Creating an Alternative Login Canvas account

⚠️Note: If you will be using a work email to create an account and you do not receive a code, consult with your IT department to check if incoming emails from noreply@umsystem.edu (for user account creation notifications) and notifications@instructure.com (for enrollment and course notifications) are being blocked by your organization. An alternative is to use a personal email address to create your account.

Step 1: Create an account

1. Select Alternative Login on the Canvas login page or the Catalog login page. (See Fig. 1).
   
   Figure 1:  Canvas alternative login
    
2. Select to use an existing Google (gmail) or Microsoft (hotmail, live.com, microsoft.com, etc.) account OR select Other Login to create a new account (See Fig. 2).
   ⚠️ Note: We highly recommend using an email account that you own and to which you will always have access. We can help if you have questions regarding which log in method to choose. You can also reach out to Academic Technology via email, phone or live chat.
   
   Figure 2: Login methods
    
3. If you selected an existing Google (See Fig. 4) or Microsoft account, select your account and enter your login information.
   
   Figure 3: Google login method
    
4. If you selected Other Login, on the next screen, select Create Account (See Fig. 4).
   
   Figure 4: Creating an account with an Other login
    
5. Enter your first name, last name, and email, then select Create (See Fig. 5). 
   
   Figure 5: Entering your personal information

Step 2: Activate your account

After you have created your account, you will see a message to check your email to complete the account activation process (See Fig. 6).

Figure 6:  Email confirmation

⚠️ Note: Your new ID is in the email.

1. Open the activation email (See Fig. 7). If you do not see the New Account Activation Email in your inbox, be sure to check your Junk or Spam folders.
   
   Figure 7: Activation email with user id and activation link
    
2. Take note of your User ID.
3. Select the activation link.
4. Set your account password and select Activate Account (See Fig. 8).
   
   Figure 8: Setting your account password
    
5. Select Continue (See Fig. 9).
   
   Figure 9: Activation success
    
6. Now enter the user ID you were given and the password that you just created and select Login (See Fig. 10).
   
   Figure 10: Logging into your account
    

Step 3: Verify your account

1. Please verify your account the first time that you log in. Enter your email address and select Submit (See Fig. 11).
   
   Figure 11: Verifying your account
    
2. Check your email for the verification code and enter it in the box.
3. Select Submit (See Fig. 12).
   ⚠️ Note: If you do not receive a code, please view the message at the top of this page for further information.
   
   Figure 12: Entering the verification code

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