Canvas

Canvas is designed to connect instructors and students to course content in a simple, engaging, and time-saving manner. Take a look at this quick features comparison. If we were living in the year 1999, Blackboard would be awesome. If we were living in 1999.

Check out a features comparison of Blackboard and Canvas below.

Blackboard vs. Canvas Comparison

All Fall 2020, Spring 2020, and Summer 2020 courses will be migrated from Blackboard to Canvas.

Master courses will need to be migrated manually. Fill out the Migration Request Form using the button below if you would like your Master course moved to Canvas.

Master Course Migration Request Form

All Blackboard Organizations are currently being reviewed for migration. There are several platforms at UIW that can host organizations in addition to Canvas and the needs of organizations are different from courses, so ITS will work with organization leaders to help them determine the best platform for them.

Please contact John Miller or Iris Solcher about migrating your Blackboard Organization.

Contact John Miller Contact Iris Solcher

The Center for Teaching and Learning and Instructional Technology Services will host one hour training sessions presented by UIW faculty pilot members. Check back, we will make a schedule available here soon.

This online, asynchronous course will walk you through the basic features of Canvas and will give you a leg up when building your course.

Growing with Canvas Course

Don’t want to wait until your Blackboard course is loaded into Canvas? Request a sandbox from Adela Gott: agott@uiwtx.edu. It’s easier than Blackboard and will save you time.

Instructional Technology Services (ITS) welcomes your requests for individualized, one-on-one instruction. Consult the Canvas Support Team list in the right side bar of this page to identify and contact your dedicated Instructional Designer.

Get stuck while you're in Canvas? Help is at the bottom of the left-hand global menu inside Canvas.

Instructure—the company that created Canvas—hosts a comprehensive, community-driven training resource called Canvas Guides. Look for the link in the Help menu in the Canvas Menu.

Want a link directly to Canvas Guides?
Button below, you're welcome.

Canvas Guides

Instructure Vimeo Channel

Find the how-to videos for what you're trying to learn in Canvas.

Video Tutorials on Vimeo

Get help with Canvas any time of the day or night.
Chat or call, visit the Help Menu at the bottom of the Global Menu Bar inside of Canvas.

Get familiar with Canvas in minutes.

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Get stuck while you're in Canvas? Help is at the bottom of the left-hand global menu inside Canvas.

Get help with Canvas any time of the day or night.
Chat or call, visit the Help Menu at the bottom of the Global Menu Bar inside of Canvas.

With 2GB of storage per course, Canvas courses are ideal for storing word documents, pdfs, and images.

Added Bonus: When you copy one of your courses in Canvas, the copy of your course comes in with all course content and a reset file limit of 2GB.

Larger media file types like audio, video, and larger Powerpoint files should be stored in Stream, OneDrive, or on a private YouTube channel and embedded in your course.

When using the audio/video feedback feature inside of Canvas, we recommend you limit your recording to 15 minutes per individual media recording.