Canvas User Account Creation Process

Overview

When will my user account be accessible in Canvas? 

Student

• If a student applies online (via streamlined admissions) their user account is created in Canvas as soon as they save their application.
• If a student uses a paper application or the application is manually entered by a college employee, their user account is synced to Canvas from SIS the same day around 10 pm.

Instructor

• Instructor accounts are created when the user is added to the Instructor’s Table in SIS (this is typically done at the time of hire by HR, and this process is no longer tied to an instructor needing to be assigned as an Instructor of Record for a course).

Staff

• All other Maricopa employee accounts can be created in Canvas via System Access request.