1. …no boss, no support, no time…but we have a Canvas T-shirt!
Mike Ritkowski

2. A University of Mary Washington Success Story
Lisa Ames
LMS Administrator
E-Learning Specialist
Pam Lowery
Director of Training

3. InstructureCon 2011 UMW Case Study 4 months!
“our goal is to make this not the standard anymore”
Instructure
The LMS Migration process as explained by Bracken Mosbacker in a presentation at InstructureCon “Desire 2 Migrate Angels & Blackboards”.
UMW Case Study
4 months!

4. We are… Located in Fredericksburg, VA College of Arts & Sciences
Fredericksburg Campus
Partnering with 5 other state colleges: ODU, VCU, VT, GMU, UVA, Naval Post Graduate School to offer graduate level science and engineering programs
College of Business & College of Education
Stafford Campus
Dahlgren Education & Research Center

5. LMS History Web Course in a Box > Blackboard version 8, hosted
Adopted Instructure Canvas April 2011
Migrated approximately 2500 courses
Currently courses and users
SIS: Banner
Run enrollments 2x daily

6. Choosing the Next LMS Platform
Instructure awarded LMS contract
Planning - 8 months
Implementation – 4 months

7. Phase 1: Review & Selection Process
LMS Review Committee formed (15)
RFI released & Community Survey
RFP released (30 days)
4 vendors selected to demo, requirements
Community Feedback

8. Phase 2: Implementation Process
LMS Review Committee makes recommendation:
Intent to Award issued March 10, 2011
Installation, testing and technical training begins April 2011
UMW Community Involvement
train-the-trainer (DL, DTLT)
Faculty Pilot Testers (11, 6 weeks)
Students
Faculty & Staff Training

9. 2 Instructors: Summer’s beginning: Director of Distance Learning & Pam
Summer’s beginning: Lisa & Pam

10. 4
4 courses

11. 4 Getting to Know UMW's New LMS Canvas: Basic Course Design
Canvas: Advanced Course Design
Canvas' SpeedGrader 4
4 courses with titles

12. 44
44 sessions

13. 44 April 2011: 1 – 2 per week Week of August 8 & 15: 6 per week
44 sessions – began in April with a small group
Ramped up in later summer

14. 248 +164 412 Target Audience Population to train 248 fulltime faculty
164 adjuncts

15. Attendees

16. Resources Resources for Instructors:
Instructions on everything from Announcements…Assignments…Grades…Rubrics…More
Each topic contains step by step instructions + a video

17. Resources One of the most popular resources: Canvas Cheat Sheet
Gave it out at all Training Sessions
Available as a PDF document online

18. Resources
Collected resources from other sources

19. Resources
Included a link to the Technology Training Calendar

20. Resources
Created Resources just for students

21. Resources
Partners in a sister group created a cute video announce Canvas’ arrival

22. Partners DTLT Faculty Help Desk
No good project stands alone. Many hands made ‘easy’ work: 2 student employees, DTLT, Faculty, Help Desk

23. Phase 3: Ready, Set, Go Target: July 28, 2011
Fall semester begins August 30
…a little bumpy…..

24. Report for Fall 2011 (14 wk, 1st 8 wks)
How are we doing?
Report for Fall 2011 (14 wk, 1st 8 wks)

25. What does it mean? Increase in LMS Use Increase in LMS Use for 
Blackboard: 50% > Canvas: 96%
Increase in LMS Use for
Communication & Collaboration 
Blackboard: 55% > Canvas: 82%

26. What have we discovered?
Integration:
Rethink our Banner data fields to allow for cross-listed and combined courses
Investigate enrollment data issue (currently 2x daily)
Best Practices
Use a Test Environment!
Communicate consistently

27. Next Steps Training: Effective instructional design
Best Practices for F2F, Blended & Online Learning
SMM - Social Media Mania
MSM - Media Sensory Madness
MMS - Mobile Me Soon

28. Current Projects Academia
College of Education – Universal Learning Outcomes & Rubrics
Online Writing Center – virtual conferencing
Student Pilot Testers – USE-Ability Course
Testing the LMS (sight, sound, + learning disabilities)
VPAT, Gold certification NFB, W3c’s WAIWCAg 2.0AA, Section 508
Web Accessibility Initiative Web Content Aceessibility Guidelines

29. Resources UMW Instructure Implementation Plan http://lms.umwblogs.org
Training:
YouTube Training Channel
Teaching & Learning
DTLT: Canvas
Instructure
Bracken’s Desire 2 Migrate Angels & Blackboards
VPAT
NFB-NVA Certification

30. Questions?
Thank you!
Lisa Ames