Eighteen of your colleagues are trying out the Canvas Learning Management System this semester as a potential alternative to Blackboard. The full list of Canvas pilots is available on this webpage: Canvas Pilots. Hear from six of them on Tuesday, March 24 at 10 am in Library 141. These faculty will briefly present their courses followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A:The Task Force for Learning Management System Evaluation will base their recommendation, in part, on the experiences of instructors in these pilots. Come find out how students like Canvas, how it compares to Blackboard, how the transition between systems works, and what it’s really like to teach with Canvas.
See also these other posts on Canvas: https://sites.stedwards.edu/instructionaltechnology/tag/canvas/
I can’t make the meeting, but I’d just like to take the time to say how much I absolutely adore Canvas. I’m an adjunct teaching at St. Edward’s but also teaching down at Alamo Colleges, where we use Canvas. I have experience with both Blackboard and Canvas, and hands-down, Canvas is undeniably superior in terms of usability, appearance, support and submitting and grading written work.
I have no idea if this is the place to praise Canvas or not (believe me, I’d be at that meeting supporting Canvas if I could be) but I feel strongly enough about Canvas as an absolutely invaluable tool that I had to say something, somewhere!
Thanks for sharing your input, Cheyenne. This is really helpful, and the blog is a great place for this. Please encourage any of your colleagues with experience in Canvas to share, as well!