Courses in health care innovation are delivered through the Canvas Learning Management System. This page contains information on how to access your courses in Canvas.

MHCI and non-MHCI students taking health care innovation courses for academic credit can access the Canvas Learning Management System by navigating to canvas.upenn.edu. Log in with your PennKey username (all lowercase) and password. Then, access your course by clicking on the appropriate course card on the Canvas Dashboard. If you do not see your course:

  • Click on the “courses” item on the far-left global navigation menu.
  • Then, from the menu that appears, click “all courses” at the top.
    The location of the "all courses" link, under the "courses" item in the left-hand menu of the Canvas interface.


PennKey Support

Your PennKey is the username that allows you access to University of Pennsylvania resources like Canvas, as well as online library systems, course registration, billing, and more. If you are a member of the University of Pennsylvania community as faculty, staff, a student, or an alum, you will have a PennKey. Please commit your PennKey username and password to memory; it is an essential tool for participating in Health Care Innovation courses.

The PennKey login screen, with prompts for username and password, as well as the login button.

If you forget your PennKey username or password, or if you need help logging in, please see the University of Pennsylvania's PennKey Support page. If you need additional help, you can also contact the PennKey support team.


Access to Canvas Sites from Mobile Devices

Students can access courses from iOS and Android mobile devices. To log in:

  • Download the Canvas Student app for iOS or Android.
  • Open the app and tap the “find my school” button. In the search bar that appears, enter University of Pennsylvania
    In the mobile app, an image depicting a search for the University of Pennsylvania's Canvas instance.
  • After you have found the correct Canvas instance, enter your PennKey credentials.

This should take you to the Canvas dashboard, where you can see all your courses.

Learn more about the Canvas Student mobile apps from the iOS or Android Student Guide.