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Junior Alex Deitchman raises a point during a discussion on the implementation of Canvas at Northwestern next year. Victoria Getis, manager of faculty support services for NUIT, visited ASG to explain the forthcoming transition from Blackboard to Canvas.

ASG discusses lending support to bike lane on Sheridan Road, creating ad-hoc analytics committee

May 7, 2014

Associated Student Government discussed lending their support Wednesday to creating a bike lane running down Sheridan Road and facilitating the addition of an ad-hoc analytics committee that would send...

Source: Northwestern's Learning Management System Review Group, Infographic by Jackie Marthouse/Daily Senior Staffer

Canvas announced as Blackboard replacement

April 29, 2014

Northwestern will transition from Blackboard to Canvas, a course management system with more flexibility and user options, the University officially announced Tuesday. The transition, which has an expected...

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...

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 4, 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...

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