Canvas - Information

Course Availability:

  • Courses, including clerkship courses, will become visible in your Canvas profile five days before their respective start dates. Typically, the course that commences on a Monday will be accessible on your Canvas profile by Wednesday morning.
  • Enrollment in your courses will be concluded seven days after the courses' end dates. Once concluded, these courses will be listed under the "Past Enrollments" section in the "Courses" tab. They will be accessible as read-only archived courses, allowing prior users to view course materials and grades, but they won't be able to submit any assignments. For further information, please refer to the provided documentation or guidelines.
  • Canvas guide.
  • Link to getting started with Canvas. Some features are not enabled in PSOM instance.

Finding Course Contents:

  • After enrolling in a course, log in to Canvas using your PennKey username and password. Before accessing the course page, make sure to accept the course invitation. Upon logging in, you will be directed to your Canvas dashboard, from where you can easily navigate to individual courses, including the one you have enrolled in.
  • Pre-clinical courses are organized with a similar general  layout. Please see below for a brief description of each section.

Home page: The landing page for each course features the current and previous year's video presentation catalogs. By clicking on the links provided for each catalog, you can access the Mediasite presentations, which serve as the video lecture portal used at PSOM (Perelman School of Medicine). For more information on how to watch these video lectures on your devices, please refer to the Mediasite platform's guidelines and instructions.

People: Displays a list of the users enrolled in the course. 

Files: All the files related to a course are accessible from this page. How to view course files as a student

Assignments: When there is a course assignment, this feature will be visible to you. See details here on how to upload the assignment files.

Remember that while pre-clinical courses might have a similar layout, individual courses may have slight variations in their organization. It's essential to familiarize yourself with the specific structure of each course to navigate it effectively.

Still need help? Contact canvasmd@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.