How you approach the rebuilding of your course units in Canvas will depend on many personal factors; the size and scale of your unit, who else is involved in the delivery, how the unit is delivered, the range and format of the materials within your course and your familiarity with Canvas and technology in general. […]
The migration to Canvas of Semester 1 course unit content has now been completed. Additionally all the 2025/26 teaching spaces – 1SE, 2SE and 1YR – have also been created in Canvas. This now means that semester 1 unit leads and those wishing to build their canvas space from scratch can now begin working on your […]
Canvas is coming. Find out more about what is happening next, how you can access Canvas and what support will be available to you.
This post will outline a way you can quickly identify the course units you will be needing to access in the upcoming academic year.
The CLE project team and IT Services have been working together to undertake the necessary analysis and design work to implement Canvas by Instructure as our replacement for Blackboard Learn at The University of Manchester. This page clarifies the updated timeline for the project
One of the key aims of the Teaching Academy is to promote good teaching practice, In this article, Martin Simmons, from the discipline of Civil Engineering, explains a little bit more about the purpose of the Teaching Focused Community of Practice.
This article will compare the Assignment tools within Canvas to Blackboard. This is not intended to be a training piece but a overview of features to give you some idea as to how it differs from Blackboard.
In September 2025, the University will move to a new CLE. To support this activity, FSE has created an Implementation group led by Co-Leads for the Digital and Flexible segment of FSE Teaching College.
Emily Cooksey is an Associate Dean for Student Experience and Graduate Outcomes and a lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science. Emily talked to Teaching Academy about her experience of running optionality within her assessments. What did you do and why? Optionality is the practise of giving students choice within their assessed work. It is […]
Mentimeter continues to grow in popularity across the University and this post shows off a new Quiz Competition feature.