1. Canvas Resources
Presented by the Academic Technology Center, Center for Teaching and Learning

2. Academic Technology Center
Created as a joint venture between Academic Affairs and IRT
Goal: Provide seamless academic technology services and act as your LMS transition partner.
Contact - AIRC 2005, ,
In-person, phone and support for SacCT, Canvas and other academic technologies
Reservations - Schedule one-on-one appointments online at your convenience (

3. Information Resources & Technology
Goal: From smart tech tools and services, to training and support, the Information Resources & Technology Team (IRT) powers the technology that supports and innovates the teaching and learning experience in and out of the classroom.
Contact - AIRC 2005, ,
In-person, phone and support for campus technologies and wireless connections

4. Center for Teaching and Learning
Goal: Provide activities and services that help individuals, departments, and programs to identify and achieve their desired level of teaching excellence.
Contact – AIRC 3005, ,
Faculty development, Quality Matters support, instructional design
Website (

5. Transition Experience
The campus will be fully migrated to Canvas for Spring 2019.
24,000+ students had at least one course in Canvas during spring 2018
42% of all LMS courses in Canvas, spring 2018
Access Canvas through My Sac State, canvas.csus.edu, Canvas Student app, Canvas Teacher app

6. Transition Experience: Faculty
Three “development” courses for each instructor for testing and building course content
Fall 2015 – Spring 2018 course Blackboard courses already migrated to Canvas
Other Blackboard courses can be migrated upon request (or if your content needed sooner)
Migrate your own content

7. Course Creation, Student Enrollments
Courses created for faculty when department staff add 'Faculty of Record' to course in CMS
Students added/deleted automatically based on CMS enrollments
Faculty can manually add students in Canvas to give access sooner

8. Term Start/End Dates, Publish Course
Students gain access to the course according to the start and end date of the course
By default the start and end date of the course is the first day and last day is two weeks after grades are due, but can be changed by the instructor.
You must publish your course for students to see the course contents.

9. Plan: Course Building Strategies
Build from Scratch
Start fresh with a blank shell and build your Canvas course.
Re-build a Migrated Course
Import all content from a migrated course into your Canvas course shell and clean up/re-organize content.
Hybrid Approach
Start from scratch in Canvas and import some migrated content (e.g., assignments, files, quizzes).

10. Canvas Support
CANVAS WEEK workshop presentations available online  
Faculty & Student resources available on project website (
Help button within Canvas
Support contacts
Instructor Guide
Instructor Video Guides
Guides for your students too!

11. Questions? Contact ATC for support: Contact CTL for support:
Schedule a one-on-one consultation at
Contact - AIRC 2005, ,
Contact CTL for support:
Faculty mentors, Instructional Designers
Contact – AIRC 3005, ,