Learn@UW Madison Knowledgebase

Credit-based Courses Available in Canvas

All credit-based courses are now available in Canvas and can be accessed by logging into the Learn@UW Course Dashboard. Faculty and instructional staff should contact the designated instructional technology point-person for their school or college to help plan for their transition to Canvas.

Plans for Non-Credit Courses

The Canvas Transition Team is beginning to move non-credit, UW-Madison courses from D2L and Moodle to Canvas. This includes courses in the following areas:

• Lifelong learning (enrichment or professional training) courses for external audiences
  Employee/Staff onboarding and training courses
• Large‐scale training and compliance courses for employees
• Large‐scale compliance courses for students

For questions about lifelong learning (enrichment or professional training) courses for external audiences to Canvas, please contact:

• Alan Ng (alan.ng@wisc.edu), Director of Outreach Technology, DCS
• Mary Thompson (mary.thompson@wisc.edu), Assistant Dean, DCS

For questions about transitioning employee/staff onboarding and training courses, large-scale training and compliance courses for employees, and large-scale compliance courses for students, please contact:

• Marta Studnicka (mstudnicka@wisc.edu), DoIT Academic Technology

Request a Canvas Sandbox Course

Canvas sandbox courses are available for those who wish to experiment with Canvas and begin designing courses in the meantime. Requests can be submitted through the Canvas Course Request form. Information on the automatic creation of Course Guide courses in Canvas is available in Canvas - How Automated Course and Section Creation Works (UW-Madison)

Canvas Support and Training

For information on available Canvas training resources, please see Canvas - Training Resources (UW-Madison).

For Canvas support, please see Get Help from DoIT. For the latest updates about Canvas, please see the UW-Madison Canvas Information website. We also encourage you to use the UW-Madison Canvas Community.

Moving to Canvas from D2L

• Canvas - What to Expect When Converting from D2L to Canvas (UW-Madison)
• Canvas - Tips and issues for instructors moving from D2L to Canvas (UW-Madison)
• Canvas - Exporting your course materials from D2L and importing them into Canvas (UW-Madison)

Moving to Canvas from Moodle

• Canvas - What to expect when converting from Moodle to Canvas (UW-Madison)
• Canvas - Tips and issues for instructors moving from Moodle to Canvas (UW-Madison)
• Canvas - Exporting your course materials from Moodle and importing them into Canvas (UW-Madison)

Canvas System Requirements and Supported Browsers

• Please see Instructure's guide "What are the basic computer specifications for Canvas?"
• Please see Instructure's guide "Which browsers does Canvas support?"

Canvas Release Schedule

Instructure releases updates to Canvas every three weeks. Please see "Canvas Release Notes" for information on new releases. New releases also generally contain a short video summarizing changes in a release. Check the release notes often to stay informed on bug fixes or new features coming to Canvas.