also explains how Teams Classes works in the Teams app outside of Canvas.

This article reviews the new Canvas Portfolio Functionality now available in UNH and Plymouth State Canvas.

This article explains how students gain access to the myUSNH Portal, what to expect when you log in, and how to access key resources if you don't yet have portal access.

This article describes the Canvas DocViewer as well as supported document types in Canvas.

This article describes how to add or modify hyperlinks in Canvas to open in a new window or display in-line document preview.

This article describes the properties of a concluded course.

Lucid is an LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) freely available in Canvas. This article explains how to get started and points out know issues as well as how to get additional assistance.

Netiquette is the socially and professionally acceptable way to communicate on the Internet. Please abide by these guidelines of "netiquette" when using online communication tools with your classmates and instructor.