What Kind Of Account Do I Have?

The title of our session is "Building Community in Canvas...even if you don't use Canvas as our LMS." Confused?

Nearly every educator and administrator has a Canvas account in NM. A person's Canvas Dashboard will show them the courses they are enrolled in as a student AND the ones where they are the instructor.

Canvas Dashboard

Canvas features, tools, and best practices to build a learning community can be done within a full/implemented account where an LEA or charter is actively using Canvas as their Learning Management System (LMS) tied to their Student Information System (SIS). If an LEA or charter did not decide to implement Canvas as their LMS (a full account), Lite accounts were created for future use and to allow people to have access to PED professional learning through Catalog and Elevate NM (see below chart). Lite accounts are basically like scaled-down accounts and are available for Canvas use in your charter or LEA with the correct guidance.

Here is an excellent overview of Lite Accounts with FAQs.

Chart of Canvas Accounts