Faculty Fellows: Canvas Ambassadors

Overview

The DELTA Faculty Fellows Grant supports faculty leaders who are committed to advancing extraordinary digital learning experiences at NC State. This program empowers experienced instructors to collaborate with DELTA and fellow faculty to explore, model, and share effective approaches to digital teaching and learning.

Faculty Fellows serve as leaders and ambassadors within their colleges and programs, helping build faculty community, modeling effective teaching practices, and supporting colleagues in thoughtfully integrating instructional technologies to enhance student learning.

Each year, the program may focus on specific institutional priorities related to digital teaching and learning.

For the 2026–2027 academic year, Faculty Fellows will serve as Canvas Ambassadors supporting NC State’s transition to the Canvas learning management system.

In this role, fellows will help strengthen communication between DELTA and faculty communities across the university by:

• Promote Canvas workshops, training opportunities, and support resources within their colleges
• Share Canvas transition updates through department meetings and faculty networks
• Communicate faculty needs, concerns, and discipline-specific challenges to DELTA
• Support colleagues as they adapt teaching practices to Canvas
• Help coordinate and facilitate college-based Canvas workshops or resources

Who should participate?

Faculty who:

• Have been employed full-time or three-quarter time at NC State University for at least five years
• Have demonstrated effective teaching practices using a learning management system
• Are interested in supporting colleagues and strengthening faculty communities around teaching
• Are willing to serve as a connector between DELTA and faculty within their college or department
• Are interested in supporting the university’s transition to Canvas

Choose this grant if:

• You would like to support faculty and DELTA staff in successfully transitioning to Canvas
• You are interested in sharing effective digital teaching practices with colleagues
• You enjoy mentoring, connecting faculty, and building communities of practice
• You want to help communicate faculty needs and perspectives during a major instructional technology transition
• You have been employed at NC State University for at least five years.

Award

$2,000

Length and Delivery

Faculty Fellows serve for one academic year (August to August) with an estimated commitment of 30–40 hours.

During this time, fellows will engage with colleagues in their college or department and collaborate with DELTA to support the Canvas transition through faculty outreach, communication, and learning opportunities.

Services Provided

DELTA will collaborate with Faculty Fellows grant recipients to support instructors in teaching effectively using campus technologies and to amplify the work of fellows through DELTA communication channels.

DELTA will also provide ambassadors with updates, resources, and guidance related to the Canvas transition to help them share accurate information and support faculty conversations within their colleges.

Grant Expectations 

Faculty Fellows are expected to:

• Participate in scheduled Faculty Fellows planning meetings
• Promote Canvas training opportunities and support resources within their College and department
• Share updates and relevant information about the Canvas transition with colleagues
• Communicate faculty questions, concerns, and discipline-specific needs to DELTA
• Actively develop their own Canvas knowledge through training, exploration, and collaboration with DELTA
• Facilitate and help coordinate at least one workshop, guided conversation, or resource that supports effective Canvas teaching practices
• Collaborate with DELTA throughout the academic year (August to August)
• Spend funds within the current fiscal year and in accordance with all deadlines established by the university and the respective college and department. 

Awards are state-appropriated funds and are subject to all applicable university, college, and departmental rules. Applicants should contact their unit’s budget officer for specifics on spending. Please see the DELTA Grant Funds section on our FAQs page for more information.

Competitive Priorities

Priority consideration is given to applications that:

• Demonstrate a clear plan for engaging faculty within a college, department, or program
• Show strong interest in supporting colleagues during the Canvas transition
• Propose strategies for promoting Canvas resources, training, or effective teaching practices
• Describe how the applicant plans to develop their own Canvas knowledge and expertise during the fellowship year
• Include ideas for faculty engagement, such as workshops, discussions, or resource sharing
• Align with DELTA’s strategic goal to lead the digital transformation of teaching and learning by designing, creating, and supporting extraordinary digital learning experiences.

Current Faculty Fellows

• Associate Professor Christopher Crosbie, Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Associate Professor Paul Fyfe, Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Teaching Assistant Professor Jill Jones, Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences, College of Education
• Assistant Teaching Professor Sarah Egan Warren, Institute for Advanced Analytics
• Teaching Associate Professor Sarah Khan, Department of Information Technology, Analytics & Operations
• Assistant Teaching Professor Christian Doll, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
• Teaching Professor Carlos Goller, Department of Biological Sciences