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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Several Northwestern professors have been testing Canvas, a learning management system, as a potential Blackboard replacement. A committee of 25 faculty and staff members is in the process of searching for a replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Canvas emerges as frontrunner in search for Blackboard replacement

January 17, 2014

Nearly 40 classes in eight undergraduate and graduate schools are testing the learning management system, Canvas, which is a top choice to replace Blackboard.   Canvas, the system used at schools...

The Follow-up: Nov. 11

November 11, 2013

Listen to editors from The Daily Northwestern weigh in on the week's biggest stories. This week: our most recent In Focus on mental health on campus, more on the Harley Clarke Mansion, potential replacements...

Several Northwestern professors are piloting Canvas, a learning management system, in their classes this quarter. The system is one potential replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Northwestern profs pilot potential Blackboard replacement

November 5, 2013

Northwestern has established a program piloting potential replacements for Blackboard, its course management system since 1999. In Fall 2012, NU’s Education Technology Advisory Committee discussed...

School of Law Blackboard accounts deleted

October 18, 2013

Northwestern School of Law's Blackboard accounts vanished from the educational content management system site Monday, only to be restored a day later. The law courses were deleted by accident during...

Botched Blackboard upgrade leads to inadvertent emails

June 25, 2013

Students' inboxes were filled Monday with email notifications from Blackboard after a routine update to the course management system was bungled. The unexpected messages told students about updated...

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