Cheat Sheet: Master Tool Names After Switching Between D2L and Canvas

Is it an “Announcement” or “News?” Canvas and D2L don’t always speak the same language. This Cheat Sheet translates tool names for you..

Your organization just transitioned between D2L and Canvas. Both are great learning management systems. Content created on one platform almost always imports perfectly into the other. However, Canvas and D2L sometimes use different names for tools with identical functions. Use this Cheat Sheet to navigate the differences.

Same Tool, Same Name

Luckily, Canvas and Brightspace D2L use the same name for several equivalent tools.

• Attendance (D2L) = Attendance (Canvas)

• Quizzes (D2L) = Quzzes (Canvas)

• Discussions (D2L) = Discussions (Canvas)

• Groups (D2L) = Groups (Canvas)

• Grades (D2L) = Grades (Canvas)

• Calendar (D2L) = Calendar (Canvas)

• Chat (D2L) = Chat (Canvas)

• Rubric (D2L) = Rubric (Canvas)

Same Tool, Different Name

D2L and Canvas sometimes use different vocabulary to designate equivalent tools:

• News (D2L) = Announcements (Canvas)

• My Home (D2L) = Dashboard (Canvas)

• Course Home (D2L) = Home (Canvas)

• Content (D2L) = Modules (Canvas)

• HTML Editor (D2L) = Rich Content Editor (Canvas)

• Classlist (D2L) = People (Canvas)

• Dropbox (D2L) = Assignments (Canvas) •

Sometimes, A Single Tool Becomes Multiple Tools

D2L and Canvas handle some tasks differently:

• Manage Files (D2L) is broken into two separate tools, Files and Pages (Canvas).