Overview

Learn how features available in UniSA learnonline compare to those available in myLearning. It is particularly important for UniSA staff to understand these equivalencies, as the change from Moodle to Canvas means most features are different (even if the have the same functionalities).

learnonline feature equivalencies

learnonline feature equivalencies

UniSA learnonline and myLearning use two different learning management systems. Learnonline uses Moodle and myLearning uses Canvas.

Because learnonline and myLearning use different learning management systems, they offer inherently quite different user experiences. If you're coming from learnonline, that means how you will do things in myLearning will be different. However, both learning ecosystems offer many of the same features. That means what you can do will stay roughly the same.

A full comparison of these features is provided in the table below, with links to relevant Learning Centre resources. Most features are activity and resource types. Features marked with an asterisks icon do not appear as activities or resources in the 'Add an activity or resource' menu in learnonline. Note that discipline-specific tools are not included - you can find out more about these in Course Development Essentials.

learnonline feature	Function	myLearning equivalent	Note(s)
Assignment	Assignment submission	Canvas Assignment	--
> Video Assignment	Video assignment submission	Canvas Assignment w/ Canvas Studio enabled	--
> Mahara ePortfolio	ePortfolio tool	[pending procurement]	For more information, contact the AU LMS Support Team.
> Turnitin	Plagiarism review tool	Canvas Assignment w/ Turnitin enabled	--
Attendance	Track class attendance	--	Discipline-specific attendance tracking options may be available. For more information, contact the AU LMS Support Team.
Book	Organise course content into navigable books	Modules and pages, or H5P interactive books	Modules and pages are easier to set up, but H5P interactive books are more equivalent.
Cengage	Learning resource repository	Cengage	Cengage is available, but disciplines must purchase their own licenses to use content from it.
Chat	Live chat room	Ed Discussion	Ed Discussion is more for discussion forums than live chat rooms, however, can still be used synchronously.
Choice	Asynchronous surveys/polling	Canvas Quizzes or Mentimeter	myLearning equivalents do not allow you to limit how many people can sleect a particular answer.
Custom certificate	Completion certificate generation	[pending procurement]	For more information, contact the AU LMS Support Team.
Database	Information database that learners can contribute to	Miro 'table' content type	Not full equivalency. Miro tables only allow text inputs and may be more difficult to moderate.
Dialogue	Message users	Canvas Inbox	--
Extension tool	Assignment extension manager	EzExtend	--
External tool	Enable an external tool	--	Equivalence will vary depending on the external tool.
Feedback	Asynchronous surveys	Canvas Quizzes or Mentimeter	--
File	Course file	Files	--
Folder	Folder for course files	Folder	--
Forum	Discussion forum	Announcements or Ed Discussion	Announcements for updates that do not require responses, Ed Discussion for proper forums.
Glossary	Definitions glossary that learners can contribute to	Miro 'table' content type	Not full equivalency. Miro tables only allow text inputs and may be more difficult to moderate.
Group self-selection	Establish learner groups	Groups w/ self-selection enabled	--
IMS content package	Embed static content packages	IMS content packages	IMS content packages can be embedded, but disciplines must create or purchase their own content.
Interactive Content (H5P)	Interactive activities	H5P	myLearning has a license to the H5P storage cloud, so activity management will be a bit different.
Lesson	Branching scenarios	H5P branching scenario	--
Library content (eReserve)	Library learning materials	Course Readings (Leganto)	--
Lightbox Gallery	Gallery of images	Cidi Labs DesignPLUS Image Gallery	DesignPLUS Image Galleries require a bit of manual work to set up, and may not have perfect equivalence.
LinkedIn Learning	Video learning resource repository	LinkedIn Learning	LinkedIn Learning content will be accessible via the Course Readings tool (the Library database).
myCourseExperience	Course evaluation surveys	FLEX (Explorance Blue)	--
OnTask+	Targeted, engagement-based messaging	OnTask+	--
Padlet	Advanced discussion forums	Ed Discussion or Miro	The equivalency of Ed Discussion and Miro depends on the type of Padlet board being replicated.
Page	Display course content	Pages	--
> Label	Add structure to pages	Pages	The default page editor has equivalent functionality.
Panopto	Video management platform	Panopto	Note the recommended method for accessing Panopto has changed (it's no longer via the Panopto website).
Pearson Seamless	Learning resource repository	Pearson Seamless	Pearson Seamless is available, but disciplines must purchase their own licenses to use content from it.
Quiz	Quiz assignment	Canvas Quizzes	Refer to the quiz equivalencies tab for more details.
RPNow	Invigilated assessments	[pending procurement]	For more information, contact the AU LMS Support Team.
Scheduler	Schedule appointments with learners	Canvas Calendar	--
SCORM package	Embed SCORM packages	SCORM packages	SCORM packages can be embedded, but disciplines must create or purchase their own content.
Survey	Course evaluation surveys (unused)	FLEX (Explorance Blue)	--
Studiosity	Academic support from online tutors	Studiosity	--
Teaching Portal	Hub for important course information and insights	Teaching Hub	Same functionality, just under a new name.
Text and media area	Display course content	Pages	The Cidi Labs DesignPLUS page editor is available for advanced page structuring and styling.
UniSA Media Library	Video assignments	Canvas Assignment w/ Canvas Studio enabled	--
URL	Web link	External URL	In myLearning, external URLs can be added to modules or embedded into pages.
Wiki	Allow learners to collaborate on documents	Canvas Collaborations (uses Microsoft 365)	--
Workshop	Peer evaluation activities	FeedbackFruits	FeedbackFruits allows for evaluations of contributions toward group work or peer file submissions.
Zoom meeting	Facilitate Zoom meetings	Zoom	--

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More on quiz equivalencies

More on quiz equivalencies

To fully understand quiz equivalency between learnonline and myLearning, you will need to understand how quiz terminology, question types and settings differ between the two.

