Canvas LMS Pilot
Help Us Pilot a New Learning Management System
The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center is recruiting faculty to pilot courses in Canvas during the Fall 2022 semester. Participating in the Canvas pilot is your opportunity to try this exciting new system, find out what you like, what you don’t like, and provide feedback through short online surveys to help guide the future of our learning management system. Your feedback is essential in helping the LMS Committee with its charge of studying the need for and feasibility of moving to a new LMS.
While the pilot program is full, faculty members can still request a “sandbox” Canvas site to experiment with.
What is Canvas?
Canvas is an extensible learning management system that provides a robust digital foundation for all aspects of learning within higher education.
Learning Management System Review Committee
The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center has established a Learning Management System (LMS) review committee comprised of key stakeholders and representatives from across the institution to investigate both the University’s needs against the available technology and to recommend a solution that works best for Seton Hall.
Seton Hall University has been using Blackboard as its Learning Management System (LMS) since 2000. The university recognizes the need to redesign and expand components of our learning environment to establish a next-generation digital learning environment. Using the criteria below, the LMS Committee reviewed both Blackboard Ultra, Desire 2 Learn, and Canvas.
- Pedagogical: providing the tools needed for faculty and students.
- Technology Management: system architecture, scalability, security, development, quality assurance, etc.
- Organizational Administration: policy issues (academic, operational), data retention, user support, training, etc.
- Cost: hardware, software, lifecycle, operations and maintenance, staff, etc.
After which, the committee has recommended moving forward with a pilot for Canvas.
