There will be a small pilot of courses in Canvas in Spring 2026. We will begin offering all courses in Canvas in Summer 2026, with those courses offered by Professional and Graduate Education. All undergraduate and graduate courses will be offered in Canvas beginning in Fall 2026.

Most faculty will want to be ready to teach in Canvas in Fall 2026. We recommend you review your Moodle course content this spring and summer and ensure it is up-to-date. Please make sure that the most recent version of each course you teach includes the files, forums, assignments, and quizzes that you will want to use in Canvas in the future!

Students should be sure to continue to save content from their Moodle courses for later use at the conclusion of each semester, as per our current access policy.

There will be multiple events in the coming months, offering everyone a sneak peek of our new Canvas learning environment!

Faculty: The most recent version of each course you’ve taught in the last four years will be migrated to Canvas and made available to you for re-use. Files, Forums, and Quiz activities largely migrate easily. If you are using some of Moodle's more unique features (including Feedback, Lesson, or Book activities, or complex Quiz questions), the Ed Tech team will provide information and support on how best to prepare those tools for this move.

Students: Please download and save any materials you need from Moodle prior to June 30, 2026.

Yes. All of our core integrations currently available in Moodle will be available in the Canvas learning environment.

Awesome! We’d love to hear from interested faculty later this year. In Fall 2025, we’ll be putting out a call for participants and selecting courses. The Spring 2026 pilot will focus on collecting feedback from a small group of faculty who teach a diverse set of course sizes and types, and use a variety of tools and pedagogies. Your participation will help us further customize our Canvas environment, ensuring it is tailor-made for Mount Holyoke.

LITS' Ed Tech team will be hosting Canvas preview events throughout 2025 and 2026. We hope you'll attend. There will be events tailored specifically to faculty and student audiences, as well as community previews for everyone.

If you'd like to dig into some detailed content about Canvas in the meantime, you can also explore our videos and other resources on the MHC Commons site we created for the RFP stage of this project.

Yes! Training opportunities for both faculty and students will be available in multiple formats, including live in person and Zoom sessions, as well as asynchronous training and support materials in advance of the move. Ongoing support will be available from both LITS and Canvas. A calendar of training options will be published in Summer 2025.