Communications and Updates
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Canvas is here! Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • May 14, 2025 Beginning May 19, the start of the first summer session, Canvas will be the learning management system (LMS) used for teaching and learning at MSU. Canvas will enhance the university community's educational experience and meet the diverse needs of our students and faculty. |
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Brightspace D2L: Going, Going, Gone! Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • May 7, 2025 Your summer 2022 through fall 2024 courses are now in your Canvas account. Please log in to Canvas today to confirm that your courses migrated as expected. You must review all courses in Canvas as soon as possible. There will be no access to D2L Brightspace after June 1. |
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Time is running out: D2L Brightspace’s days are numbered! Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • April 30, 2025 Your summer 2022 through fall 2024 courses are now in your Canvas account. Please log in to Canvas today to confirm that your courses migrated as expected. You must review all courses in Canvas as soon as possible. There will be no access to D2L Brightspace after June 1. |
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Please share this important email about the transition to Canvas with your students
Academic Technology & Outreach • April 29, 2025 Starting summer semester 2025, Canvas will replace D2L/Brightspace as our campus learning management system. Once you have registered for classes, you can log into Canvas and access the training module "Passport to Canvas." |
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D2L Brightspace goes offline June 1 Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • April 23, 2025 The university's automated migration process to Canvas only copies course content from the D2L Brightspace learning management system. It does not migrate student submissions or grades, including assignment submissions, discussion posts, quiz responses, and other student work. |
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YuJa Panorama accessibility tool within Canvas Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • April 16, 2025 YuJa Panorama is a tool designed to improve the accessibility of your course content. It is integrated directly into the Canvas LMS and provides enhanced captioning, transcription, and accessibility features for videos and other multimedia content, ensuring that all students--including those with disabilities--can fully engage with your materials. |
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Summer and Fall 2025 course shells are now available in Canvas Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • April 9, 2025 Your summer 2025 and fall 2025 course shells are now in your Canvas account. You can quickly copy content from a previous course, master course, or practice course into your new shell. Follow this step-by-step guide: How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool? |
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Download your student data from D2L Brightspace before it’s too late! Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • April 2, 2025 The university's automated migration process to Canvas only copies course content from the D2L Brightspace learning management system. It does not migrate student submissions or grades, including assignment submissions, discussion posts, quiz responses and other student work. If you need to retain this data for future use, please download it from D2L Brightspace before June 1, 2025. After that time, it will no longer be available. |
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Canvas Phase II migration (summer and fall 2024) is complete! |
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Log In to Canvas Today |
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Complete important step for D2L Brightspace-to-Canvas transition by June 1 Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • January 23, 2025 The university’s migration to Canvas only copies course content from the D2L Brightspace learning management system. The automated process does not migrate student data, assignments, work, discussions, grades or quizzes. If you need to retain this data for future use, please download it from D2L Brightspace before June 1, 2025. After that time, it will no longer be available. |
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Important Things to Remember About Canvas Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • November 21, 2024 Montana State University is adopting Canvas by Infrastructure as its new learning management system (LMS). As we approach the changeover, here are some important things to keep in mind: Canvas will be the LMS used for all MSU courses starting the first summer session on May 19, 2025. |
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Canvas is now available to faculty Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • September 17, 2024 We are excited to announce that Canvas is now available to faculty. We encourage you to log in, explore and familiarize yourself with its features. |
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First Canvas Transition Email Tracy Dougher, Vice Provost • April 5, 2024 I’m pleased to let you know that Montana State University will be upgrading to a new learning management system: Canvas. The new LMS was selected by the Montana University System and will be deployed at all MUS campuses. At MSU, Canvas will replace D2L/Brightspace, our current LMS. |
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Update from the Montana University System Regarding the Selection of Canvas Robert Mokwa, Provost • October 5, 2023 For your information, we received the following update from the Montana University System Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) regarding the selection of Canvas as the system-wide Learning Management System (LMS). |
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LMS Selection Announcement Joseph Thiel, Interim Deputy Commissioner • October 4, 2023 After an extensive vetting process, the Montana University System has selected Canvas by Instructure as its single Learning Management Syste |