The FBMH eLearning Team continues to support staff with a range of training options tailored to your role and current use of Canvas. Learning pathways are available for Unit Coordinators, Teaching Staff, and PS Staff, offering flexible, self-led options alongside support.
From June 2026, we will introduce a new suite of courses, shifting the emphasis from supporting the transition from Blackboard to focussing on the day‑to‑day, ‘business‑as‑usual’ use of Canvas. As a consequence, face-to-face training has been paused while we work on this.
Our asynchronous courses are still available to book via the appropriate links below.
We also have recordings of our Digital Discovery Series, which offers one-hour webinars exploring specific tools and features in Canvas.
Should you need support please contact the eLearning Team.
Quick booking links
Unit Construction
This course will be updated at the end of the 25/26 academic year to be more appropriate for Canvas post-migration.
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
Who
Unit Co-ordinators
When
Available as an online, self-led course.
Canvas Basics
This course will be updated at the end of the 25/26 academic year to be more appropriate for Canvas post-migration.
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
Who
All FBMH staff with UoM accounts are welcome
When
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
Who
Teaching and PS staff involved with the set up and management of submission style assessments.
When
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
Who
Teaching and PS staff involved with setting up Quizzes or Tests in Canvas.
When
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 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 one-hour Digital Discovery webinar: Digital Discovery Series: Canvas Studio
Who
FBMH staff with UoM accounts are welcome
When
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
Who
Unit Coordinators
When
Available as an online, self-led course.
Further information
- Enrol on to the Getting Started with Canvas self-paced course.
[Select: ‘Enrol in Course’, then ‘Go to the Course’] - Canvas ‘tools taster’ – 2 minute videos on what Canvas has to offer