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SFU Canvas moving to cloud-based platform by January 2026
November 8, 2025SFU Canvas, the school’s learning management system, is set to fully transition from the locally hosted system to a new cloud-based version in Spring 2026. In recent years, many Canadian universities and colleges have adopted cloud-based learning platforms, as highlighted by SFU. With support from SFU’s IT Services and Centre for Educational Excellence (CEE), instructors can begin migrating their courses to Canvas Cloud in September 2025. SFU promises the transition will have minimal impact on students due to the pilot program the school is deploying in the fall. Additionally, the access and layout of Canvas Cloud remain similar. Some students…
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Canvas discussions boards are being used ineffectively
October 20, 2023We’ve all had that one professor who insists on having students complete a weekly discussion board. It can feel exceedingly tedious and time consuming to participate in Canvas discussion boards. Whether the posts serve as a reading comprehension assignment or…
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Duo disaster with Canvas
March 5, 2023SFU’s latest Canvas update has students and profs fighting for their lives. The new feature brings the worst of popular language app Duolingo to motivate the way students study and get their work done. Casey Aoibheann Doyle, a third year…
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SFU’s pandemic promises have not been actualized
March 26, 2021It’s been just over a year since we put campus life on hold and transferred our school lives online. It’s also been just over a year since SFU promised to maintain a certain standard for students, despite this virtual shift.…
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Sexual violence prevention education needs to be mandatory at SFU
March 1, 2021Content warning: mention of sexual assault SFU has a long-standing history of failing their students. But some of their most egregious failures have been the multiple mishandlings of sexual assault cases on campus. Much more can be done…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Courses meant for online learning shouldn’t be as disorganized as the newly adapted ones
November 3, 2020Distance education courses — not to be confused with the shitshow in-person classes now taught online — are intended to be delivered remotely. Lessons and resources appear on Canvas for the student’s convenience. In theory, the professor should have some…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Stop bombarding me with “Looking for class group chat” posts
October 6, 2020Switching to online classes has been a big transition, but some things never change. The first weeks of every class are filled with the same barrage of notifications as ever: the dreaded “looking for a class group chat” posts. They’re…
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Board Briefs: June 25, 2020
July 7, 2020Plans for Fall 2020 term Vice-President, Academic, and Provost pro tem Jonathan Driver gave updates on the Fall 2020 semester. Driver explained the creation of a special committee to make these important decisions. The first decision of this committee was…
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The five love languages of Canvas
July 5, 2020Trouble in remote paradise? Can’t find happiness in your lifelong commitment? Fret no more. If you and Canvas just can’t communicate with one another, there’s a simple possibility: you don’t know your Canvas love language! Look to these five Gary…
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Forget everything you believe about online courses
October 3, 2016I’ve never been one for classroom learning. I hate the concept of just sitting in a lecture hall that is either too hot or too cold, being talked at for what seems like forever. The worst is when the lecture…
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