Learn@Illinois Moodle - Moodle to Canvas Transition
What's happening and why?
Starting in FA24, LAS instructors must use Canvas as the gateway to their registrar-affiliated courses. This decision was made in June 2023 by LAS Leadership to address student concerns about using multiple LMSs, while still allowing instructors to continue using Moodle’s unique features with our Moodle LTI option (more details below).
What about Moodle?
Instructors can continue to use Moodle activities by publishing them in Canvas via the Moodle LTI tool. This will allow you to leverage the best tools of both LMSs, while making it easier for students to manage their courses within a single LMS. Learn@Illinois is NOT being retired, and you will continue to be able to access your past courses there.
Are there any exceptions?
Exceptions to the Canvas requirement include: courses part of these fully online graduate degree programs and non-registrar affiliated courses and programs. For questions about this requirement, please reach out to atlas-tlt@illinois.edu.
Available Options
- Rebuild: Request a blank Canvas shell and create content manually.
- Course copy: Copy all Moodle course content to Canvas (ex. Moodle assignments will turn into Canvas assignments). Not all activities transfer cleanly.
- Individual Activity LTI: Copy some Moodle content and publish other content via LTI (Moodle activities embedded in your Canvas site).
- Entire Course LTI: Publish your entire Moodle course in Canvas via LTI.
Resources for Getting Started
- Request a Canvas site: https://go.illinois.edu/sra
- Instructions to copy content from Moodle to Canvas (option 2): https://go.illinois.edu/MoodleToCanvasCopyContent
- Request the Moodle LTI (options 3 and 4): https://go.illinois.edu/moodleltirequest.