• Canvas,  Educational Tools,  Teaching & Learning

    Beginning of Semester Reminders and Tips

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWelcome to the start of a new semester! Today we’re going be chatting about some tips and reminders to make the first week (and the rest of the semester) easier. We know there’s a big chunk of time between semester starts, so it’s easy for some of these things to slip your memory.    Combining Canvas sections   You may be teaching multiple sections of the same course but want to combine all your students into one section so you have a single place to work on the course. Canvas makes it simple to combine those multiple sections into one. A brief note: you’ll need to combine them before…

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    How Can I Import My Course Content without Overriding the Autosyllabus?

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCedarville is launching an “autosyllabus” this fall – a syllabus template that’s pre-loaded into your course sections. This syllabus will have some sections pre-filled, but there are others where you’ll need to add the necessary information. Since the syllabus is already loaded in your fall section, you’ll need to remember that so you don’t override it when you bring over your course content.  So how do you bring over your course content without overriding the syllabus?  Canvas will then process the import and bring over the content.  If you have already brought over your course content and accidentally overridden the autosyllabus, it’s okay. Delete all the…