NC State’s transition from Moodle to Canvas is one of the largest teaching and learning changes the university has taken on in years. It touches every college, every instructor and, eventually, every student.

Alongside DELTA, many groups are actively shaping how this transition unfolds. Some of these groups help move information between the campus community and DELTA. Others are hands-on with Canvas and feed what they learn back to the DELTA team.

Here’s who they are and what they’re doing.

Connecting DELTA to the NC State Community

College Partners

This valuable group of partners includes a representative from each college. College Partners raise questions and concerns specific to their college and serve as a direct line for transition updates to flow back into their units. This group regularly convenes to discuss current issues and is directly influencing the Canvas transition.

• Why it matters: If your college has a particular need, such as a program-specific workflow or a tool you can’t teach without, your College Partner is a fast path for getting it in front of DELTA.

Canvas Ambassadors (DELTA Faculty Fellows)

As DELTA Faculty Fellows, Canvas Ambassadors are helping DELTA make faculty voice part of our Canvas decisions and will  offer peer guidance to colleagues in their Colleges as they transition from Moodle to Canvas.

• Why it matters: Sometimes the quickest and most useful answer comes a fellow faculty member. Canvas Ambassadors are that resource inside your own college.

Campus Partners

Partners from OIT, University Libraries and other campus technology units support the technical foundation of the Canvas transition and help connect instructors and students to the tools and support they need in Canvas.

• Why it matters: Campus Partners shape what’s actually available inside your course. OIT works with DELTA to acquire the tools and integrations instructors and students need, and helps students navigate Canvas once they’re in it. University Libraries help to keep library resources connected to your courses.

Shaping the Canvas Platform

These groups work directly in Canvas and feed their findings into DELTA’s planning. 

Evaluators Cohort

Faculty and staff volunteers take a deep look at Canvas, testing tools and workflows and give DELTA feedback that directly informs platform decisions. 

• Why it matters: Evaluator feedback shapes what DELTA prioritizes for training, documentation and support.

Where DELTA Fits

DELTA coordinates the transition: implementation planning, training, communications and support. This work is part of a broader UNC System initiative to unify all system schools on a single learning management system, and DELTA works closely with the UNC System Office and with Instructure, Canvas’s parent company, throughout.

What’s Next in Canvas?

Project Spaces open to all faculty on October 5. Later that week, Canvas workshops begin on October 7, and DELTA will host a Learning Technologies Town Hall on October 9, from 10-11 a.m. — a chance to hear where the transition stands, ask questions and bring your own perspective into the conversation.

Between now and then, DELTA will continue to share updates on training, course migration and support, and the groups above will continue to shape what those experiences look like.

Have a question or want to find out more about the Canvas transition? 

• Start at canvas.ncsu.edu. Training materials and support documentation for instructors are available here, and the library will continue to grow as the transition moves forward.
• Instructors: DELTA’s LearnTech Help Desk is your direct line for Canvas-related questions. Email learntech@ncsu.edu or submit a request.
• Students: Your NC State Help Desk can help with access, log-in and technical questions. Get help from OIT.