Canvas at Caltech
Canvas (hosted by Instructure) is the official learning management system of Caltech. Canvas simplifies course management tasks: publishing course materials, grading, communicating with students, and more. Students can use Canvas to access course content, submit assignments anytime, anywhere and collaborate with peers and instructors. Canvas is FERPA-compliant and is connected to registrar records for course enrollments.
Recommended browsers for Canvas (and educational technology in general): Chrome, Edge, Firefox
- Safari has known issues, so if you are encountering a problem, it can be helpful to change to one of the above browsers.
- Find strategies for managing Stale Login Request messages.
- If you are using a recommended browser and still have issues, check that you have the most recent update.
- Updates to the platform sometimes cause users to receive error messages when attempting to log in or log out. Find guidelines for deleting an outdated cache here.
- Learn more about supported browsers.
Find Caltech's policy about teaching remotely here.
