As you probably know by now, DU is adopting Canvas as its new learning management system after a very successful Winter/Spring 2014 pilot. This cloud-based system created by Instructure, Inc. promises to meet the expanding needs of DU faculty and students for a truly robust and reliable web-based learning platform to support teaching and learning. Over the next year, DU will transition from Blackboard to Canvas. To support the transition, the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) will offer workshops, open labs, and one-on-one consultations. To get started, you are also encouraged to review the following resources. 1. The online DU Canvas Instructor Tutorial is self-paced and designed to familiarize instructors with the basic need-to-know tools and features of Canvas. 2. The online Canvas Guides provide step-by-step user instructions for a variety of Canvas tasks, as well as a search feature for quick answers to commonly asked Canvas questions. We have one year (through Spring 2015) to complete the transition from Blackboard to Canvas. Blackboard content may be migrated into Canvas on a course by course basis, however, not all content will display perfectly. Hence, instructors will likely need to refine migrated content or want to redesign their courses in Canvas to take advantage of its module-based structure and new features. OTL staff will be available to help with this process.
Please contact us right away if you are interested in using Canvas for your Summer course.
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