CONNECT WITH US
Moving to Instructure Canvas, 2012
Utah State University, in connection with the Utah System of Higher Education Consortium, has adopted Instructure Canvas as its new learning management system. Canvas is replacing Blackboard Vista as the system for hosting online learning activities and course content. Throughout the 2011-2012 school year, online courses will be found on either Blackboard or Canvas, depending on what the instructor chooses.
All online content hosted in Blackboard Vista must be moved to Instructure Canvas by July 1, 2012.
This website is devoted to keeping you updated on the migration process and introducing you to Instructure Canvas. Here you will also find resources to help you learn and use Canvas.
Reason for Change
Blackboard Inc. will not support its Vista product after 2012. All schools using Blackboard Vista must move to a new system.
Why Instructure Canvas?
In a lengthy evaluation process at USU and across the state, Canvas received the highest approval from faculty and students and met the state's evaluation criteria better than any of the other available options.
Some exciting features of Canvas
- Significantly faster tools for grading.
- Notification options for faculty and students using Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and more.
- Integration with Google docs.
- Wikis, RSS feeds, web conferencing integrations, and more.
- Works on any modern browser, including mobile browsers. Mobile apps are forthcoming.
- Easy you-tube-like tools for posting video, available to faculty and students.
- One-click recording and posting of webcam video, available to faculty and students.
- Clean, intuitive user interface, featuring drag and drop usability throughout.
- Rapid migration tool for pulling content (including quizzes and assignments) from Blackboard Vista.
- Gold Star Certification for accessibility from the National Federation for the Blind.
- And much more.