{"id":247,"date":"2024-11-19T11:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T11:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T13:23:15","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elearning.fse.manchester.ac.uk\/getting-started-with-canvas\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This section summarises menu names across Blackboard\/Canvas to give an overview of changes, equivalents, what might be missing currently. There are also some common terms and equivalents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group page-navigation has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9682d07e3cfbd8878d2f75905571610b has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-74eabeda wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:8px;background-color:#6184d8;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<p class=\"post-nav-title\"><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#blackboard-canvas-terminology\">Blackboard vs Canvas Terminology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><a href=\"#no-bb-equivalent\">Canvas Tools with no Blackboard equivalent<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47ae65ed4c350b3e3a2d3d215c79a721\" id=\"blackboard-canvas-terminology\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base-2);border-bottom-width:2px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0\"><strong>Blackboard vs Canvas Terminology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This table gives the equivalent Canvas terminology for common Blackboard tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout mtr-table mtr-thead-th\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-th-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><strong>Blackboard Terminology<\/strong><\/div><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-th-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><strong>Canvas Terminology<\/strong><\/div><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Adaptive Release<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-publish-or-unpublish-a-module-as-an-instructor\/ta-p\/571\">Publish\/Unpublish<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-lock-a-module\/ta-p\/1124\">Lock until<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Assessment &amp; Feedback<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#Assignments\">Assignments<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Content Collection<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/What-are-Files\/ta-p\/7\">Files<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Course Content<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#Modules\">Modules<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#Pages\">Pages<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Course Information<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-use-the-Syllabus-as-an-instructor\/ta-p\/638\">Syllabus<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Discussion Boards<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#Discussions\">Discussions<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Emails<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/tkb-p\/basics#Inbox\">Inbox<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Grade Centre<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#Grades\">Grades -&gt; Gradebook<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Home Page<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-use-the-Course-Home-Page-as-an-instructor\/ta-p\/1250\">Home<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Tests<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#NewQuizzes\">New Quizzes<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Blackboard Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Users and Groups<\/div><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left mtr-td-tag\" data-align=\"left\" data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Terminology\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/tkb-p\/Instructor#People\">People<\/a><\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f33675ec5e903bad862e12bc8cb903e6\" id=\"no-bb-equivalent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base-2);border-bottom-width:2px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0\"><strong>Canvas Tools with no Blackboard equivalent<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This table defines Canvas terms and tools that have no direct equivalent in Blackboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout mtr-table mtr-thead-th\"><thead><tr><th data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Tool\/Term\" class=\"mtr-th-tag\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Canvas Tool\/Term<\/div><\/th><th data-mtr-content=\"Definition\" class=\"mtr-th-tag\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Definition<\/div><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Tool\/Term\" class=\"mtr-td-tag\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Mastery Paths<\/div><\/td><td data-mtr-content=\"Definition\" class=\"mtr-td-tag\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Mastery Paths are a feature enabled through Modules that supports learning mastery. If students do not achieve mastery for an assignment, they are given additional support in learning and reviewing the information, then tested again. This cycle will continue until learners accomplishes mastery and may move to the next stage.<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-mtr-content=\"Canvas Tool\/Term\" class=\"mtr-td-tag\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Studio<\/div><\/td><td data-mtr-content=\"Definition\" class=\"mtr-td-tag\"><div class=\"mtr-cell-content\">Canvas Studio is a tool for uploading and sharing video content inside Canvas. Studio also has a built-in screen recording tool so you can create video messages, podcasts or any other screen recording within the tool itself. <\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/How-does-Canvas-define-the-terms-used-to-describe-its-features\/ta-p\/51\">View the full list of Canvas terms and their definitions here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section summarises menu names across Blackboard\/Canvas to give an overview of changes, equivalents, what might be missing currently. There are also some common terms and equivalents. Contents Blackboard vs Canvas Terminology This table gives the equivalent Canvas terminology for common Blackboard tools. 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