Canvas

Canvas provides an intuitive way to add rubrics to assignments. This article compares the Rubic tools in Canvas to Blackboard.

Impact by Instructure offers several tools to enhance engagement among staff and students. This article will provide an overview of Campaigns, Campaign Templates, and Walkthroughs, highlighting their key features and benefits.

Like Blackboard, Canvas has its own Discussions tool that enables discussions between the entire course unit cohort or a group. The basic functionality is not significantly different…

Like Blackboard, Canvas has its own tool for storing and managing student grades and feedback.  This article will compare the Canvas Gradebook to 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.

In this article, we will outline why you should undertake a thorough ‘spring clean’ of your Blackboard course units, what elements you should focus on and why it’s essential to prepare now for the move to Canvas.

There are some significant changes happening to our CLE over the next two years. The University has announced it has chosen Canvas as our new CLE.
Sooner than this, we are required to update Blackboard to Ultra Based Navigation which will be implemented until the CLE change.