Can Professors See What You Open on Canvas? Understanding Instructor Access

Learn what activities professors can track on Canvas and what remains private during your online coursework.

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Professors can track certain activities on Canvas, such as assignment submissions, when you log in, pages you visit within the course, and your participation in discussions. However, they cannot see what you open in separate tabs or what you do outside of the Canvas environment unless the activity is directly linked to course requirements and integrated tools.

FAQs & Answers

  1. Can professors see if I open other browser tabs while using Canvas? No, professors cannot see what other browser tabs you open outside of the Canvas platform as long as they are not integrated with Canvas tools.
  2. What kind of activities can professors track on Canvas? Professors can track your assignment submissions, login times, pages visited within the course, and participation in course discussion boards.
  3. Does Canvas track student activity outside of coursework? Canvas only tracks activities related to course requirements and integrated tools and does not monitor unrelated external activities.