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CSUEB CANVAS MIGRATION

Our campus is adopting Canvas by Instructure as our new Learning Management System (LMS). East Bay, along with six other CSU campuses are making this migration to fulfill the Chancellor’s Office directive for one common CSU Learning Management System. Online Campus is committed to assisting faculty and students with the transition. We recognize that a change to a new LMS is not a trivial undertaking, especially coming out of a pandemic. Please return to this page for continued updates of our progress, and for resources that will facilitate the move to Canvas.

Why Canvas?

In conformance with the Governor's higher education budget proposal of 2020, and the final budget revision, all CSUs, UCs, and CCCs are required to use one common learning management system. The Chancellor's office has informed the campuses that funding has been provided and all CSU campuses are committed to move to Canvas by 2023-24.

TIMELINE

Training & Pilot

Summer 2022

First group of faculty to pilot Canvas for our system configuration, tools integration, and other processes.

Includes Department courses: CRJ, EPSY, OTL, SPED

Phase I

Fall 2022

Migration

Fall group of faculty/departments to migrate to Canvas

Includes Department Coures: ANTH, BIOL, BSTA, CHEM, CS, EDLD, ENGR, ENSC, ENVT, GEOG, GEOL, HOS, HSC, INFO, MATH, MUS, NURS, PH, PHYS, PSYC, REC, SCI, STAT

(Updated July 14, 2022)

Phase II

Spring 2023

Migration

Second group of faculty/departments to migrate to Canvas.

Includes Department Courses: EXTX, KIN

(Updated July 14, 2022)

Phase III

Summer 2023

Migration

Third group of faculty/departments to migrate to Canvas

No new declared Departments as of July 14, 2022.

Phase IV

Fall 2023

Migration

All remaining departments and courses will use Canvas.

Includes all of College of Business and Economics: ACCT, BAN, ECON, FIN, ITM, MGMT, MKTG

Other Departments Confirmed: SW

CSUEB Canvas Course Features

How to Customize Canvas Course Elements

CSUEB Canvas Course Template Overview

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FAQ

Content Creation

Do we have access to all tools such as TurnItIn, Panopto, ...etc.?

Canvas is a dynamic LMS similar to Blackboard in its capabilities. Yes, we will have access to the tools that we use now that are integrated into Blackboard via an external link (LTI integration).

Activities using the tools that are native to Blackboard like Wikis, Journals, and Blogs will be migrated to Canvas in the form of an Assignment.

Other Assignments and Discussion Forums come to Canvas configured very closely to its Blackboard predecessor.

Is there a sample course for preview?

All active faculty have access to a Sandbox course with helpful sample content for getting started in Canvas. If you do not see one on your login dashboard please contact Online Campus (To submit a ticket, please click here) to set one up for you.

I use a lot of images, pictures to supplement lectures, reading, etc. Will Canvas migrate my pictures, images and video links automatically?

So far, pictures and links that are migrated with BB course content are coming over reliably. If video settings are set to “anyone with the link can view,” these should also display and play.

Migration

Will other Bb organizations and their contents be considered as courses and follow the same timelines for Canvas migration?

ORG’s and Master courses will complete their migration by the middle of July.

Org's are on the roadmap for 'reconfiguration' in Canvas by the beginning of the Fall 2022 term.

What will happen to my current courses and archived courses?

All the courses that you currently see in your "Courses" area in Blackboard will be converted and migrated to Canvas with the assistance of a contractor/vendor (K16). Earlier courses that have been archived can be restored and migrated on demand.

Once courses are migrated, can we still see them in BB?

Does QM certification transfer to Canvas?

Will we have something else that replaces Organizations? We use that to reach out to majors.

Tests & Assignments

Is it possible to import tests downloaded from Blackboard into canvas? Or do we have to recreate each test’s questions?

Our initial testing from course migration shows BB “Tests” (aka quizzes, exams) move to Canvas “Quizzes” with questions intact. There are several BB question types not available in Quizzes. (Still testing for these)

Accessibility

Will there be extensive tutorials for students with Accessibility accommodations?

New Support email: Canvas@csueastbay.edu (Same team as BB Help service)

CSUEB Canvas Help Line: 510-885-2700

24/7 Support Hotline After Hours: 866-325-0853

You will also be able to use Live Chat and an extensive library of Canvas Guides.

canvas migration

CSUEB CANVAS MIGRATION

Why Canvas?

TIMELINE

Summer 2022

Fall 2022

Migration

Spring 2023

Migration

Summer 2023

Migration

Fall 2023

Migration

CSUEB Canvas Course Features

How to Customize Canvas Course Elements

CSUEB Canvas Course Template Overview

FAQ

Content Creation

Migration

Tests & Assignments

Accessibility

Faculty Training

Additional Resources

Campus

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