Getting Started

• Blackboard to Canvas Equivalencies Chart
• Manage your Course Notifications
• Course Navigation.

Organizing your Course

• Add a New Module to your Course
• Create a New Page for your Course

Managing Existing Content

• Export or Import Existing Content
  • Note: Used for bringing over content that may have been provided by another instructor or perhaps even content you may have used in a Canvas course at a previous university.
• Copy a Course from a Previous Semester
• Import VCU's Course Template (created by VCU Online)
• Migrate a Classic Quiz to the New Quiz Format

Creating New Content

• Create an Announcement
• Create an Assignment
• Create a Google Assignment
  • Note: Google Assignments is a Canvas 3rd Party Tool supported by Collaboration Services.
• Create a SCORM Assignment or SCORM Page
• Create a Discussion Board
  • Note: Please see How to Create a Group Discussion Board and get more information on the Discussion Redesign project.
• Create a quiz using the "Classic Quizzes" format or the "New Quizzes" format.
• Note: Quizzes are a very in-depth Canvas feature that cannot be encompassed in a single link. See the "Quizzes" and "New Quizzes" section of the Canvas Guides.

Publishing Your Course

• Before you publish your course, please review the following:
• Student View
• Link Validation

• Make your Course Available to Students:
• Publish your Course