Are my old courses in Blackboard being transferred into Canvas?

Yes, the UIS Educational Technologies team has already transferred your Blackboard course content from Summer 2014 through Spring 2016 into Canvas. By early November 2019, your Blackboard course content from the Summer 2016 through Fall 2019 semesters will also will be transferred into Canvas with a “BB-” prefix (e.g.  BB-ENGL-100-01.Fall2017) in order to avoid overwriting course content that has already been imported or created in Canvas. 

These transferred courses will not be exact duplicates of the original Blackboard courses. Blackboard course content like files, items, and announcements will migrate to Canvas; but gradebook items, student-submitted work, and peer interactions will not migrate.  More information about what does and does not migrate can be found below under the heading "What course content in Blackboard can I import into Canvas?". 

• Option A) Download your Blackboard course site files and folders and upload them into Canvas. Choosing to build your Canvas course sites from the ground up by uploading Blackboard course files from your computer might be the easiest route for most people.
  
  
• Option B) Export your entire Blackboard course site and import into Canvas. Choose this option when you need to move Blackboard course content items like assignments, tests, files, announcements (and more) into your Canvas course sites. See below for details on what Blackboard content items will import and where they appear in Canvas. Please be prepared to do an extensive clean-up in your Canvas course site after importing Blackboard course content. 
  
  
• See our best practices guide for recreating Blackboard course content in Canvas
  

• Click here to learn more about differences between Blackboard and Canvas
  

• Announcements in Blackboard will be moved to the Announcements section in Canvas.
• Assignments in Blackboard will be moved to the Assignments section in Canvas.
• Discussion Forums in Blackboard will be moved to the Discussions section in Canvas.
• Files and Folders in Blackboard will be moved to the Files section in Canvas.
• Tests and Test Pools in Blackboard will be moved to the Quizzes section in Canvas
•  Not all assessment question types or attributes are supported.

• Blogs and Journals in Blackboard will not import to Canvas.  
• Students can create their own Discussions in Canvas, which can provide similar functionality to Blogs in Blackboard. 
• Creating Assignments in Canvas can facilitate private back-and-forth communication, which can provide similar functionality to Journals in Blackboard.
  
  
• Course Menu and Content Areas in Blackboard will be re-created within the Modules section in Canvas. 
• Not all course menu items will be re-created. 
• It is best to review the Modules section in Canvas after importing course content and materials.
  
  
• Content Items in Blackboard (these combine a variety of materials to view together, such as text, multimedia, and file attachments) will be moved to the Pages section in Canvas. 
• If the Content Items contain file attachments or links to webpages, they may break upon import and will need to be reestablish.
  
  
• Discussion Responses in Blackboard will not import student discussion responses to Canvas. 
• Instructors can archive student discussion responses in Blackboard.
  
  
• Groups in Blackboard will be moved to the People--> Groups section in Canvas. 
• Group shells will be created in your Canvas course, but group settings and enrollments will not import. 
• It’s recommended to create course Groups from scratch in Canvas.
  
  
•  Grade Weights in Blackboard will not import to Canvas. 
• To weight final course grades, Assignment Groups can be used in Canvas.
  
  
• Manually created Gradebook columns in Blackboard will not import to Canvas. 
• It is recommended to create new "manual" Grade columns using Assignments in Canvas.
  
  
• SCORM content in Blackboard can be imported to Canvas. 
• Instructors will need to import SCORM content separately.
  
  
• Student Submissions in Blackboard will not import to Canvas. 
• Instructors can archive student submissions in Blackboard.
  
  
• Wikis in Blackboard will be moved to the Pages section in Canvas. 
• By default, a Page in Canvas does not give student's editor rights. 
• For students to contribute and modify their entries on a Page, instructors will need to edit the Page and allow student editor access.
  

• Sign up for UIS Canvas Migration Support Office Hours.
• Request assistance from UIS with Blackboard to Canvas migration.