Faculty & Staff FAQs

Faculty and staff will have early access to Canvas beginning in early April 2026.

Students will have access to Canvas sometime during Summer 2026.

Canvas will become Elon’s official learning management system beginning in Fall 2026 for undergraduate courses and late July for graduate courses.

Yes. Spring and Summer 2026 courses will continue in Moodle.

Instructors will have access to Moodle while preparing for Fall 2026 courses in Canvas. After August 2026, instructors will continue to have access to Moodle to backup courses until December 31, 2026.

Students will gain access to Canvas in July 2026 and will keep access of Moodle until October 2026.

Moodle access for faculty and staff is expected to continue through the transition period, with access ending December 31, 2026. Starting January 2027, only Moodle administrators will have access for archival purposes.

Moodle access for students will continue through the early fall, with access ending in late October.

You can begin by logging in, exploring your dashboard, and accessing any available courses or sandboxes.

Visit the Getting Started page for step-by-step guidance.

Courses can be exported from Moodle and imported into Canvas.

Step-by-step migration guidance is available on the Prepare Your Course page.

Most content will transfer, including files, basic course structure, question banks, etc. Some elements (such as certain activities or links) may need to be reviewed and adjusted after migration.

Review the activity comparison chart.

Yes, instructors who are assigned to teach in Fall 2026 should see their courses on their Canvas dashboard. Once you have access to your courses in Canvas, you can begin migrating your content and edit the course at your own pace.

Yes. Hands-on working sessions, workshops, and individual support will be available to help you through the process. Information and a full schedule of events are available on our Training and Support page.

Moodle courses will be archived, and you’ll have time now through the end of the Fall 2026 semester to export and save any needed materials.

Course content can be saved and re-used in Canvas. Additional guidance will be provided to support these use cases.

Yes. Sandbox or practice courses will be available to help you explore and build your course. You will have access to one sandbox. You can submit a ticket, if you need more sandboxes.

Planning is underway to migrate non-academic courses to appropriate platforms. These will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and alternative platforms may be recommended where appropriate. More details about the timeline will be shared during Summer 2026.

Many users find Canvas to be more intuitive and streamlined, particularly for grading, course organization, and navigation.

Canvas includes tools like SpeedGrader that streamline grading and feedback. Additional training will be available to support this.

Yes. Canvas allows you to structure content in modules and control what students can see and when.

Yes. Canvas supports groups, sections, and flexible course structures.

In many cases, quizzes and question banks will transfer successfully, though some review may be needed.

Yes. Canvas includes an HTML editor and supports rich content formatting.

Most commonly used tools integrate well with Canvas. We are working to ensure continuity for key tools and will provide updates as needed. Please review the list of tools we’ve integrated and let us know if there’s anything we missed that is essential to your course or department.

Canvas supports a wide range of publisher integrations, and many institutions report smoother connections compared to other LMS platforms.

Canvas does not include a built-in lockdown browser. Alternative solutions are being evaluated and will be shared.

The transition will require some time and adjustment, particularly for course migration. However, support, training, and resources are being designed to make the process as manageable as possible.

You can begin as soon as you have access, or wait until later in the semester, over the summer, or during Planning Week. There is flexibility in how and when you start. Please keep in mind that Elon University will fully implement Canvas as its LMS starting with the Fall 2026 semester.

Support will be offered during Planning Week and into the fall semester to help you learn Canvas.

Yes. A range of options will be available, including workshops, drop-in sessions, self-paced resources, and department-level support. Information and a full schedule of events are available on our Training and Support page.

Yes. Self-paced materials will be available for those who prefer to learn on their own schedule. Check out the “Prefer to learn on your own? Explore self-paced resources” section on our Training and Support page.

Training and resources will include guidance on accessibility, course design, and student engagement.