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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose University of Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at University of Galway is all about here.
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
University of Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Students
What is Canvas
Canvas is a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). A VLE is a web-based application designed to facilitate lecturers in the management of modules for their students, especially by helping lecturers and learners with course administration. A VLE is used to supplement face-to-face lectures and tutorials.
- Canvas is the VLE in use at University of Galway. It allows students to download lecture notes, reading lists, assessment information and other course-related material from their Canvas sites.
- It also contains functions that enable students to interact via class announcements, email, discussion boards.
- It's easy to upload any materials (e.g. Word files, PowerPoint slides, PDFs, etc) and to create simple quizzes, arrange for electronic submission of course work by students, establish online discussion areas, etc.
- Not all academic staff will use Canvas to support their face-to-face teaching
- Please follow this link for an excellent lesson from CELT about Online Learning
Additional information
Logging in to Canvas
- Canvas is available 24x7 from on and off-campus
- Students must be currently registered to access the Canvas VLE service
- Students log in to Canvas using their Campus Account credentials
Canvas Support
- As part of the Canvas VLE, University staff and students have access to online help and a 24/7 support helpline for any issue with the Canvas VLE (what is known as 'Tier 1' type queries). To access Canvas support, please click on the “Help” navigation button in the VLE.
- Additional Canvas Guides are available from the Canvas community.
Canvas App
Students can download the Canvas Student App on compatible Android and Apple iOS devices from Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Browser and Mobile App Compatibility:
- Android 8.0 or later.
- iOS 15.0 or later.
App Guides are available:
Students can also log in to Canvas using a mobile device browser. Canvas is responsive and therefore easy to use on a mobile device browser.
Qwickly Attendance Monitoring
The Qwickly Attendance course tool in Canvas will allow instructors, course builders, and teaching assistants to take attendance in their modules. Staff can take attendance manually. Students can also record their attendance within each module on their own devices using a browser or the Canvas App. Qwickly Attendance can notify students via email when they have been marked absent.
Turnitin
Submission Issues: if you have issues submitting your assignment via Turnitin in Canvas, please contact your instructor in the first instance.
File Limits: the maximum file size supported by Turnitin is approximately 40mb and the maximum paper length is approximately 400 pages
Viewing Your Originality Report: Your instructor controls whether or not the originality report is available to view before the due date. If the report says 'Pending' please return to the file at a later stage - typically around an hour after submitting but this can vary depending on the file size or whether it is a busy period. Please check with your instructor if you are unsure what options are available to you.
