Resources to Help You Get Started with Canvas
- Review the course in Canvas.
- Participate in a Canvas training. Consult the to register for workshops.
- with a member of the ITDS team.
Checklist for Setting Up Your Canvas Course
The checklist below can assist you in preparing your courses in Canvas for a new term.
- Are you teaching a course you have previously taught? Import a course (or some materials) from a previous term. It is easy to incorporate materials from previous terms by importing or components.
- Are you teaching a course for the first time? Import our modifiable course template from ! This will give you a head start on using modules to structure your course, making it user-friendly for students. The template may be modified for multiple weeks by adding or removing modules as you see fit. You can also view a public version of the .
- . Although you may have your syllabus formatted as a Word document or PDF,Ìý Montclair Syllabus (by Simple Syllabus) will also need to be updated. It appears in every course with some important information. Montclair Syllabus is a centralized, template-driven platform that enables faculty to quickly personalize and publish interactive class syllabi. Montclair Syllabus is the only default syllabus menu item starting in the Spring 2025 term.
- Set up a (either a Canvas page or Canvas modules) that orients students to the course as a whole and clearly indicates where and how to get started.
- Use that are logically organized (e.g., weekly, thematically) and consistently structured.
- Design your course with in mind, use the, the and Panorama to help ensure your course content is accessible.
- and ensure your match the grading scheme from your syllabus correctly.
- Create to allow students to submit their work (documents, media files, links to online work, etc.) and set up to facilitate academic discourse, share course logistics, build community, collaborate, etc.
- Review your course before publishing it! Use the,Ìý, and tools, and double-check your.
- . Courses will be automatically published 3 business days before the term starts, but it is recommended that you publish your course earlier. Courses in online programs are automatically published 1 week before they start.
- to inform students of the course modality and your requirements for the first class. Courses must be published for announcements to be visible to students. An announcement that is posted while your course is unpublished will not send an email to your students!
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