Canvas
Canvas will replace D2L Brightspace as MSU’s learning management system beginning summer semester 2025.
Do you need student data, submissions, or grades from this year or the past? Unfortunately, student data, submissions, or grades in D2L Brightspace will not migrate to Canvas.
If you want to retain this information, download it from D2L Brightspace before it goes offline on June 1, 2025.
See the status of milestones in the Canvas transition.
Milestones in the Canvas Transition
Use YuJa Panorama to make your course content accessible.
More about YuJa Panorama
Want to migrate your courses yourself? You'll need a course shell.
Request a Course Shell.
MSU faculty and staff: offer non-credit online learning opportunities with our special instance of Canvas.
Non-credit Canvas
You cannot teach using Canvas for your MSU courses until Summer 2025. MSU students will not have access to academic courses in Canvas until then.
We have migrated them.
Review Your Auto-Migrated CoursesWe have migrated your summer 2022 through spring 2024 courses to Canvas. Log into Canvas and confirm that your courses migrated as expected.
Learn how to review your auto-migrated courses.
We will migrate Summer and Fall 2024 courses in April. You can also migrate those courses independently.
We offer several learning pathways, including videos, web-based tutorials, and in-person training (both live and virtual).
This presentation was shared with faculty at departmental meetings. An MSU Instructional Technology Specialist explains why the MUS selected Canvas, highlights its key features, outlines the migration timeline, and details course migration, training, and support resources. (14:53)
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