Question
How Do I Bring Over My Own Course Content to Canvas?
Environment
Information
Migration of course content from Blackboard will be completed according to the schedule below, In addition to the courses automatically be migrated from Blackboard to Canvas, faculty have the ability to manually migrate any of their courses using the steps listed below:
Full Migration Schedule
- Summer 2024 credit courses - Migrated to Canvas on October 30, 2024
- Workforce Training and Job Training 2023/2024 courses - Migrated to Canvas on October 30, 2024
- Non-term based course templates, portfolios, and organizations - Migrated to Canvas by end of November 2024
- Fall 2024 credit courses - Migrated to Canvas by end of January 2025
- Workforce Training and Job Training 2024/2025 courses - Migrated to Canvas by end of April 2025
- Winter 2025 credit courses - Migrated to Canvas by end of May 2025
- Summer 2025 credit courses - Migrated to Canvas by end of August 2025
Answer
- Export the content from your blackboard course, instructions can be found here.
- Import the zip file into your existing Canvas Sandbox or Template, instructions can be found here.
- If you do not have a template/sandbox course shell, you can request one to be created by filling out the Course Shell Request Form