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This page provides information about how to access your online courses.

UD Account

In order to access an online course, you'll need to have an active UD account, which includes a UD email address and password that you created.

Access to the Canvas Learning Management System

UD uses Canvas, a web-based learning management system platform, to deliver its online courses. (This UD Online Orientation site is housed in Canvas.) If you are a new UD student, it may take several days to activate your Canvas account. If you are a current UD student, it may take up to 24 hours after enrollment to access your course in Canvas. If after 24 hours you still don't see the course on your Dashboard in Canvas, contact UD Online tech support.

Note: Your course may not be appearing on your Dashboard because the instructor hasn't opened it to students yet. Some instructors open their courses prior to the start of the term, while others wait until the morning of the first day of the term.

Logging into Canvas

You can access Canvas one of three ways:

Using a desktop/laptop browser, navigate to the Canvas@UD portal and click Log in to Canvas in the menu at the top of the page
Using a desktop/laptop browser, navigate to the UD home page, select MyUD in the Quick Links menu and click on the Canvas task icon.
Using a mobile device, launch the Canvas Student app and search for the University of Delaware.

When logging in, enter the UD ID (e.g., jsmith) or UD email (e.g., jsmith@udel.edu) associated with your account in the Username or UD ID field and the password you created when setting up your UD account in the Password field on the Central Authentication Service (CAS) login page.

For more information on Canvas, see the Navigating Canvas module.