Frequently Asked Questions
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Canvas is currently training UMOnline and IT staff through February, and the UM Canvas site is under construction. Training for faculty and staff will be available in mid-spring, with many opportunities for training throughout the spring, summer and fall, including both on-demand and live training options from UMOnline and Canvas.
In Summer 2024, for-credit courses will have the option to teach in Moodle or Canvas. In Fall 2024, all for-credit courses will be taught in Canvas, with no option to teach in Moodle. Most non-credit and non-instructional Moodle courses will continue to use Moodle through Fall 2024. Faculty and staff will have access to Moodle until mid-to-late December 2024.
A third-party company is contracted to migrate courses from Moodle to Canvas. This includes migration of online and blended courses, as well as in-person courses that use Moodle to deliver content and to engage students in activities like assignments, forums, and quizzes. The first round of migration includes courses from the past three years that meet these criteria. Remaining courses will be migrated by Canvas or can be manually uploaded from a Moodle backup file.
There are tasks that can be done ahead of time to help facilitate the move of your course. Please contact an Instructional Designer at UMOnlineIDs@umontana.edu to assist with this. Refer to the Pre-Migration Tip Sheet for initial steps in preparing for the Canvas migration, and review the Moodle to Canvas Tool Comparison document for an overview of equivalencies between the two platforms.
Please continue to look for additional communications via UM email messages and this website as we have more information and move forward. Thank you.