Shifting to Canvas: A Weekly Update

Canvas is available for preview by staff in preparation for use in 2022-2023.

Log in to Canvas and find a Sandbox course:

1. Go to harford.instructure.com and log in.
2. Open the Dashboard.
3. Open the sandbox titled with your name. It is an unpublished course.

How will Canvas instructional courses be created?

As with itslearning, course creation will be programmatic based on scheduling in eSchool. Teachers who are not scheduled (ie. Gifted and Talented) will have an instructional course created programmatically. Courses will be created and curriculum pushed in August.

If I teach multiple sections of a course, will I have one course card or multiple? Will I need to merge courses?

Teachers will get multiple course cards and can choose to cross-link (similar to itslearning Course Merge). Student groupings will maintain.

How will quarterly Unified Arts courses be scheduled?

These are scheduled by quarter. There will be a course for each quarter/section. These courses can be cross-linked.

If I create something in my Sandbox Course now, can I use it next year?

Yes, teachers will have their sandboxes beyond summer, and yes they can create content in their sandboxes and move it to their instructional courses come August. Reminder: information around moving content from itslearning to Canvas will be shared April 19.

Having used the itslearning LMS, our staff has foundational knowledge for what they can do in the Canvas LMS. The itslearning vs. Canvas Content and Design video provides a sneak peek about how to design in Canvas!

• Upcoming Wednesday Newsletters: Sneak Peek
• April 19, 2022: Introduction to Canvas for all Instructional Staff, including Plans to Migrate Content from itslearning
• Spring 2022: Additional Choice Professional Development Options
• August 2022: Curriculum Push in Canvas

Questions regarding this information should be directed to instructionaltech@hcps.org.