This article demonstrates a “Do It Yourself” version of the Blackboard to Canvas Course Conversion for faculty who wish to get started working on their Canvas Courses ahead of the University schedule.
To update the Title of your Sandbox Site, please email helpdesk@boisestate.edu with this request. The ability for faculty to make this change themselves is being developed.
Request Canvas Sandbox Site
Instructions: Create a Canvas Sandbox Shell
Fill out the Blackboard Course Restore Request Form
Instructions: Request Blackboard Course Content be Restored
Include the Canvas SIS ID of the Canvas Sandbox Shell that you want the course content to be imported into: How to find the Canvas SIS ID
You will receive a notification email from LTS@boisestate.edu when the course has been restored in Canvas.
Clean up and Organize the Canvas Course
Helpful Resource: Learning about Canvas.
Top 4 Gotcha’s in converting a course from Blackboard to Canvas
Rubrics - Canvas Rubrics use points to calculate grades, not percentages. If your Blackboard rubrics contained percentage points, reformat them in Canvas.
Journals - Canvas does not have a Journal tool, manually save Journal Prompts off of Blackboard so that the content is not lost.
Groups - Groups from BB should be deselected at the Canvas import stage.
This is because group names from BB will be imported into Canvas simply as 'Pages' with the same name yet without the functionality of a group.
Manual Columns - are now created through the Assignments area (Select “No Submission” as the submission type).
Go Live!
Request a Canvas Course Site from Middleware 2.0
In Canvas, copy the Sandbox Course into your Live Course, the live course will auto-populate with students and you will be ready to go!
Have a suggestion?
Email us! lts@boisestate.edu