Canvas is the official Learning Management System for PGCPS staff and students
PGCPS Canvas Teacher Guidance
Growing with Canvas Secondary Expectations
This document highlights the important guidelines for secondary teachers when utilizing Canvas in the upcoming school year.
Growing with Canvas Elementary Edition
This document highlights the important guidelines for elementary teachers as they continue to learn and utilize Canvas in the upcoming school year.
Canvas Cheat Sheet
View quick steps and videos for how to perform tasks in Canvas.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Review Frequently Asked Questions
Training Opportunities
Choose the method that works best for your learning style and schedule.
Using Canvas with District Tools
*Please note if copying content to multiple courses you will need to recreate the external tool link within the assignment.
Canvas Self Paced Courses
Get started with Canvas in the introductory course. You must login to Canvas to access the course
Canvas for Intermediate Users
This self-paced Canvas course will take participants past the basics and show how to create discussions, quizzes, Canvas Studio videos and use features like peer review in their courses. Register for this course in eDoctrina.
1. Login to Canvas
2. Click Help on the Blue Navigation Bar
3. Select Training Services Portal
4. If prompted for Canvas domain, enter pgcps.instructure.com and click submit.
5. Authorize your account
6. Search for one of the recommended courses or sessions below.
View the Canvas Training Portal guide and the Training Portal video to learn more.
Canvas webinar recordings
Levels of Use
Instructional Uses
Beginner
Use Canvas as a digital space for students to access course information. Learn more about Canvas to move to the next level by semester 2.
Novice
Use Canvas to provide a clear and consistent digital space for students to access basic course information, announcements and beginner digital activities
Intermediate
Use Canvas to provide opportunities for students to interact with content and each other in a digital environment.
Advanced
Use Canvas to provide students with transformative ways to interact with and to create content.