Canvas News and Updates
Summer 2020 Courses Fall 2020 (2211) term courses are now available in Canvas. As was the case with CourseWeb (Blackboard) these courses are generated based on course listings in PeopleSoft, the University’s official system of record. This includes enrollments for…
As previously announced, effective for the summer 2020 term, the University’s learning management system will transition to Canvas from CourseWeb (Blackboard Learn). As students have made it clear that they prefer a single LMS for all courses, instructors are encouraged…
Summer 2020 Courses Summer 2020 (2207) term courses are now available in Canvas. As was the case with CourseWeb (Blackboard) these courses are generated based on course listings in PeopleSoft, the University’s official system of record. This includes enrollments for…
With the entire university fully transitioning to Canvas as our new learning management system in the Summer 2020 term, we know that it’s important for all faculty and staff users to have access to training resources. What’s available to faculty…
As of December 2, 2019 Canvas demo courses have now been created for all faculty and teaching assistants based on the available data. The demo courses can be accessed via the Pitt Canvas site. Faculty or teaching assistants that do…
UPDATE: Applications for the Early Adopter Spring 2020 opportunity have closed. Thank you for your interest. Pitt will fully transition to Canvas by the summer 2020 (2207) term. However, there is an opportunity for a limited number of faculty to…
While the full university won't switch to Canvas until Summer 2020, the Teaching Center and Pitt Information Technology have been hard at work setting up the system so that it is ready for faculty and students participating in the Early…
UPDATE: Applications for the Early Adopter Fall 2019 opportunity have closed. There will be another similar opportunity for Spring 2020, and information will be posted as a new update to this page when it is available. Thank you for your…