Update Regarding Your NEW My Courses Dashboard
Many of you know about the recent hacking of the Canvas LMS which has resulted in Canvas shutting down the Canvas LMS that we use to host our classes and mini-classes. All of your HHL purchases are safe! We have a new My Courses Dashboard which we think you are going to love!
We have already successfully moved over quite a few courses to our new My Courses Dashboard on the HHL website. We had already intended to move our mini-classes and webinars to this platform over the summer. The Canvas issue simply moved up our timeline. All of your purchases are safe, and we think you will find the new dashboard much more user friendly and easy to navigate. We love it, and the feedback has been very positive.
Below I have outlined where we are in the process. This is a very time-consuming process as you can imagine. Check back daily and even hourly as we continue to add new courses and new files to your dashboard. It will take some time to get everything moved over. There is no need to contact us. The whole team is working hard to get everything moved over as quickly as possible.
Thank you so much for your patience.
Mini-Classes:
Many of the mini-classes have been added to the My Courses Dashboard already. Check back daily—even hourly— to find your classes. Even after you can see the course in your dashboard, you may still be missing files. There is no need to contact us. We know about this and are adding them daily.
Webinars:
Older Webinars can be accessed the way they always have been. On your HHL Dashboard, click on Orders, then click the order you desire, and then click the link to view the video.
Newer Webinars can be found on your My Courses Dashboard. We will be moving all webinars to the new system.
Conferences:
The 2026 Literary Life Conference can be found in your My Courses dashboard now. The older conferences and individual conferences talks are being added to the dashboard. In the meantime, you can access older conferences by logging in to your HHL Dashboard and clicking Orders, then clicking the order to view the playlist. Files and booklists will be added to the new My Courses dashboard.
2025-2026 Year-Long Classes:
The video playlists for current students have been moved to their My Courses dashboards. This is a temporary solution but will allow students to complete their courses.
PREVIOUS YEAR-LONG CLASSES will not be added to the new dashboard system, but we can provide links to the class playlist. Please let us focus on moving over all the classes before you contact us to request a playlist (include the name and the year of the class).
The Future:
HHL is currently exploring several alternatives to Canvas for our year-long classes that will work better for us, and will not attract the attention of hackers. Logins to the new LMS will be sent out well before classes start in the Fall. We will keep you updated.
Mini-classes will no longer be hosted offsite and will instead be hosted on the HHL website in your My Courses Dashboard. We think you will greatly enjoy the ease of access of the new system—and students will no longer have to deal with more than one login.
Again, thank you for your patience as we resolve this issue. I think you are going to love the new My Courses dashboard.
Angelina Stanford
Director, House of Humane Letters
