Install the mobile app on your smartphone and/or tablet. (Canvas Student).
At first login, the app asks for your school. Look for Karel de Grote hogeschool.
Next, on a computer, navigate to https://canvas.kdg.be. Now you see the KdG-login screen:

Enter your KdG-credentials here (e-mail, password). If you are newly registered and you signed your study contract, you will have access to the learning environment within a few days. If you still can't log in, then click on the help link.
Now you enter the dashboard (your course list). If one or more courses are missing here, it is possible that the lecturer has not yet displayed them. If your fellow students see the courses and you do not, click on the help button at the bottom left and choose I have another problem.

In order to enter a course, just click on it's name.

It is best to set the notifications immediately. This determines how you will stay informed about assignments, tests, messages, etc. of your teachers. Click on Account and then Notifications at the top left. Now you see a list of course activities (deadlines, messages, ...) and also 4 and 2 buttons respectively, with which you can set your preference:
immediate notification, dayly, weekly, and never:

You can set this up for e-mail and for push notifications (mobile). Try to make smart decisions here, you have full control about the notifications, but you are also responsible for staying up to date with important information.
Through the black menu on the left, you can also access the Canvas Calendar. Here, activities are shown of all the courses where you are enrolled (assignments, tests, deadlines). ATTENTION: your timetable is not yet integrated with the Canvas calendar for the time being! This is something we are working on, but for now you should definitely continue to use your timetable, as explained here: https://www.kdg.be/voor-studenten/lessenrooster-en-academische-kalender.
Via the Canvas calendar you can quickly and easily access your assignments: simply click on the assignment link in the calendar. Especially on mobile, this can be very useful!
Grades and Feedback:
Inside a course, you can find the grades in the coursemenu (Grades). Here you find an overview of your results for assignments and tests that you have taken in Canvas.
More info:
1. mobile app (iOS en Android): https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-4048
2. Canvas student guides: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701
  - assignments: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-9539-421241972
  - calendar: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701#jive_content_id_Calendar
  - navigate inside Canvas: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701#jive_content_id_Global_Navigation
  - grades: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701#jive_content_id_Grades
  - profie and account settings: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701#jive_content_id_Profile_and_User_Settings
  - quizzes: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10645-421241977