{"id":1059,"date":"2026-01-15T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:30:04","slug":"january-15-2026-email-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/2026\/01\/15\/january-15-2026-email-5\/","title":{"rendered":"January 15, 2026 &#8211; Email #5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good Morning, Faculty Colleagues &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;two last-minute Canvas reminders as we begin the new year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li><strong>You should\u00a0deliver\u00a0your Spring 2026 courses in D2L if you are not registered with the Canvas team as a Spring 2026 early adopter<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>You will now see empty Spring 2026 course shells in Canvas, but\u00a0students will not. These shells enable you to experiment with content creation, importing, and design, along with LMS navigation (as noted in my previous updates, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/email-archives\/\">you can review here<\/a>). They are not live courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please communicate clearly and directly with students regarding LMS content, since a very limited number of MTSU courses will be hosted in Canvas for Spring 2026. As you may remember, our early adopters will help us identify problems or issues that may affect other faculty in Summer 2026 and beyond.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions, please contact me directly or e-mail our team at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:canvas@mtsu.edu\">canvas@mtsu.edu<\/a>. You can also visit the Canvas implementation website at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\">www.mtsu.edu\/canvas<\/a>&nbsp;for more information&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/timeline\/\">timelines<\/a>, Canvas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/resources\/\">resources<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ctm.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/\">training<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best wishes for a smooth start to the Spring 2026 semester!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning, Faculty Colleagues &#8211; I\u2019m&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;two last-minute Canvas reminders as we begin the new year: If you have questions, please contact me directly or e-mail our team at&nbsp;canvas@mtsu.edu. You can also visit the Canvas implementation website at&nbsp;www.mtsu.edu\/canvas&nbsp;for more information&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;timelines, Canvas&nbsp;resources,&nbsp;training, and more. Best wishes for a smooth start to the Spring 2026 semester!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}