a sneak peek at canvas

GETTING TO KNOW GETTING TO KNOW CANVAS…CANVAS…

Parts of this presentation can be found in slightly different form at:http://www.slideshare.net/sbctc98632

Liz Falconer, Renton Technical College

PART 1: What happened?

The Washington SystemThe Washington System

Private CollegesPrivate

Colleges

4-year Colleges & Universities

4-year Colleges & Universities

Governor

Appointed Board

SBCTC

29 Community &5 Technical Colleges

29 Community & 5 Technical Colleges

Blackboard: 4

ANGEL: 28

Moodle: 2

WAOL: 22

May 6th, 2009 – Blackboard Announces Acquisition of Angel, THEN…

Announces “End of Life” in June Announces “End of Life” in June of 2014of 2014“Your time is up….”

The RFP Committee was formed:The RFP Committee was formed:SBCTC StaffELC (eLearning directors)LMDC (librarians)ITC (chief IT officers)Instruction Commission (chief academic officers)WSSSC (chief student services officers)ADA CouncilFaculty associationSix public universities

The Search began:The Search began:

Timeline:Sept 2011 – Committee Formed (20 members)Oct 2011 – Faculty SurveyedNov 2011 – RFP OutJan 2012 – RFPs scored, Finalists ChosenFeb 2012 – Sandboxes Open to Faculty TestersMar 26th & 27th – Onsite Demos, Vendor Chosen Summer, 2012 – First College Migrations Begin2012/13 – Majority of colleges and Univs migrateRTC MIGRATION: FALL, 2013 But prep can begin now!(June 2014 – ANGEL contract ends)

CANVAS WAS CHOSEN. CANVAS WAS CHOSEN. Why Canvas?Why Canvas?

First choice of faculty testersHighest score on technical responseHighest score on vendor referencesHosts in the cloudGreat use of mobile and social mediaIntegration and sharing/trust

relationships

Part 2: OK. Now what about Part 2: OK. Now what about Migration?Migration?

EARLY ADOPTERS SAY: EARLY ADOPTERS SAY: MIGRATION IS QUITE EASY!*MIGRATION IS QUITE EASY!*

WORRIED ABOUT PROBLEMS? Canvas has a blog: voice.instructure.com/blog

This was posted on Sept. 7th:Listening to Our Customers One of the things that makes Instructure unique is that we maintain open feature request forums. Any user (student, instructor, or administrator) can suggest a new feature and receive feedback from the user community.  These feature requests are public - you can browse all the requests, add your own comments, and vote up the requests you think are great.

* Almost always.

Migration basics…Migration basics…

Backup in Angel Format (best option)

Canvas vs. Angel. Different. But not too hard.In Angel we have “discussion forum, page, dropbox and folder”

In Canvas items are organized by “discussions, pages, assignments and modules”

Lots of information will be available thru Lots of information will be available thru SBCTC and rtcelearning.blogspot.com. SBCTC and rtcelearning.blogspot.com.

Part 3: (The part you’ve been Part 3: (The part you’ve been waiting for… Give it a try! waiting for… Give it a try! (What could go wrong?)(What could go wrong?)

GO TO canvas.instructure.comGO TO canvas.instructure.com

Get used to it now, keep for later!Get used to it now, keep for later!

Click Start a new course…Click Start a new course…

Name it, create it.Name it, create it.

NOTE:

…….GO!.GO!