Setting Up Your Course

Copying Content from a Past Course

The Course Import Tool makes it easy to extract course content, assignments, and quizzes from previous semesters and quickly import them into existing courses.

IMPORTANT: We recommend selecting the portions of the course that you would like to copy over and not copying the entire course. Copying the entire course will include old links for Course Information, Rosters, Drop/Add, Zoom, etc. which will not be relevant to your upcoming course.  

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Edit Your Syllabus

Editing the Syllabus allows you to link files, images, other course content in your Syllabus Description by uploading them using the Content Selector.

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Syllabus Overview (Video)

Upload Files

Files can be placed in Modules, Assignments, or Pages.

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Upload Folders

You can import .zip files to Canvas through Files or Course Settings.

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Creating Modules

Modules are used to organize course content by weeks, units, or whatever organizational structure works for your course.

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Configuring Your Course Menu

You can hide and reorder links in the left navigation for your course depending on what your students need access to.

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Change Course Homepage

The Course Home Page is the first page that students see when they click the Home link in their Course Navigation.

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Using Draft State

Draft State is a new Canvas feature that allows you to post content in an unpublished state so that it is invisible to students.

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Publish Your Course

In order for enrolled students to view your course site and tools, it must be published.

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