When transferring to Canvas from Moodle, there are certain terms and features that are the same and some that are different. This will help you lidentify the Canvas terminology and features that are included in your course. The Canvas terms are arranged in alphabetical order. Their order will vary in your Canvas course based on your course navigation settings. If you don't see a feature or tool that you previously used or have more questions about this, then please email helpdesk@oxy.edu
| Canvas | Moodle | Function in Canvas | Help |
| Announcements | Announcements | Equivalent to Moodle. Your course must be published and active for students to receive announcments via email |
Announcements Overview (Video) Announcements (Instructor Guide) |
| Assignments | Assignments | Equivalent to Moodle. |
Assignments Overview (Video) Assignments (Instructor Guide) |
| Attendance (Roll Call) | Attendance | Can be used as graded activity or ungraded. Self-marking by students is not available. |
Attendance (Tutorial) |
| BigBlueButton | Not in Oxy's Moodle | Conferencing tool for hosting virtual lectures, office hours, and student groups. | |
| Chat | Chat activity | Real time conversation with course participants. Chat can be disabled for a course in the Course Settings. | Chat (Tutorial) |
| Collaboration | No equivalent | Create collaborative (multiple user) documents that are saved in real time. Google docs are the default collaboration tool. | Collaborations (Tutorial) |
| Discussions | Forum | Equivalent to Moodle. |
Discussions Overview (Video) Discussions (Instructor Guide) |
| Files | File | Equivalent to Moodle | Files (Instructor Guide) |
| Grades | Gradebook | Items in the Canvas Gradebook are created when assignments, discussions (graded), or quizzes are created. |
Gradebook Overview (Video) Grades (Instructor Guide) |
| Item Banks | Question Bank | Similar to Moodle | Item Banks (Tutorial) |
| Leganto Reading List | Reading List | Equivalent to Moodle | Leganto Reading List guide |
| Modules | Topics | Similar to Moodle |
Modules (Instructor Guide) |
| New Analytics | Reports and Analytic Graphs | Similar but not equivalent to Moodle |
New Analytics Overview (Video) New Analytics (Instructor Guide) |
| Outcomes | No equivalent | Allows tracking of the students' progress as measured by pedagogical goals or desired outcomes. | Outcomes (Instructor Guide) |
| Pages | Page | Similar to Moodle. Canvas has a built-in accessibility checker |
Pages Overview (Video) Pages (Instructor Guide) |
| People | Participants | Similar but not equivalent to Moodle. To add participants to a course in Canvas, you must know the exact email or username (no search function like Moodle). | People (Instructor Guide) |
| Quizzes | Quiz | Similar but not equivalent to Moodle. Canvas recently launched New Quizzes which is enabled at Oxy. |
Quizzes Overview (Video) Quizzes (Instructor Guide) |
| Rubrics | Rubrics | Equivalent to Moodle. |
Rubrics Overview (Video) Rubrics (Instructor Guide) |
| Settings | Course Settings | Canvas course settings include Course Details, Sections, Navigation, Apps, Feature Options, Integrations | Settings (Tutorial) |
| Studio | No equivalent | Canvas Studio allows instructors and students to collaborate through video and audio. | Studio Guide |
| Syllabus | Course Summary | Similar to Moodle. In addition to posting the syllabus, the summary of course activities and due dates is autopopulated at the bottom of the page. It can be set as the course homepage. | Syllabus (Tutorial) |
| Zoom | Not in Oxy's Moodle | Allows scheduling of a meeting from within the course | Using Zoom with Canvas |