Canvas Implementation Update
Canvas is coming. Find out more about what is happening next, how you can access Canvas and what support will be available to you.
Canvas
Canvas Essentials: Quizzes
This article will compare Canvas Quizzes to Blackboard Tests. This is not intended to be a training piece; it is an overview of the features, giving you some ideas on how Canvas compares to Blackboard. Quizzes can be created in Canvas to support assessment and feedback. Quizzes can be used for formative and summative assessments […]
Canvas Essentials: Studio
Canvas Studio is a tool for uploading and sharing video content inside Canvas. Studio also has a built-in screen recording tool so you can create video messages, podcasts or any other screen recording within the tool itself. Both students and teaching staff have access to Studio. As you’d expect, Studio allows users to upload videos […]
Canvas Essentials: Rubrics
Canvas provides an intuitive way to add rubrics to assignments. This article compares the Rubic tools in Canvas to Blackboard.
Canvas Essentials: Campaigns, Campaign Templates & Walkthroughs
Impact by Instructure offers several tools to enhance engagement among staff and students. This article will provide an overview of Campaigns, Campaign Templates, and Walkthroughs, highlighting their key features and benefits.
Canvas Essentials: Discussions
Like Blackboard, Canvas has its own Discussions tool that enables discussions between the entire course unit cohort or a group. The basic functionality is not significantly different…
Canvas Essentials: Gradebook
Like Blackboard, Canvas has its own tool for storing and managing student grades and feedback. This article will compare the Canvas Gradebook to Blackboard.
Canvas Essentials: FSE CLE Implementation Group
In September 2025, the University will move to a new CLE. To support this activity, FSE has created an Implementation group led by Co-Leads for the Digital and Flexible segment of FSE Teaching College.
Blackboard Spring Clean
In this article, we will outline why you should undertake a thorough ‘spring clean’ of your Blackboard course units, what elements you should focus on and why it’s essential to prepare now for the move to Canvas.
Changes to our Central Learning Environment
There are some significant changes happening to our CLE over the next two years. The University has announced it has chosen Canvas as our new CLE.
Sooner than this, we are required to update Blackboard to Ultra Based Navigation which will be implemented until the CLE change.