Swedish guide: Canvas guide för öppna nätbaserade kurser

This is a Canvas guide for the open courses given by the University of Gothenburg.

What is Canvas?
Canvas is a learning platform used by many universities around the world. In Canvas you will find information that is related to your course such as course material, course structure and contact information for teachers etc. It is also through Canvas that you can test yourself against self-correcting quizzes and participate in discussion forums if this is in your course.

How do I change language in Canvas?
To be able to change the language, you have to sign up for a course.

Click the button "Konto/Account" in the most right meny. A small side window will open.
Select "Inställningar/Settings".
Then click the button on the right called "Redigera inställningar/Edit Settings".
Choose your preferred language in the drop-down menu "Språk/Language".
To save your changes, click on the button “Uppdatera inställningarna/Update Settings”.
Your Canvas should update immediately. If not, refresh the page.

Where can I find information?
The "Home" page of each course will be used as a location for information about the course. Here you will be able to read about the course content, course structure and find contact information. To get more information about all the open courses given by the University of Gothenburg, click here:
https://pil.gu.se/english/projects/durk/open-online-courses

How do I sign up for a course?
The easiest way to sign up is through the index page (https://pil.gu.se/english/projects/durk/open-online-courses). Click on the course you want to attend and then press "Join this course". You will be taken to a registration form. After completing the form, you are a participant in the course.

Contact for questions
Within the different courses, there will be two primary communication channels. One is via email and the other is through the Canvas' built-in message service. You can find information about which way of communication your course uses by reading on the start page for your course. If your course uses Canvas for contact, do the following:

Press Inbox/Inkorg in the menu on the far left.
Select your Course/Kurs in the dropdown menu.
Choose who you want to send to (either by clicking on the icon to the right or by writing the name of your teacher).
Write your message and press Send/Skicka.

Notification settings
By default, you will receive notifications to your email when things happen in a course inside Canvas. You can change the setting for these notifications yourself by clicking Account in the global left menu and then selecting> Notifications. There you specify if you want to receive notifications sent to you at different types of events, as well as the frequency of the notifications. By default, Canvas communicates to you via the e-mail that is entered for you in the system (your registered e-mail).

You can read more here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Student-Guide/How-do-I-set-my-Canvas-notification-preferences-as-a-student/ta-p/434

NOTE! At University of Gothenburg, we do not use text messages for notifications.

Using the right web-browser
For Canvas to work best, it is important to have the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. Canvas can be used on Windows, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android or other devices with modern browsers. Read more here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-are-the-browser-and-computer-requirements-for-Canvas/ta-p/66

Index page for the courses
Here you can find all the open courses published by the University of Gothenburg:
https://pil.gu.se/english/projects/durk/open-online-courses

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For information about Canvas in English take a look at the resources and guides in the global Canvas Community