Quiz terminology equivalency

Most features will be referred to by different names between learnonline and myLearning, so why single out quizzes? The reason why differences in quizzing terminology are so important is because both learning ecosystems use the term question bank, but for different things.

To make things even more confusing, myLearning has two quizzing engines. These are the Classic and New Quizzes engines. Only the New Quizzes engine is recommended for use in myLearning, however, your UoA colleagues will likely be more familiar with Classic Quizzes, so may use Classic Quiz terms. These differences in terminology are summarised in the table below.

What is being referred to?	learnonline term	myLearning term (Classic)	myLearning term (New)
Quiz	Quiz activity	Quiz	Quiz
Group of quiz questions	Category	Question bank or question group	Item bank
Place where groups of quiz questions are stored	Question bank	Course question banks	Item Banks Index

Quiz question equivalency

There are also differences in the quiz question types available between learnonline and myLearning (New Quizzes). Note that coding questions and complex mathematical questions cannot be replicated in the base Canvas New Quizzes engine. Integrated tools (Gradescope for coding, Mobius for complex mathematical) will be available to relevant disciplines for these kinds of questions (for more information, contact the AU LMS Support Team).

learnonline question type	myLearning equivalent (New)	Note(s)
Calculated / Calculated multichoice	Formula or Mobius	Mobius is is required for complex mathematical questions.
CodeRunner	Gradescope	--
Drag and drop into text	Fill in the Blank	Drag and drop function replaced by drop-downs.
Drag and drop onto markers	Hot Spot	Multiple of these questions would be required to replicate the same function.
Drag and drop onto image	--	No equivalent available.
Embedded answers (Cloze)	Fill in the Blank	--
Essay	Essay	--
Formulas	Formula or Mobius	Mobius is is required for complex mathematical questions.
Matching	Matching	--
Multiple choice	Multiple Choice or Multiple Answers	Equivalence depends on how many correct answers there are for the question.
Multiple True False (ETH)	True or False or Fill in the Blank	Multiple of these questions would be required to replicate the same function.
Numerical	Numeric	--
Ordering	Ordering	--
Random short-answer matching	--	No equivalent available.
Select missing words	Fill in the Blank	--
Short answer	Fill in the Blank	--
True/False	True or False	--
Description	Stimulus	Stimuli require other questions to be linked to them to function - unlike Descriptions, which can sit in between questions.

Quiz settings with no equivalence

There are a few learnonline quiz settings that have no equivalence in myLearning. You should be aware of these when developing your quizzes in myLearning.

In learnonline, for questions with multiple correct or incorrect answers, you can differentiate how many points each correct answer is worth or how many points are detracted for each incorrect answer. For example you can have one correct answer worth 0.75pts and another worth 0.25pts. In myLearning, all correct/incorrect answers are valued equally.
In learnonline, questions can be grouped onto multiple pages within a quiz. In myLearning, quizzes can only be set to show all questions all at once, or one at a time.

New learning ecosystem tools

New learning ecosystem tools

The myLearning learning ecosystem includes several add-on tools that are not available in learnonline. Some of these offer entirely new features, whereas others offer equivalence to learnonline features (and will have already been introduced in the feature equivalencies table). These tools are outlined in the table below.

New tool in myLearning	Function	New/equivalent features
Cadmus	Online, scaffolded written assignments that focus assessment for learning (i.e. the process of writing)	NEW
Canvas Collaborations (uses Microsoft 365)	Allow learners to collaborate on documents	Equivalent (to Wiki)
Canvas Studio	Video assignment submission	Equivalent (to UniSA Video Library)
Cidi Labs DesignPLUS	Advanced page editor	NEW
Cidi Labs UDOIT	Course-wide accessibility checker	NEW
Cidi Labs TidyUP	Course de-cluttering tool	NEW
Course Readings (Leganto)	Library learning materials	Equivalent (to eReserve)
Ed Discussion	Discussions	Equivalent (to Forum)
Explorance Blue (FLEX)	Course evaluation surveys	Equivalent (to myCourseExperience)
EzExtend	Assignment extension manager	Equivalent (to Extension tool)
FeedbackFruits	Peer evaluation activities	Equivalent (to Workshop)
Mentimeter	Live polling	NEW (with some comparable features)
Miro	Collaborative, digital whiteboards	NEW (with some comparable features)
Respondus 4.0 (Quiz Management)	Offline quiz development	NEW
Respondus LockDown Browser	Creates a secure testing environment for quizzes that prevent learners from leaving the quiz window	NEW
Study Help [name not confirmed]	Direct learners to study help resources	NEW
Toolkit	Manage automated recording schedules	NEW

Get pedagogical/design support

Contact TALAS* for help getting yourself familiar with the new tools and features available to you.

*If you're not in an active course development cycle, contact the AU LMS Support Team for triaging with TALAS.

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