  {"id":1294,"date":"2026-04-22T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:18:59","slug":"april-22-2026-email-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/2026\/04\/22\/april-22-2026-email-8\/","title":{"rendered":"April 22, 2026 &#8211; Canvas LMS Transition Updates for Faculty #8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greetings, Faculty Colleagues &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See below for the most recent monthly installment of Canvas updates for faculty. It\u2019s an exciting time as work accelerates in advance of our Summer 2026 go-live.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ITD and MTSU Online staff do not have capacity to convert courses for faculty, but they will provide support and help teach faculty\u00a0<em>how<\/em>\u00a0to convert their courses to Canvas. Please refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/facultyresources\/\">Canvas Resources for Faculty<\/a>\u00a0webpage and video recordings of previous Canvas trainings on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctm.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/\">CTM Canvas website<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Register for our Canvas Training Intensive Retreat\u00a0May 12-15, offered both\u00a0<strong>in-person<\/strong>\u00a0and remotely on\u00a0<strong>Zoom<\/strong>. Our\u00a0Canvas\u00a0Intensive\u00a0will\u00a0assist\u00a0faculty in preparing their courses for summer 2026 and beyond. You may register for one or more days, or you may register for specific sessions on each day. To register for the May 2026\u00a0Canvas\u00a0Intensive,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/QEcMDg0dbj\"><u>use this link<\/u><\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The batch of K16 custom course migrations\u00a0requested by March 6 is now available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mtsu.instructure.com\/\">your Canvas account<\/a>. K16 migrated courses are clearly indicated as \u201cMigration\u201d on the course card in your Canvas account.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Even if your course has been migrated by K16, it will not be \u201cready to go.\u201d Faculty need to review their migrated course content, quizzes, assessments, etc., and choose a layout for their courses in Canvas. (e.g., One of our Canvas Early adopters spent 10 hours working on her K16 migrated fully online course for spring 2026.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Still need your course(s) migrated from D2L to Canvas? We have some space for additional K16 course migrations, but the migration process takes 4-6 weeks. The last round of migration requests (a\u00a0very limited number) is due by\u00a0<strong>June 12th<\/strong>, and because of the late date, we cannot guarantee that these courses will be migrated before the Fall 2026 term begins. If you&#8217;d like to submit a request for the final course migration, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=QL8udrKAukCG_m3UCay0mUXtvVjwtulHjwDsuPh9lKlUNFFVMUpEWERVUzJZN0dPWjA1QkRBWEVLWC4u\">K16\u00a0Migration Request Form<\/a>\u00a0<strong>for EACH course that needs to be migrated<\/strong>; you will need the\u00a0course URL, Instructor name, M number, and Department for each course.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;d like to migrate your own course content from D2L to Canvas, refer to\u00a0the guidelines in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2025\/09\/GSWC-Moving-D2L-Courses.pdf\"><u>pdf<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mtsu.instructuremedia.com\/embed\/7db8ae05-001b-4862-8d05-22f85c0be3f5\"><u>video<\/u><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer and Fall 2026 course\u00a0shells\u00a0are visible in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mtsu.instructure.com\/\">your Canvas account<\/a>. These are just shells, without course content, but you\u00a0can\u00a0import and build\u00a0content\u00a0anytime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students (including all GAs and GTAs)\u00a0cannot access D2L after May 15, 2026, but faculty permissions are active through\u00a0December\u00a031, 2026.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may refer to the previous Canvas transition update emails\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/email-archives\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>When looking for your migrated course, look for the Migration term listed on the course card in the Canvas Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/167\/2026\/04\/Course-Card-Migration.png\" alt=\"Course Card with Migration term listed\" class=\"wp-image-1296\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, if you have questions, please contact our team at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:canvas@mtsu.edu\">canvas@mtsu.edu<\/a>. You can also visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/\">Canvas implementation website<\/a>&nbsp;for more information&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/timeline\/\">timelines<\/a>, Canvas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/resources\/\">resources<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ctm.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/\">training<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, Faculty Colleagues &#8211; See below for the most recent monthly installment of Canvas updates for faculty. It\u2019s an exciting time as work accelerates in advance of our Summer 2026 go-live.&nbsp; When looking for your migrated course, look for the Migration term listed on the course card in the Canvas Dashboard. 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