Starting Spring 2024, all Duke* and DKU instructors can teach their courses on Canvas. If you previously taught a course on Sakai that you will be teaching again in Spring 2024, you may request course content be migrated from Sakai to Canvas for you.

We encourage you to request any content you would like migrated for Spring 2024 as soon as possible (excepting Fall 2023 site content - we suggest you wait until the term has ended to have those migrated). Please submit your requests by December 20 to ensure your content will be migrated and ready for you to review by the first day of classes (January 10).

*Divinity and select School of Nursing instructors are transitioning to Canvas on different timelines than the rest of the university; information about those timelines has been shared by local support teams.

Shai Ginsburg, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, invited the Canvas project team to join a recent departmental meeting. The team gave a short presentation and reserved the remaining time for discussion. “It was a lively discussion that lasted about 45 minutes. There were a lot of questions and comments, both from faculty who have already adopted Canvas and those who are yet to adopt it. [The Canvas team members] answered the questions straightforwardly. It was a very good use of time.”

If you have a department or similar large group meeting coming up and would like someone to come speak and answer questions about Canvas, contact us at canvas@duke.edu and we would be happy to arrange for a member of the transition team to attend. 

If you have no experience with Canvas but are confident using Sakai, review the Self-Paced Guides to Canvas at Duke and the crosswalks.

If you have no experience with Canvas and are nervous about this transition, attend a workshop or enroll in the Growing with Canvas course.

If you have used Canvas before but need a refresher, check out our video collection - especially video #5, “Structuring Your Course Site,” which explains how we recommend Duke instructors implement Modules for a more consistent student learning experience.

Done some training, but still have a question? Stop by our virtual open office hours or request a one-on-one appointment.

All workshops are virtual and in Eastern time.

This workshop is recommended for anyone who has not used Canvas as an instructor before or those who would like a refresher on Canvas. Instruction is expected to last about 60 minutes, with the remaining time available for questions. This session will include some of the basic “getting started” and Canvas configuration information. 

This workshop is strongly recommended for all instructors. This session will focus on the core of Canvas – the Modules tool – and how to use it and several other key Canvas tools to best organize your site to support student success. Instruction is expected to last about 60 minutes, with the remaining time available for questions.

This session will cover assessing student learning in Canvas using quizzes, graded discussions, assignment submissions, and the gradebook. Instruction is expected to last 75-90 minutes; any remaining time will be available for questions.