The FBMH eLearning Team continues to support staff with a range of training options tailored to your role and current use of Blackboard and Canvas. Learning pathways are available for Unit Coordinators, Teaching Staff, and PS Staff, offering flexible, self-led options alongside scheduled support.
Face-to-face training has now paused for the summer and will resume later in the calendar year to support Semester 2 preparation. In the meantime, staff can continue to engage with our Digital Discovery Series, which offers one-hour webinars exploring specific tools and features in Canvas.
For those looking to upskill at their own pace, our asynchronous courses are available to book now. Simply click the course links and select the “Asynchronous online” option to get started. Courses for Semester 1 and full-year delivery should now be live, though if you are having difficulty, please sign up for the “Unit Deployment” training.
Scroll down for full details of each training offering and access to booking forms.
Please note that Canvas Drop-ins are also paused. Should you need support please contact the eLearning Team.
Quick booking links
Unit Construction
Unit Construction is designed for Unit Coordinators to help them organise Blackboard-migrated content into Canvas Modules. This training covers how to:
- Navigate the Canvas system
- Use key Canvas tools and functionality, including creating, editing, copying and moving modules, pages, files, and multimedia
- Apply pedagogical good practices to course design for Canvas, including utilising the university/faculty template
- Use quality control tools, including the accessibility checker, student view and link validator
- Obtain further support
Face-to-face sessions have now paused. We do offer an asynchronous version of this training which you can complete at your own pace. You can request access via the red button below.
Who
Unit Co-ordinators
When
Now available as an online, self-led course.
Canvas Basics
Designed for any FBMH staff members who do not coordinate units, but need to use Canvas in their role. This training covers:
- How to navigate Canvas
- The differences between Canvas and Blackboard content
- How to create and edit Modules in Canvas
- How to create accessible content pages in Canvas
- How to copy content between courses
We recommend that Unit Coordinators book on to the ‘Unit Construction Workshops’ (above) before encouraging teaching staff to join Canvas Basics. This will ensure that there is a course to build content in.
Face-to-face sessions have now paused. We do offer an asynchronous version of this training which you can complete at your own pace. You can request access via the red button below.
Who
All FBMH staff with UoM accounts are welcome
When
Now available as an online, self-led course.
Creating and Managing Assignments in Canvas
This training is designed for Unit Coordinators, teaching staff, and PS staff who are responsible for setting up and managing file-submission assessments. It will help you understand how to create assignments, apply submission settings, manage marking processes, and use the Turnitin Plagiarism Framework. It covers:
- Your role in delivering assessment at the University and within Canvas
- How to use Canvas Assignments functionality to set up file-submission assessments and apply submission settings
- How to use Canvas Assignments functionality to manage assessments
Face-to-face sessions have now paused. We do offer an asynchronous version of this training which you can complete at your own pace. You can request access via the red button below.
Who
Teaching and PS staff involved with the set up and management of submission style assessments.
When
Now available as an online, self-led course.
Quizzes and Testing in Canvas
This training is designed for Unit Coordinators and teaching staff who are responsible for creating, editing, or managing online tests and quizzes. It will help you understand how to work with migrated Blackboard tests and how to build new assessments using Canvas’s quiz functionality. You will:
- Cover the process of adding your old Blackboard Tests (already moved into Canvas) into your course unit
- Learn about the Canvas Quiz system
- Look at imported and new question types
- Cover how to add feedback and marks
Face-to-face sessions have now paused. We do offer an asynchronous version of this training which you can complete at your own pace. You can request access via the red button below.
Who
Teaching and PS staff involved with setting up Quizzes or Tests in Canvas.
When
Now available as an online, self-led course.
Canvas Studio
Designed for any staff member who is interested in maintaining their own personal video library or running assessment via video. This training covers:
- Uploading video to Canvas Studio
- Adding Canvas Studio hosted videos into courses
- Managing your video library
- Adding quizzes or annotations to videos
- Creating Studio-based video assignments
If you want a taster to Canvas Studio, please review the recording of our recent one-hour Digital Discovery webinar: Digital Discovery Series: Canvas Studio
Face-to-face sessions have now paused. We do offer an asynchronous version of this training which you can complete at your own pace. You can request access via the red button below.
Who
FBMH staff with UoM accounts are welcome
When
Now available as an online, self-led course.
Unit Deployment Workshops
The ‘Unit Deployment Workshops’ are designed to bring together everything you have learned, and ensure your course is ready for teaching to begin.
