Coursework

Canvas at Georgetown is where you’ll access coursework, attend your orientation course and weekly live classes, and meet with professors and classmates.

If you have any questions about your Georgetown Canvas account, please contact help@georgetown.edu or 202-687-4949.

Start Your Coursework as Soon as You Have Access

Students will have access to your courses in Canvas at Georgetown six weeks prior to the start of class. Students are expected to work through each week’s asynchronous lectures, coursework and assignments prior to the live sessions (including Week 1 coursework).

Your Zoom Account

All of your weekly live sessions will be hosted on Zoom, which is integrated into Canvas at Georgetown.

For additional information, please look at the Get Help website.

Onboarding and Orientation

To prepare you for success using the Nursing@Georgetown systems, you will complete an onboarding process before beginning classes.

To ensure your technology is fully set up, you will need the following:

Computer with a webcam
Consistent, quiet location to attend live sessions from
Strong, reliable Internet access, including an ethernet cord to hardwire to your Internet router
Headset with a noise-canceling microphone
Chrome and Firefox web browsers downloaded

Student Orientation Course

You will access your orientation through the Georgetown Canvas. The Student Orientation course is a self-paced course that will walk you through important program resources, services, and technology advice.

This course will be available to you six weeks prior to the semester start, and login credentials will be emailed to you the Friday before registration. You must successfully complete the course 21 days before the term begins.