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Canvas & Online Student Resources

This document goes over all of the support resources available to students, including but not limited to: Canvas support, the Technology Help Desk, library resources, and accessibility.

Canvas Support

Canvas is Parkside's learning management system.

Canvas has Tier 1 Support: Canvas Help is available 24/7, 365 days a year. This support is located under the Help button on the far left navigation bar (shown below):

Canvas Help button

Click on the help button on the sidebar in Canvas to reach Canvas support

Canvas Service Level Agreement

Support Response Time (80% within time shown)

  • Email: 1 hour
  • Phone call: 60 seconds
  • Live chat: 120 seconds

Additional Canvas resources include:

  • Canvas Guides
  • Canvas Student Training Course - all students can self-enroll in the Canvas Student Training Course, which will appear on your Course Dashboard on the homepage of Canvas once you enroll. This course will walk you through all of the different features of Canvas. You can self-enroll into the course by clicking here.

New to Canvas?

Enroll in the Self-Paced Training Course.

You can also view the Canvas Student Interactive Tutorial here: https://www.uwp.edu/systemmedia/storyline/Interactive-Canvas-Student-Guide/story_html5.html


NetTutor / PARC

The Parkside Academic Resource Center (PARC) offers one-on-one assistance to students in need of tutoring. The PARC covers a variety of disciplines and offers support for students on campus. NetTutor is the online tutoring service available within Canvas to all currently enrolled UW-Parkside students. Click on the following link for information on how to access NetTutor through Canvas: https://kb.uwp.edu/51485


Tech Bar

The TechBar is available Monday - Friday, 7:45 AM - 4:30 PM. During the Fall and Spring semesters, the Tech Bar is open 7:45 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Thursday, 7:45 AM - 8:00 PM. The TechBar can be reached at servicedesk@uwp.edu, or by phone at (262) 595-2444.

Links:

  • Campus Technology Services
  • Password Self Service
  • Microsoft Office 365: UW-Parkside offers Office 365 to all Parkside students for free! These applications include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. They are available for download or can be used online.
  • Linkedinlearning.com: Students have access to LinkedInLearning for free using their student accounts. Subscribers have access to over 125,000 videos and tutorials on a wide variety of subjects ranging from Adobe Creative Suite to Microsoft Office and more.

Note: Please do your part to keep your data private. Canvas uses an authenticated login meaning you will need to use your UWP credentials to gain access to your course(s). If you are using a public computer, remember to log out when you are finished. Please visit the Campus Technology Services website for more information on Network Security.


Library Research Help

The Parkside Library offers thousands of books, articles and more for research and we are always happy to assist through chat or email: askus@uwp.edu / phone: (262) 595-2238.


Accessibility Resources

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside seeks to ensure that courses offered at the university are fully accessible for all students. If you would like to register with UW-Parkside Accessibility Services to receive academic accommodations, please contact Accessibility Services via phone at 262-595-2372.



Keywordscanvas, online, student, support, resources, lms, learning management system, help desk, nettutor, cts, library, help, accessibility, canvashelpdesk   Doc ID83573
OwnerMaggie L.GroupUW Parkside
Created2018-07-11 13:42:50Updated2023-10-02 09:55:05
SitesUW Parkside
CleanURLhttps://kb.uwp.edu/canvas-online-student-resources
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