Creating an Account
Prospective users can make a Free for Teacher account that allows them to access Canvas and create courses to suit their needs.
Users can register personal accounts to create courses.
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Click the Need a Canvas Account? link.
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Click the I'm a Teacher button.
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To sign up for a free Canvas account, enter your name and email address.
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Confirm you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, click the You agree to the terms of use and acknowledge the privacy policy checkbox.
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Confirm your registration by clicking the Start Teaching button.
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Click the Get Started button.
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To finish registering for Canvas, verify your email.​
Create a Personal Account
If you are using Canvas through your institution, you will most likely already have an account and need to accept a course invitation. Your institution will email your login information. If you do not yet have an account, you can create an account when you accept the course invitation.
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Enter your email and password.
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If you are unable to log in, you may need to locate a separate URL used by your institution. A warning message will display that suggests you may have an account with another institution.
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To search for your institution, click the Click here to find it link.​ ​Enter the name of your institution.
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Select the name of your institution when it displays in the list of search results.
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If you do not have a separate institution URL, confirm that you are using the correct email address and password to use on the login page.
Create an account through your institution
Complete the following fields:
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Enter the course join code. This code will be emailed to you by your instructor or institution—the email is separate from your email invitation to join the course.
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Enter your username and password.
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Agree to the terms of use by clicking the terms of use checkbox.
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Confirm that you are not a robot by completing the Captcha form (if enabled by your institution)
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Click the Start Learning button.