Research data show that students are using mobile devices to access course materials. In response to those data and to support University of Minnesota students and instructors, staff members from Academic Technology Support Services developed and facilitated the first Meet your students where they are: Design your Canvas course to be mobile-friendly session. In this post, we’ll share the mobile device access data, provide key takeaways shared by webinar participants, and invite you to enroll in another opportunity to explore mobile-friendly Canvas courses. Research Data The use of mobile devices for learning is on the rise. A 2018 survey of 64,536 college students from 130 higher educational institutions found that 95% of those students had smartphones (Galanek, Gierdowski, & Brooks, 2018). Additionally, demographics also make a difference in the use of mobile devices. While 95% of students owned smartphones, the students who identified as “non-white, first-generation college stu...