Rider University’s new Learning Management System, Canvas, is here! Canvas officially replaced Blackboard as the University’s learning management system on May 18, 2013. Please visit LMS Evaluation Report page for the evaluation process and background.

Blackboard Accessibility Timeline
Faculty and staff will continue to have access to their Blackboard until October 28, 2013 to provide time to extract contents; however, after October 28, 2013, Blackboard will be taken offline. If you need to access an older Blackboard course between October 28, 2013 and May 31, 2014, please contact the OIT Helpdesk at helpdesk@rider.edu. Blackboard will no longer accessible after May 31, 2014.

Canvas Notes – August 2013
Chat tool and Attendance tool will be available on August 15th in your Canvas courses. If instructors do not want to use Chat as part of their course, they can customize their course navigation links to hide Chat. For detailed information, please visit Canvas Notes Teaching with Canvas.