School-Based Transition Plan

Our move to UVACanvas has taken place over multiple semesters, with the first schools using UVACanvas in Spring 2023. As an initial step, the a UVACanvas Pilot was conducted in Fall 2022 and included nine courses and over 300 students using UVACanvas as their learning management system (LMS). Our pilot and Spring 2023 Wave faculty, instructional designers, and students shared feedback with us throughout the transition and has helped make improvements in preparation for the Fall 2023 wave.

Spring 2023 Wave

Approximately 40% of faculty in participating schools and departments moved to UVACanvas for the Spring 2023 semester, including:

• College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences: Art, Chemistry, Economics, Engagements, French, Mathematics, Politics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Statistics.
• School of Data Science
• School of Education and Human Development*
• School of Continuing & Professional Studies*
• Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy

(*School of Education and Human Development and School of Continuing & Professional Studies will be transitioning from local, school-based instances of Canvas to our unified, central instance, UVACanvas.)

Key Dates – Spring 2023 Wave Schools and Departments

Here's a look back at steps to help prepare for the Spring 2023 Wave transition. 

• September 2022: UVA faculty will have the opportunity to experience UVACanvas! With this launch, several new UVACanvas resources will become available:
  • UVACanvas Workspace – Available now, this Workspace is a dedicated space for faculty to experiment with course development within UVACanvas. Log in to your UVACanvas to try your Workspace today!
  • Canvas Guides & Training Portal - Available 24/7, the Canvas Guides and Training Portal offers how-to guides and live remote and on-demand training for all aspects of Canvas use.
• November 7, 2022 - January 18, 2023:
  • Migrated course site content became available for review.
  • As courses and instructors are added in the Student Information System (SIS), course shells will be created in UVACanvas for faculty to apply course content.
  • View Moving to UVACanvas for additional details.
• January 18, 2023: Spring semester began.

Assisted Course Site Migration – Spring 2023 Wave Schools and Departments 

Course sites created for the Spring ’22 and Summer ‘22 terms were automatically migrated from existing systems to UVACanvas. Course sites created for the Fall ‘22 semester were automatically migrated after the semester ended. 

In addition to the course sites that will be automatically migrated, instructors had the opportunity to select up to five additional sites from previous semesters to be migrated. This step was optional and is not required for retaining access to the original versions of these sites in UVACollab.

All sites, including those that are not migrated, will remain accessible until at least December 2025; any readings, handouts, and other course material stored on those sites will remain available for viewing or download.

Summer, Fall 2023 Waves

Beginning with the Summer 2023 term and moving forward, the remaining participating schools transitioned to UVACanvas for courses that are included in UVA's official academic catalog and listed in the Student Information System (SIS), including:

• College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences: All remaining departments and programs
• McIntire School of Commerce
• School of Engineering and Applied Science
• School of Medicine: Only the Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS) and the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) will use UVACanvas.
• School of Nursing
• School of Architecture
• UVA’s College at Wise: Will remain on Moodle for Summer 2023 and begin using UVACanvas in the Fall 2023 semester.
• Courses affiliated with the Office of the Provost

Key Dates – Summer and Fall 2023 Waves

Available Now

All UVA Faculty can experience UVACanvas:

• UVACanvas Workspace – Available now, this Workspace is a dedicated space for faculty to experiment with course development within UVACanvas. Log in to your UVACanvas to try your Workspace today!
• Canvas Guides & Training Portal - Available 24/7, the Canvas Guides and Training Portal offers how-to guides and live remote and on-demand training for all aspects of Canvas use.

April 2023

• Migrated course site content becomes available for review.
• As courses and instructors are added in the Student Information System (SIS), course shells will be created in UVACanvas for faculty to apply course content.
• UVA-lead opportunities to learn about using UVACanvas become available.

Summer 2023

All summer courses, excluding UVA’s College at Wise, will use UVACanvas.

• If you teach a course in UVA’s official academic catalog in Summer 2023, you will begin using UVACanvas in the Summer 2023 term.
• If you do not teach any summer courses, you will be included in the Fall 2023 wave and will begin using UVACanvas the next time you teach a course.

Fall 2023

All remaining courses in participating schools will use UVACanvas.

Assisted Course Site Migration – Summer and Fall 2023 Waves

To help you prepare to use UVACanvas in your courses, content from your recent course sites will be automatically migrated from existing systems to UVACanvas. You may find that this migrated content provides a helpful reference as you develop your new course sites.

For instructors who are transitioning from UVACollab:

• Content from course sites created for the Spring '22, Summer '22, and Fall '22 terms will be automatically migrated from UVACollab to UVACanvas.
• In addition to the content from course sites that will be automatically migrated, instructors using UVACollab may to select up to five additional sites from previous semesters to be migrated. This step is optional and is not required for retaining access to the original versions of these sites in UVACollab.
• All sites, including those that are not migrated, will remain accessible until at least December 2025; any readings, handouts, and other course material stored on those sites will remain available for viewing or download.

For instructors in the McIntire School of Commerce who are transitioning from Blackboard:

• Content from course sites created for the Fall '20 semester and forward will be automatically migrated from Blackboard to UVACanvas.
• Content from course sites created for the Spring '23 semester will be automatically migrated after the semester ends. 

For instructors in UVA Wise who are transitioning from Moodle:

• Content from course sites created for the Fall '20 semester and forward will be automatically migrated from Moodle to UVACanvas.
• Content from course sites created for the Spring '23 semester will be automatically migrated after the semester ends.