Canvas provides numerous tools to allow you to connect with your instructors and fellow students.

Announcements

Announcements are modeled on Discussions. You will see instructors' posts on global and course dashboards, and via notifications. Students may be allowed to reply with comments and questions.

Discussions

The Discussions tool is an area where students and the instructor can have discussion posts and replies. Some instructors will have graded discussions. Be sure to read the syllabus and directions for each discussion. Users can also subscribe to threads to receive notifications (by default, daily emails) about new replies.

How do I reply to a Discussion as a student? (Links to an external site.)

Collaborations

If your instructor has group work as a part of their course, they may use the Collaborations tool, which allows Canvas to create shared documents in Office365 and Google Docs. All collaborators must create and link their LCCC school email Google account to Canvas through this area. (You will see this when you are in the Collaboration area.)

How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration as a student? (Links to an external site.)
This video provides an overview of Collaborations.