Canvas Student

Instructure Education

Complete your Canvas course when you want, where you want.

Rating: 4.5; 224K ratings
Downloads: 25.6M+; on Google Play
Price: Free; No in-app purchases
Updated: Jul 30; 2026 · v8.10.0

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About Canvas Student

Access your Canvas courses on the go with the Canvas Student mobile app! From any device, students can now:

• View grades and course content
• Submit assignments
• Keep track of course work with to do list and calendar
• Send and receive messages
• Post to discussions
• Watch videos
• Take quizzes
• Receive push notifications for new grades and course updates, and much more!

What’s new

Version 8.10.0 · Updated July 30, 2026

- Canvas Career now supports offline submissions. - Fixed Studio videos not playing in course content when the RCE Studio Embed Improvements feature is enabled. - Fixed What-If grade totals on the Grades screen differing from the web calculation. - Discussion and Announcement links inside a Discussion or Announcement now open the native screen instead of the full web view. - Various bug fixes and stability improvements.

User reviews

Priscilla Taylor

Great

Brian Pearce

Great updates

Alexandra martin

Awesome 👌

Thomas Fleenor

Works great better than others.

Melania Adams

Great app for school! I wish I could see announcements on the mobile app without having to go to announcements.

Amy Monzon

It's a great app

Frequently asked questions

What can students do with the Canvas Student mobile app?

Students can view grades and course content, submit assignments, keep track of course work with a to-do list and calendar, send and receive messages, post to discussions, watch videos, take quizzes, receive push notifications for new grades and course updates, and much more.

Can students access their Canvas courses on the go?

Yes, students can access their Canvas courses on the go with the Canvas Student mobile app.

App details

Canvas Student is a free Education app for Android with 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play and a 4.5/5 average rating from 224,532 ratings. It was released on December 22, 2012 and last updated on July 30, 2026. It's developed by Instructure. It requires Android 9 or later.

Category: Education
Rating: 4.5 / 5 (224,532)
Installs: 25,666,511
In-app purchases: No
Ads: No ads
Version: 8.10.0
Requires Android: 9
Content rating: Everyone
Released: December 22, 2012
Last updated: July 30, 2026
Developer: Instructure

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