TritonEd to Canvas Migration Comparison
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Feature | Blackboard | Canvas | How Canvas Differs |
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Announcements | Announcements | Announcements | Canvas announcements allow students to reply in a similar manner to discussions. |
Appointments | N/A | Scheduler | Instructors can provision appointment blocks for individuals and groups directly through the calendar. |
Assignments | Assignments | Assignments, SpeedGrader | Assignment shells are easily created from modules, calendar, or the Assignments page. The Assignments page also shows graded discussions and quizzes within its list view. Grade online submissions with SpeedGrader. |
Blogging | Blogs | N/A | Blogs do not exist in Canvas and, therefore, are NOT migrated from TritonEd. Student blog submissions cannot be saved. Discussions and or external websites, like WordPress, can be used in lieue of blogs. If using an external website, students can submit the link via an assignment. Instructors can then view the external website blog within Canvas' document viewer, SpeedGrader. |
Calendar | Calendar | Calendar | Drag and drop functionality makes it easy to add or change due dates and event times. Assignment shells can be created from the calendar. |
Chat | N/A | Chat | Each course has a text-only chat room that keeps a history and does not require a Java plug-in. |
Contacts | Contacts | N/A | Contacts are NOT migrated. |
Content | Audio, Content Collection, File, Image, Video | Files | Files uploaded in a course are open to students by default. Instructors may restrict access to files. |
Content | Content Area, Content Folder, Learning Module | Modules | Instructors lay out all course content in one place grouped by units or weeks with optional scheduled release or prerequisites to view later materials. |
Content | Blank Page, Glossary, Item, Lesson Plan | Pages | Pages are always versioned in Canvas and may be used as the course home page. Attachments are easily linked inline using Content Selector. |
Content | Content Package (SCORM) | Assignment (SCORM) | |
Content | Home Page/Module Page | N/A | |
Course Chronology | N/A | Syllabus | Syllabus automatically displays all course events and graded assignments in a chronological list view. |
Discussions | Discussion Board | Discussions | Instructors can grade, pin, and close threads. Replies can be posted directly through the Canvas or by replying to the email notification for any subscribed threads. |
Document Preview | Assignments | Document Preview | Canvas allows in-browser viewing of document types browsers typically do not display. |
Enrollments | Roster, Users | People | Instructors can views student activity reports, total time in course. |
Grading | Grade Center | Grades, SpeedGrader | Manual grade columns migrate as assignment group “Imported Assignments”, and need to be edited with Submission Type as “No Submission” since students do not submit online. |
Grading | My Grades | Grades with What-If scores | Students can see how future assignments would affect their final grade with What-If scores. |
Groups | Groups | Groups | Groups are NOT migrated - they must be recreated in Canvas. Groups can be accessed from the universal navigation menu. |
Journals | Journals | N/A | Journals are NOT migrated. Student journal submissions cannot be saved. Assignments can be used to collect student journal entries. |
Links | Web Links | Pages | Pages are always versioned in Canvas and may be used as the course home page. |
Media Recording | N/A | Rich Content Editor with Media Recording | Canvas allows users to record audio and video to embed in pages, posts, messages, and even grade feedback. |
Messages | Course Messages | Inbox (Conversations) | Messages are NOT migrated. All messages in Canvas are centralized and stored in the conversations Inbox and sent via notifications. Canvas users can reply directly to notification emails. |
Messages | Send Email | Inbox (Conversations) | All messages in Canvas are centralized and stored in the conversations Inbox and sent via notifications. Canvas users can reply directly to notification emails. There is no separate integration with SacLink email. |
Navigation Menu | Course Menu | Course Navigation | Canvas course navigation links have the same name in every course. Instructors may hide or reorder links. |
Notifications | Notifications | Notifications | Canvas can send notifications via text and mobile app push with varied frequencies. Canvas does not yet allow notification frequency to vary by course. |
Peer Assessment | Self and Peer Assessment | Peer Review Assignments | These assignments migrate, but need to be edited to enable Peer Review option. Canvas assignments allow Peer Review of submissions, including anonymous, automatic-matching, and manual-matching options. |
Publisher Content | Publisher Content (e.g. Cengage, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Wiley) | Publisher Content (e.g. Cengage, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Wiley) | Publisher content is NOT migrated. Content needs to be recreated in the Canvas course, via “pairing” with the publisher’s website. |
Rubrics | Rubrics | Rubrics | Canvas allows criteria ratings scales to vary in number of increments. Rubrics are found in Outcomes tool. |
Surveys | Surveys | Surveys | Anonymous surveys deployed quickly, graded or ungraded. |
Syllabus | Syllabus | Pages | Syllabus converts to Pages, but a separate tool called Syllabus in Canvas automatically displays all course events and graded assignments in a chronological list view. |
Tasks | Tasks | Pages | All tasks go to a single Page. |
Tests, Questions | Tests and Pools | Quizzes | |
Wikis | Wikis | Pages, Collaborations | Wiki content is NOT migrated - only the wiki names and instructions migrate as Pages. Student wiki submissions cannot be saved. Pages become wikis when editing is allowed for teachers and students. Collaborations creates a Google Doc for selected students to edit. |