Supporting courses or departments through the glow up? The LMS Migration is happening in carefully planned stages to keep things smooth and manageable.
ALH-3101, ALH-3102, ALH-3103, ALH-3301, ALH-3430, BIS-1120, CIS-1107, CIS-1111, CIS-1140, CIS-1411, CIS-1510, CIS-2165, CIS-2170, CIS-2416, CIS-2421, CIS-2427, CIS-2510, CIS-2550, CIS-2640, CIS-2731, COM-2206, HIM-1101, HIM-1110, HIM-1160, HIM-1165, HIM-1201, HIM-1204, HIM-1217, HIM-2144, HIM-2145, HIM-2211, HIM-2233, HIM-2252, HIM-2262, HIM-2278, MAT-1120, MHT-1120, PTA-1000, PTA-1005, PTA-1300, PTA-1325, PTA-1350, PTA-1375
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Have a unique course type or process that doesn’t fit neatly into the migration phases? Need to archive something for longer than three years? Other specific requests?
Canvas Special Migration and Archival Request
Canvas Custom Workflow Request
Archive: Long-term copy of your D2L course for record-keeping not intended for teaching in Canvas.
Migrate: Export from D2L and import into Canvas for teaching; expect adjustments and quality checks.
Curious about the Glow Up?
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Sinclair is working with Instructure through November to configure Canvas (organizational structure, roles and permissions, SIS and SSO integration, third-party tools, and testing). Once that work is complete, pilot faculty will begin training and preparation. Broader faculty access and training are expected to begin early in Spring 2026.
The Canvas Community offers free guides, videos, and discussion boards open to everyone. You don’t need an account to browse, but creating one lets you join conversations and save resources. A good place to start is the Instructor Guide.
Not significantly. If you’ve used Canvas recently, the overall look and navigation will feel familiar. Updates since 2022 include grading flexibility, analytics, and accessibility tools—these add options rather than changing how you build or run a course.
No. Instead of a single instructional designer for each course, Instructure, eLearning and course coordinators will work together to migrate courses using shared resources. eLearning staff and course coordinators will have distinct roles during the course clean-up process after migration, which will be further defined in the coming weeks.
Most content migrates reliably, but some cleanup will be needed (e.g., broken links, image formatting, or layout issues). The amount of cleanup depends on the age, type, and complexity of your course.
Yes. Starting May 18, 2026, all classes will run in Canvas. No courses will remain in Brightspace after that date.
Pilot course masters should be updated in D2L Brightspace by December 15, 2025. All other course masters should be updated by March 6, 2026. All Course Coordinators are strongly encouraged to update courses before the posted deadlines.
Yes. eLearn-supported masters (online, blended, FlexPace) will be migrated first, but faculty can request additional shells, including face-to-face, through the Canvas Migration Special Request form.
Note: Requests to migrate multiple term lengths for the same course will not be approved.
One eLearn master per course is supported, so if you coordinate multiple courses, you may migrate one master for each course. Additional masters can be requested using the Canvas Migration Special Request form. FlexPace and Tech Prep masters will be included in the bulk migraiton process and do not need to be requested.
If you have a recent multimodal master, this is the one to migrate.
If you maintain separate masters for online, blended, or term lengths, choose one. Best practice is to choose the online master and consolidate syllabi and other content so that one master works across multiple term lengths and modalities.
If content is truly different between master shells of the same course, you may request additional masters using the Canvas Migration Special Request form.
A dev shell can be migrated in place of a master course shell, by recording it on the Migration Tracker. Additionally, remember that all 26/SP teaching shells will be migrated automatically as part of the bulk migration process, or you can request migration of a teaching shell from another term via the Canvas Migration Special Request form.
Yes. Canvas is fully supported in Chrome and should run smoothly on Chromebooks. Student and faculty testing on Chromebooks will be part of the Spring 2026 pilot to confirm compatibility.
Yes. Canvas is beginning to roll out IgniteAI to help with creating quizzes, drafting rubrics, summarizing content, and giving quick feedback. This tool can save time and keep data safe and private—not to replace instructors. Sinclair has requested to serve as a beta tester for IgniteAI, and the AI Excellence Institute will support faculty usage.
Yes. To replicate a D2L process, submit a request via the Canvas Custom Workflow Request form. Additoinally, Sinclair purchased Canvas Catalog, which connects Workforce Development courses to eLearn, and allows enrollments in eLearn for non-academic users. If you would like to discuss opportunities with Canvas Catalog, contact Migration Co-Chairs Melissa Hart or Jessica Hodell.
We recognize many students prefer a weekly structure. To avoid creating multiple Masters for different term lengths, we recommend building the Masters with Topics or Modules. Due dates and announcements should be used to guide students weekly. If preferred, "weeks" language may be added to teaching shells.These options give students the weekly guidance they want while keeping the Master consistent and efficient to maintain.
No. Official college emails, like from the Bursar, will still only go to Outlook. Canvas messages stay in Canvas, but notifications of Canvas messages will also be sent to Outlook. Students can reply to Canvas mail either in Outlook or in Canvas.
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