Carmen (D2L) to Canvas updates

The transition from Carmen to Canvas is in full swing!  Please note the following Carmen (Canvas) updates.

Canvas spring pilot courses will disappear on Friday, May 13.
If you developed any content in a spring pilot Canvas course, you must export it now if you don’t want to lose it!  All spring pilot courses are scheduled to be deleted on Friday, May 13.  Read more here, under the heading “Where is Canvas?”  To export your Canvas course file, enter your Canvas course > Settings > Export Course Content.

Canvas Workshop
Tuesday, May 17
Room 220, Newton Hall (2nd floor computer lab)
1-2 p.m.
If you are using Canvas this summer or fall semester, please attend!
ODEE will present a 60-minute custom workshop for College of Nursing faculty and staff with an additional half hour at the end of the workshop (2:00-2:30) for individual questions.  The ODEE facilitators will cover how to export a course from Carmen and import it into Canvas, and they’ll explore the scenarios under which you might want to start fresh (instead of bulk importing all of your old Canvas content).  They’ll cover basic Canvas functions and answer your questions about Canvas features.  No registration page is available at this time—just plan on attending!
Other ODEE Canvas workshops
Navigating Canvas (Hands-on):  Mon, 5/16, 9:30 a.m., Derby Hall 029
Start in Canvas (Hands-on):  Mon, 5/16, 10 a.m., Derby Hall 029
Navigating Canvas (Hands-on):  Thu, 5/19, 1:30 p.m., Derby Hall 029
Strategies for Adapting D2L to Canvas (Hands-on), Thu, 5/19, 2 p.m., Derby Hall 029
New “Smart Landing Page”
Need more information about the Carmen Smart Landing Page?  It seems to be changing on a moment-by-moment basis, but you can find the latest information about the new landing page for your Carmen/Canvas courses in this ODEE article.  You can now add users to your courses by clicking on the gear icon to the right of your course title on the landing page.  To do so, do not enter the course by clicking on its title; click on the gear icon to the right of the course title on your Smart Landing Page.
Where did the old Carmen go?
Here’s a link to the old Carmen (D2L) interface, just in case you need it.  Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions page in our CONtech blog for more information.
Autumn 2016 academic courses
According to ODEE, you will see your Autumn 2016 courses appear on the Smart Landing Page “in the next week or so.”

Need more information about adapting your Carmen (D2L) course to Canvas?
Please see this information-packed page from ODEE, and be sure to attend the May 17 workshop (mentioned above).  These two resources are great first steps toward moving your course from Carmen (D2L) to Canvas.
Need some technical assistance with the transition from Carmen (D2L) to Canvas?
Faculty will be responsible for course design and navigation/flow in Canvas, but don’t let technical troubles with Canvas stand in your way!  We are fortunate to have our graduate student, Phil Newman, available during the summer to assist with the technical tasks related to transitioning your course from D2L to Canvas.  Please contact me directly to request Phil’s assistance with moving courses from D2L to Canvas.
Your Canvas interface and functionality may appear to be changing minute by minute, mostly because it is doing exactly that.  John Pryba and I do not yet have all the Carmen Affiliate abilities we had in Carmen (D2L) to help you, but feel free to email us with any questions.  If you need to go directly to Carmen Support with your question, you can email canvas-support@osu.edu.
Watch for more information next week related to the CON’s transition from Carmen (D2L) to Canvas.  In the meantime, send your questions and concerns to CON-InformationTechnology@osu.edu.