You will:
- Review your course structure and settings for accessibility and pedagogic alignment
- Learn how to create, edit, and schedule Announcements, Discussions, and Inbox messages
- Use the Canvas Calendar to add and manage events
- Apply Publish and Module Settings to control student access
Face-to-face sessions have now paused. We do offer an asynchronous version of this training which you can complete at your own pace. You can request access via the red button below.
Who
Unit Coordinators
When
Now available as an online, self-led course.
Personal Training Plans
Choose what type of staff member you are using the table below to learn more about the most appropriate training pathway:
- Staff Type
- I will be a unit coordinator in the 25-26 academic year
- I am teaching in the 25-26 academic year but am not a unit coordinator
- I am a member of PS Staff and may need to use Canvas (have used Blackboard in the past)
Training
Use the tabs shown here to choose the type of staff member that best represents you. This will present your personal training pathway. Information includes details of both advised and optional sessions available to you.
As there are over 2,500 staff to train in Canvas, you will be invited to one of only a handful of specific slots that cover similar unit types. You will be expected to prioritise this training wherever possible. This is to ensure that the Faculty is prepared to start teaching with Canvas in September 2025. Units that have no activity will have unit coordinators contacted throughout the Spring and Summer months.
Support
Throughout this training and transition process, you will have access to in-person support where you can ‘drop in’ to work alongside a member of the eLearning team. We will also offer bespoke appointments via a booking form for those staff with unusual or non-standard courses.
As a unit coordinator, you must ensure that content migrated from Blackboard to Canvas (via IT Services) is well-organised, functional, and accessible.
Canvas offers improved navigation, but re-organising the transitioned content is essential. Your training includes:
- Online Pre-Work – Familiarise yourself with Canvas layout and verify content migration.
- Canvas Unit Construction Workshop – Learn the Canvas structure and begin organising your course.
- Ongoing Support – You will then be able to revisit the workshop asynchronously and attend in-person drop-in sessions with eLearning staff.
- Summer Training – Attend courses relevent to your needs in Canvas: Canvas Basics (optional) as a refresher. Canvas Assessments is split into two (one for transitioning your Blackboard Tests and the other for Creating submitable assignments for students), and Canvas Studio (optional).
- Later in the summer, you’ll attend the Canvas Unit Deployment Workshop to finalise and deploy your unit for the 2025-26 academic year, ensuring it meets teaching standards.
If you collaborate closely with teaching staff, they are welcome to join you in both the Canvas Unit Construction and Canvas Unit Deployment Workshops.
Semester 1: Follow the training pathway from April through summer to prepare for September.
Semester 2 & Full Year Units: Attend Canvas Basics and Canvas Assessments in summer. Workshop dates for Unit Construction and Deployment will be available from July to mid-winter.
If you need to use Canvas for uploading materials, managing assessments, or communicating with students, follow this training path.
If you’re heavily involved in course structure and management, consider attending the Unit Coordinator pathway with your coordinator.
Canvas Essentials Series (Summer Training)
- Canvas Basics (Essential)
- Navigating Canvas at UoM
- Creating and publishing content
- Adding videos and links
- Canvas Assessments: There are two courses available:
- Canvas Quizzes and Tests: Learn how to move your old Blackboard Tests into new Canvas Quizzes and set them up ready for students
- Creating and managing assignments in Canvas: Learn how to create file submission assignments for a range of assignment types
- Prerequisite: Basic Canvas knowledge
- Canvas Studio (Optional)
- Managing a personal video collection
- Embedding videos in courses or as interactive assignments
Prerequisite: Basic Canvas knowledge
As PS staff, you’ll likely assist students and staff with Canvas. This training will equip you for day-to-day tasks and support needs.
Early Spring: Orientation to Canvas
- Navigate Canvas and understand content structure
- Add basic content
- Learn UoM’s Canvas deployment goals
- Practice organising migrated content to anticipate common queries
Summer Training
- Canvas Basics (Optional) – Recommended if you need a refresher or missed orientation. Covers:
- Navigation and course structure
- Creating and publishing content
- Adding videos, links, and student communication tools
- Canvas Assessments: There are two courses available:
- Canvas Quizzes and Tests: Learn how to move your old Blackboard Tests into new Canvas Quizzes and set them up ready for students
- Creating and managing assignments in Canvas: Learn how to create file submission assignments for a range of assignment types
- Prerequisite: Basic Canvas knowledge
- Canvas Studio (Optional) – For those managing video collections or using video assessments.
Further information
- Enrol on to the Getting Started with Canvas self-paced course.
[Select: ‘Enrol in Course’, then ‘Go to the Course’] - Transitioning from Blackboard Learn to Canvas in FBMH
- Canvas ‘tools taster’ – 2 minute videos on what Canvas has to offer