UTS is currently supporting two Learning Management Systems: Blackboard (UTSOnline) and Canvas. But not for much longer!
The year’s first Town Hall discussion was held on June 12th, with the theme ‘Towards One LMS’. There are two cloud-based front-runners in play: Blackboard Ultra and Canvas. Because it’s currently only used for a selection of postgraduate courses, a big focus has been on the functionality and usability of Canvas, and we recently held three introductory sessions at the LX.lab to offer a wider group the ability to compare and contrast both LMS options.
The best way to experience Canvas is to jump in and play around in your very own ‘sandpit’ – make stuff, break stuff if you can, and have fun!
Five easy steps to get access to your sandpit
- Go to ServiceConnect.
- Select Requests
– Expand Learning Technologies in Categories
– Select Canvas and ITD
– Select Access to Canvas Sandpit
- Fill out the required information on the form
- Under Terms and Conditions, select Yes from the drop-down to agree
- Submit when you’re ready
More features on Canvas
Once you have your sandpit, you’ll also have access to a UTS Canvas Staff Community site for ideas, lots of help guides, a Canvas support hotline and live chat with Canvas support. Feel free to use them!
Has this process changed? Following through the links at ServiceConnect the options don’t seem to be available.
This post is from June so it does seem to be a little dated now. You can always request a sandpit from the Canvas Support team via this form: https://uts.service-now.com/serviceconnect/?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=43f073eedbcf62000efff1fabf9619db&sysparm_category=46ffa2074f05e600b3d6a8fe0310c7a3