Canvas Learning Management System and Distance Education

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Canvas is the learning management system that NACC uses for online and distance education course delivery. NACC has been using Canvas exclusively for online and distance course delivery since January 2017.

To take a web-based (online) course:

  • Read the Technical Requirements for using Canvas, and make sure you have access to a computer meeting these specifications.
  • Register.
  • Take Orientation for each class as shown on Class Schedule:
    • Attend class Orientation if it meets on campus
    • Complete class Orientation within Canvas if it is online
    • Class Orientation is not to be confused with orientation to using Canvas in general, which is a hands-on training session offered at the first of each semester (see below). Class orientation is always required; orientation to using Canvas is recommended the first time you take an online class.
  • If you have not settled all financial obligations to the college, you will not be able to access your current semester Canvas courses. Your registration is not considered complete until all financial aid and/ or payments have been applied to your current semester account. At Orientation or by email, TELL YOUR INSTRUCTOR that you intend to finish registering and take the course. Ask how to avoid getting behind in your early assignments, and follow instructions. Then access Canvas as soon as you become eligible
  • Financial Aid Students: If your instructor does not hear from you by the end of Late Registration, your name will be turned in to Financial Aid as “not attending.” If you are having computer problems, go to a different computer and email the instructor; also turn in any assignments due the first few days.
  • ALWAYS use your college email account to correspond with instructors and college offices, never a different account. Mail from other accounts may not be accepted. Emailing your online instructor through Canvas is highly encouraged. To do this simply click the “inbox” button on your Global Navigation panel on the left side of the main screen. Next, click on the “Compose a new message” button. Select your course and then select your instructor from the drop down menu, enter your text, and send the email. The email link in Canvas is directly tied to your NACC email account.
  • Have a back-up plan for accessing Canvas and college email when you have computer or Internet problems. NACC computers in the library or computer labs can be used. Computer issues are not a reason to miss an assignment or exam

How to Login to Canvas

Canvas is a course management system used by NACC to provide online access to instructional materials. Every active student has a Canvas account that can be accessed when registration is complete.

  1. Open NACC website: https://www.nacc.edu/
  2. Find the Canvas login on the upper right side of the screen. 

OR

  1. Go to the direct Canvas link: https://nacc.instructure.com/
  2. Enter User ID (full NACC email including the word mail. Ex. jlea0306@mail.nacc.edu)
  3. Enter Password (eight-digit birthday (mmddyyyy)
  4. Select Login.

IF YOU DO NOT SEE a course you intended to take on your dashboard, check the next icon down which is all courses. If the course in not listed there either as published or non-published, you should email your advisor or check your official course registration on your OneACCS as well as ask Financial Aid or the Business Office why your registration is incomplete.

Using any computer or information technology resource of Northeast Alabama Community College signifies that the user agrees to comply with the following NACC policies found online:

Computer Technology Acceptable Use Policy
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Policy
Wireless Access Policy

For technical assistance, contact Judith Lea, Director of Technology Learning Center, ext. 2309 or by email leaj@nacc.edu.