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Hi, we're currently evaluating our LMS (Blackboard). I'd like to know what the main factors were when you decided to adopt Canvas. If this is the wrong place to ask this, please let me know. Thanks. John B.
We are in the process of determining how we are going to bring over our Blackboard courses to Canvas. In our discussion someone asked how many semesters of Blackboard courses we should bring over to Canvas. What would be a typical number? Also, do you keep all of the archives from your previous LMS? We have a good 14 years…
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has/knows of a Blackboard to Canvas migration checklist? I am looking into some of the aspects for my institution and was looking for such a document, but could contribute to a collaborative one here. I have seen the very useful guide by @benjamin_rodrig on the commuity (see post here…
Hi all, I am testing some courses to export from Blackboard and import into Canvas. I keep getting the mysterious error displayed below. I am working through different modules to try and figure out what is causing the problem and so far think it is the advanced adaptive release rules I have set up in the module on…
Hi all, I am on week 2 of a new job where I am tasked with running the pilot program for Canvas. I have used Canvas at a previous institution for a number of years and am fairly comfortable with the benefits. I have not used Blackboard, however, as my previous migration experience was from an internally developed LMS to…
What's the equivalent of Adaptive release in Blackboard?
Our school is in the process of migrating from Blackboard Canvas. We started about a year ago and we learned a lot. I'd like to share a guide we created. It's written from an instructor's point of view and its purpose is to help instructors, designers, and admins get an idea of what migration from Blackboard to Canvas…
Hi All, Our university, Tarleton State U in Texas, is moving to Canvas from BB in Fall 2019. I'm looking for any resources anyone might have concerning what you should tell faculty (instructions) on cleaning up BB files prior to a migration into Canvas. We are emphasizing a 'fresh start' option, but well, most faculty will…
Hi, I have a question about rendering equations in the comments/feedback section of questions migrated from Blackboard. 1 When opening quizz-questions originally created in Blackboard in Canvas gives perfect results, but things go wrong when it is saved within the system and the exercise is opened again, or employed in a…
I am an assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam. We recently (August 2018) moved from Blackboard to Canvas. In Blackboard we used weekly tests to monitor our students on their statistics skills. We migrated our item banks from Blackboard to Canvas and questions work mostly okay, except for displaying "rich"…