Start of Quarter Procedures for Canvas Course Management IMPORTANT INFO: The automated deletion policy for courses will remain in effect as we complete the transition from Blackboard to Canvas. Blackboard will be available to faculty in archive-only mode through the end of Spring quarter 2015. Expired Blackboard courses will remain on the system for 1 year from the last day of the quarter in which the course was taught or Spring 2015, whichever comes first. Please export those courses before the term ends to continue to access your content. Here are guides for exporting a Blackboard course: Making a Course Available: A course becomes available to students when it has been published by the instructor: Course Sections in Canvas: Sections that have the same course ID (BIOL301), same instructor, and same modality hybrid, or online) will be automatically combined. This allows you to teach all sections from one Canvas course. If you do not wish your sections to be combined, please complete the following request and we can separate the course sections. Sections cannot be separated after the term begins. Building a Course in Canvas: Edit/Update Syllabus: Add Create Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes: Set-up Course Navigation: Use Modules: Copy an Existing Canvas Course: To copy content from an existing Canvas course follow this Canvas DESIGN Courses: The Office of Multimodal Learning recommends that instructors develop course content within a DESIGN course The DESIGN course will enable you to continue to make changes and edit your course materials after the term has expired. You can request multiple DESIGN courses using this request form: Training for Canvas: Workshops are available on-campus and via web-conference to help you learn how to use Canvas. Please check the HR Calendar for upcoming workshops: To register for workshops, please login to MyCWU > Main Menu > Human Resources > Self Service > Learning and Development > Request Training Faculty Canvas Support Resources On-demand resources for faculty can be accessed from the For premium 24/7 Canvas Faculty Support call: 1-877-399-8897
Start of Quarter Procedures for Canvas Course Management IMPORTANT INFO: The automated deletion policy for courses will remain in effect as we complete the transition from Blackboard to Canvas. Blackboard will be available to faculty in archive-only mode through the end of Spring quarter 2015. Expired Blackboard courses will remain on the system for 1 year from the last day of the quarter in which the course was taught or Spring 2015, whichever comes first. Please export those courses before the term ends to continue to access your content. Here are guides for exporting a Blackboard course: Making a Course Available: A course becomes available to students when it has been published by the instructor: Course Sections in Canvas: Sections that have the same course ID (BIOL301), same instructor, and same modality hybrid, or online) will be automatically combined. This allows you to teach all sections from one Canvas course. If you do not wish your sections to be combined, please complete the following request and we can separate the course sections. Sections cannot be separated after the term begins. Building a Course in Canvas: Edit/Update Syllabus: Add Create Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes: Set-up Course Navigation: Use Modules: Copy an Existing Canvas Course: To copy content from an existing Canvas course follow this Canvas DESIGN Courses: The Office of Multimodal Learning recommends that instructors develop course content within a DESIGN course The DESIGN course will enable you to continue to make changes and edit your course materials after the term has expired. You can request multiple DESIGN courses using this request form: Training for Canvas: Workshops are available on-campus and via web-conference to help you learn how to use Canvas. Please check the HR Calendar for upcoming workshops: To register for workshops, please login to MyCWU > Main Menu > Human Resources > Self Service > Learning and Development > Request Training Faculty Canvas Support Resources On-demand resources for faculty can be accessed from the For premium 24/7 Canvas Faculty Support call: 1-877-399-8897