Canvas

As a Bellevue College student, you’ll use Canvas to access your course materials, submit assignments, check your grades, communicate with your professors and classmates, and more.

Canvas by Instructure is the learning management system (LMS) used at Bellevue College to enhance your educational experience.

Intro to Canvas

Canvas’s user-friendly interface makes it easy to navigate through your courses, participate in discussions, and collaborate on group projects. The platform allows you to submit assignments online, track due dates, and receive feedback from your instructors, helping you stay on top of your coursework. You can check your grades and monitor your academic progress throughout the semester. Canvas also facilitates communication with your professors and classmates, enabling you to participate in discussions and collaborate on group projects.

Additionally, the integrated calendar helps you keep track of important dates and deadlines, while the Canvas mobile app ensures you can manage your coursework on the go.

Getting Started With Canvas

Understanding how to navigate Canvas is key to your success. We think it’s so important that we’ve created trainings that fit your schedule and needs, so that you can learn how to use it.

Canvas also provides a number of articles, quick tutorials, and chats that you may find helpful. Whether you need help getting started, or you have a specific question – on Android or Mac – there are resources for you.

Explore Canvas Student Support

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Academic Integrity

Cheating, stealing, and plagiarism are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College. Violations could result in a failing grade for a particular assignment, a failing grade for the course, or dismissal from Bellevue College. Online courses in Canvas use plagiarism-detection software called Turnitin.

Review BC Policy on Academic Dishonesty

Tools That Integrate With Canvas

There are a number of tools and software that integrate with Canvas to provide additional functionality for your course. Your instructor may use some or all of these.

Honorlock

Honorlock is an online proctoring service for test-taking. It allows you to take exams remotely, while ensuring an equitable learning environment for all students.

Learn How to Use Honorlock

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Respondus LockDown Browser

Respondus LockDown Browser is a customized browser that increases test security and provides an equitable learning environment during exams. Your instructor may require you to use Respondus, which has already been installed on campus computers.

Learn About Respondus LockDown Browser

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Turnitin

Turnitin offers AI writing detection technology, specialized for student writing, that empowers you to do your best original work.

Learn About Submitting Assignments via Turnitin

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Do You Want to Get Involved in the Canvas Community?

Follow, share, and participate in this community of students, faculty, instructional designers, and administrators. Suggest your ideas, get votes from your peers, and watch the idea get incorporated as a feature in your Canvas environment.

Get Involved in the Canvas Community