Migrating your course materials to Canvas is a relatively straightforward process, but there are several critical steps that will insure a successful transition. Several of these need to be accomplished by the course owner as soon as possible, but definitely before June 30.

Become familiar with Canvas:

• Work through the Canvas self-paced orientation course
• Attend a Canvas training session
• Schedule a consultation with a CTE staff member
• Request a “Sandbox course” and explore on your own

Identify all of your Blackboard Courses:

• Courses currently in Blackboard (will all be archived and available)
• Courses that are not in Bb but are archived (archives available on request)

Identify materials that must be manually copied or stored on your computer:

• Video and audio files (move to Panopto if not already there)
• Course rosters (download and save locally)
• Gradebooks (download and save locally)
• Assignments created with an external resource (e.g. VT, TurnitIn)

Migrate your content to Canvas:

• Request a “Sandbox course” if this is your first experience with Canvas and you want to explore Canvas features OR
• Work directly in your Summer or Fall course shell if you want to prepare a student-ready course
• Use the module structure to organize your course create individual pages
• Recommended process: copy and paste materials from your Blackboard shell into Canvas
• Alternatively: import a Blackboard archive or export file into Canvas, and reorganize content to fit into Canvas framework

Support:

• Training sessions & “drop-ins” available nearly every day (LINK)
• Schedule an individual consult with CTE staff
• Canvas offers 24×7 support via chat, email, and phone
• Departmental group training available
• Talk to a Canvas-experienced colleague