<p>Canvas supports authentication with a variety of third-party identity providers, which can be configured in the Canvas interface. Each provider requires the admin to set an attribute to be associated with the account, such as a user ID, email, or login. Currently supported integrations include Facebook, Github, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Apps, Microsoft (Office 365), Clever, CAS, LDAP, OpenID, and SAML. Some providers require custom components for configuration. All providers support <a href="../../4214/l/252283?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4214" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="d757a6c1-ee6f-4dbf-82ee-c22fab4a4c3c" data-object-manual-uuid="2E9EF650-E3D9-012F-D7F2-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">Single Sign On (SSO) authentication</a>. </p> <p>Third-party authentication providers can be used in addition to <a href="../../4214/l/135435?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4214" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="baa5a1b9-133b-4d8c-a64c-2161533221ab" data-object-manual-uuid="2E9EF650-E3D9-012F-D7F2-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">Canvas authentication</a>.</p> <p><strong>User Credentials</strong></p> <p>Once a provider has been saved in Canvas, the provider’s authentication login credentials must be added to each Canvas user’s account through <a href="https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.sis_csv.html" target="_blank">SIS CSV files</a> or the <a href="https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/authentication_providers.html" target="_blank">Authentication Providers API.</a> (Currently there is no support for adding user credentials through the Canvas interface.) Each authentication provider supports specifically recognized parameters; some providers may recognize additional parameters. Unrecognized parameters are not supported.</p> <p>To get additional help about authentication systems, including Single Sign On (SSO) support, view the <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/admins/content?filterID=contentstatus%5Bpublished%5D~objecttype~objecttype%5Bdocument%5D&amp;query=authentication" target="_blank">Authentication documents</a> in the <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/groups/admins" target="_blank">Canvas Community Admin Group</a>.</p> <p><strong>Just In Time Provisioning</strong></p> <p>As part of the authentication process, admins can apply Just in Time Provisioning, which tells Canvas to automatically create a user's accounts if one does not already exist. Currently when a user logs in to Canvas using a third-party authentication system, Canvas searches users in the account looking for a matching user parameter for that service. If a matching parameter is not found, Canvas returns the user to the authentication provider portal with a message the user could not be found. When Just in Time Provisioning (JIT) is enabled, Canvas automatically creates the user using an ID that matches the username used with the authentication provider. </p> <p>JIT provisioning must be configured via API for the specific authentication provider (see the <a href="https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/authentication_providers.html" target="_blank">Authentication Providers API</a>). It does not need to be configured for individual users via API or SIS. </p> <p><strong>Federated Attributes</strong></p> <p>As a complement to JIT provisioning, all authentication providers support federated attributes. When users log into Canvas, more information beyond just ID is passed to Canvas, and that information is associated with their existing user accounts. More information can be found in the <span style="color: rgb(13,109,191)"><a href="https://canvas.beta.instructure.com/doc/api/authentication_providers.html">Authentication Providers API</a></span><span style="color: rgb(70,71,73)">.</span></p>

<p>The Course Navigation Menu is a series of links on the left side of your course that help you and your students access different course areas.</p> <p>Depending on the structure of your course, you can choose to <a href="../../4152/l/57079?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="B559A628-5A6C-414A-B745-521553375419" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">reorder and hide</a><a href="../../4152/l/57079?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="B559A628-5A6C-414A-B745-521553375419" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank"> course navigation links</a>.</p>

<p>Once you <a href="../../18555/l/199445?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=18555" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="3FFCC200-A313-0131-3151-12313804AAC3" data-object-manual-uuid="69111700-86CB-0131-2263-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">download the Canvas app</a> from the Play Store, y<span style="color: rgb(38,38,38)">ou can use the app to log in to your Canvas account. </span>You must have an account to log in to Canvas.</p> <p><span style="color: rgb(38,38,38)">The Canvas app will ask you for the name of your institution to find your Canvas account. If the app cannot find your institution, you can use your institution's Canvas URL to log in.</span></p> <p>The images in this lesson are shown for a phone display, but unless otherwise noted, tablet displays mirror the same steps.</p> <p><strong>Note: </strong>If you do not want to locate your Canvas URL every time you log in to Canvas, learn how to <a href="../../18555/l/289359?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=18555" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="19ca8d95-0edb-48df-92f4-b6bfbe8a9cd1" data-object-manual-uuid="69111700-86CB-0131-2263-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">switch to another user account</a>.</p>

<p>You can rename your files at any time using the Rename option in the file's settings menu.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: If you add a file to another area of Canvas (e.g. Modules or Assignments) and then rename the file in Course Files, the file rename will not update in any other Canvas location and must be changed manually. Please ensure that your file names are correct in Course Files before adding them to other content areas.</p>