Digital Learning Educational Innovation Across Northwestern

Canvas workshop sessions provide Northwestern instructors with opportunities for hands-on learning. 

Sign up for a Canvas Workshop

Faculty, graduate students, and staff who have complex questions or are not available during the mini-consultation hours can request a 45-minute face-to-face consultation. 

Request a Consultation

Visit the Canvas Learning Center for key information and tools that will make managing your courses in Canvas successful.

Northwestern has contracted with Instructure to provide 24/7 support for general questions relating to getting started, how to use Canvas features and basic troubleshooting assistance.

For Northwestern NetID-related issues, contact the IT Support Center at (847) 491-4357 (1-HELP) or consultant@northwestern.edu.

Canvas Support:

Phone: 833-879-0860
Email: support@instructure.com

Start a Live Chat

Online Resources:

Canvas Help Guides

Visit the Canvas Student Center for key information and tools that will make your use of Canvas successful.

• Getting Started​
• Managing Your Canvas Account
• Communicating in Canvas
• Navigating Your Canvas Course
• Grades
• Help Resources

Northwestern students are expected to budget upwards of $1,600 per year for books and supplies. These costs vary by discipline and can negatively affect academic performance, especially for students from low or middle-income backgrounds. While scholarships, grants, and loans help with tuition and housing, textbooks and supplies tend to fall directly within the student’s family or individual contribution, causing disparity within the classroom.

To raise awareness of this issue and support faculty and instructors throughout the process of addressing course costs, Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) is a network of Northwestern faculty and staff interested in reducing or eliminating supplemental costs associated with required textbooks, course packets, access codes, equipment, and software.

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