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Canvas Merge Project

Overview

In March of 2021, the presidents and chancellor made the decision to merge the three eLearning teams. Though merging Canvas has been in discussions for several years, this move to a single team provided the resources necessary to bring the project to fruition. 

Impact & Reasons for the Merge

By combining our three Canvas sites into a single site, we provide

  • A single entry point for all courses at Seattle Colleges.

  • A reduction of multiple accounts for students and faculty across the colleges.​

  • The ability for eLearning to provide faster support to students, faculty, and staff.

  • Greater consistency across student and faculty experiences in Canvas.

Project Overview Video

Watch a video where our Executive Director of eLearning, Kevin Bowersox-Johnson, provides general information about the project.

Usability Testing

The eLearning Team is starting usability testing in the new Canvas site. Testing includes developing scenarios based on user roles and making sure they work correctly in the new site.

For example, A faculty member wants to assign an incomplete (I) grade to a student and allow that student the ability to complete their work after the course ends and the course is created in one of the old sites.

We have several scenarios for faculty that include situations such as:

  • Importing/Exporting Content from one or more of the old sites to the new one.
  • Using Panopto videos in the new site that have created in one or more of the old sites.
  • Accessing grades and other student information from the old site.
  • Creating a quiz in the new site using text bank questions created in one or more of the old sites.

If you have scenarios you'd like us to test, please complete our Faculty Questions and Scenarios to Test. 

Request a Meeting

We understand most of your questions will be individualized to your situation. Therefore, we are committing to individual appointments to address questions and concerns. Complete the Canvas Merge Request Submit Form to set up a meeting.

Though we are working to minimize disruption to teaching and learning experiences with this transition, we have identified a few concerns that we want to address sooner than later. Please set up a meeting with us, especially if any of the following apply to you:

  • ​You use 3rd-party software (LTIs) such as publisher materials, etc. ​

  • You use Canvas for Student Community Shells that require manual enrollment.​

  • You use Canvas for Administrative Purposes within your division/department/program.​

  • You have courses that do not start or end on the standard quarterly schedule (e.g., Self-Paced, Continuing Education, Employee Training, etc.).