Student Portal: My Academy by Canvas

We’re excited to introduce you to our Learning Management System, My Academy, by Canvas. This platform will make it easier for you to stay up to speed with all of your Academy work --whether it’s homework, project due dates, teacher communications, or grades.

So let’s get started!

To login to your student account, all you have to do is:

Visit myacademy.instructure.com.
Once you enter that web address, you will prompted to sign into your Academy student email (this is your school gmail account).
Once you sign in to your email, you will arrive on your dashboard.

Parent/Observer Accounts

For parents to successfully set their parent or observer accounts up, this activity is best done with your enrolled Academy student at your side, and it shouldn’t take longer than 5 minutes.

Parent/Observer set-up is a two part process of 1) your student generating and retrieving an observer code. Once you have the code, the parent can 2) create a Canvas account by going to the Canvas Parent Login.

If you are having any trouble with this process, please email canvas@chicagoartsacademy.org

Below are fantastic videos to give you an overview of Canvas, and the My Academy application.

Put The Academy in Your Pocket

Did you know My Academy is mobile friendly? Here are some instructions on putting all your Academy classes on your mobile device.

**Quick tip: enter ‘myacademy.instructure.com’ into the school name when prompted.

Here are some mobile guides for your devices:

Navigate Canvas on your iPhone
Navigate Canvas on your Android Phone
Navigate Canvas on your iPad
Navigate Canvas on your Android Tablet

Are you ready to learn even more about Canvas?

Here are even more resources for you to get you up and running:

Update Your Profile
Update Your Notification Preferences
Communicate with Your Instructor and Peers
Manage Your Personal Files
Keep Track of Assignments Due
Submit Your Assignments
Participate in a Discussion
Take a Quiz
Check Your Grades