Faculty who teach non-medical undergraduate and graduate students may begin to create their courses in Canvas for spring 2021 semester on or after Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Please see below for instructions on how to get started. For more information about the University’s transition from Blackboard to Canvas, visit go.rowan.edu/canvas.
Starting Monday, Nov. 2, instructors can start creating Spring 2021 course shells in Canvas.
- To create your course in Canvas on or after Monday, Nov. 2, log in to the Rowan Online Portal, select My Courses from the top navigation menu and follow the instructions to create a course shell for each of your eligible courses.
- New for Spring 2021, you will be given the option to copy existing course content into your shell for each of your Spring 2021 courses. For each course where you select “Create Shell,” you will be prompted to choose between copying content from an existing course or creating a new, blank shell.
- When you choose “copy content,” you will be able to select any one previous course. The system will copy 100 percent of the course content into your designated Spring 2021 course shell.
- When you choose to create a new, blank shell, a new shell with the default course template will be provisioned for you.
- Please note that an option to copy the course content from the previous term is only available at the time you are creating your shell for the term. You cannot select to do this at a later time. If you choose to copy your courses later, you will need to use the Canvas Commons system to manage the copy process. After you copy course content, you may update, edit, and/or delete any portions of the copied content in the new shell.
- After you submit your request, the course shell and copy process will begin immediately within Canvas. You will receive an email notification when the course is ready (course copy may take some time depending on the amount of content being copied). Once you receive the email notification, you can begin building and/or updating your course for the spring 2021 semester.
- Please plan for timely submissions since students are expected to view their courses 5 days before the course starts.
- Begin your self-paced Canvas training. Once you create a course shell in Canvas for the spring 2021 semester, you will be automatically enrolled in a self-paced training course (if you were not previously enrolled) that will show you how to download existing course content from Blackboard and build a new course in Canvas. You will be able to access and download content from Blackboard until January 31, 2021. You can find the self-paced training course in your Canvas Dashboard and also the means to make appointments with trainers through a Picktime calendar scheduling system.
Additional information about the transition from Canvas from Blackboard, including answers to frequently asked questions and information about additional training opportunities are available at go.rowan.edu/canvas.
For other questions not addressed in the self-paced training or on the Canvas transition website, please contact the Technology Support Center at 856-256-4400, or submit a ticket in the IRT Support Portal.